London (Parliament Politics Magazine) – UK auction house withdraws ‘disrespectful’ sale of shrunken skulls. A British auction house has withdrawn from marketing human and ancestral remains, including shrunken heads and skulls, from neighbourhoods across the globe after objection from native groups and
London (Parliament Politics Magazine) – Hundreds of people in the UK have been hospitalised after contracting a rare skin condition. According to new figures from the NHS, there has been a climb in those diagnosed with scabies. It is a rash induced
London (Parliament Politics Magazine) – Mayor Sadiq Khan has insisted Londoners donate preloved coats, shoes and blankets to their local baby bank as the winter season approaches. The mayor threw his backing behind the Winter Warmers campaign executed by the charity Little
‘The fundamental promise of the NHS, that it will be there for us when we need it, has been broken’. These were recent words from the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, Wes Streeting. Regardless of your stance on this,
In a new move to support the independent film industry, Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy addressed Parliament with a set of initiatives designed to boost jobs, investment, and growth in the UK’s creative sectors. Key among these is a newly launched tax relief
London (Parliament Politics Magazine) – The UK’s population grew by 1% in a year, primarily due to net international migration, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) has stated. The entire population of England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland increased from an estimated
London (Parliament Politics Magazine) – Ex-PM Boris Johnson said that Keir Starmer’s decision to accept clothing freebies “looks greedy.” The former prime minister condemned his Labour successor’s decision to accept gifts of clothing and glasses, expressing Starmer “must be worth a bob
London (Parliament Politics Magazine) – Strategies to broaden access to a new type of pension scheme permitting savings to be pooled have been set out by the UK Government. Collective defined contribution (CDC) pension schemes have the prospect of delivering trustworthy returns
THIS year marks the 200th anniversary of the RSPCA: the oldest animal welfare charity in the world. Two hundred years ago, the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals met in a London coffee shop at a time when the issue
With only around two hundred chalk streams worldwide, they are a precious feature of our natural environment, and I’m highly privileged to have four within my constituency of Harpenden and Berkhamsted. Being waterways uniquely containing mainly spring water, chalk streams hugely enrich
The Chinese Embassy in Pakistan has confirmed that an attack on a convoy near Karachi’s Jinnah International Airport left at least two Chinese nationals dead and one injured. The assault, occurring around 11 pm on Sunday, targeted personnel from the Port Qasim
London (Parliament Politics Magazine) – NHS maternity attendants will take part in a mandatory training programme to enhance patient safety after a damning report by the health regulator stated that poor care and damage in childbirth was in danger of becoming “normalised”.
