Having experienced both the highest death toll and the worst economic hit in Europe, a public inquiry into the U.K. government’s handling of the pandemic is inevitable. The calling of an inquiry by a minister is, at the very least, a tacit admission of responsibility for a disastrous event that happened ‘on your watch’. As […]
A virus in itself is not political. It spreads according to laws of science and is untouched by even the most rousing of speeches by a great leader. However, to try to separate politics from the coronavirus crisis is misguided, because, more than ever, it is honesty in the relationship between the government and its […]
Recent reports have shown the amount of hospital beds dedicated to patients with acute mental health conditions has fallen by 30 per cent in the last nine years, despite promises from the Conservative government to make mental health services a priority. Is this really all that surprising? Mental health continues to be the most invisible, […]
An attempt to rekindle the Dubs amendment was narrowly defeated in the Commons, as the Conservatives who intended to vote in favour were whipped back into line. The amendment to the Children and Social Work Bill, tabled by Conservative MP Heidi Allen, would have obliged local councils to reveal how many child refugees they had […]