Month: September 2017

Crackdown increases maximum term from six months in move that brings England into line with Northern IrelandPeople who abuse animals in England will now face up to five years in prison under a tough new crackdown. The environment secretary, Michael Gove, said the tenfold increase from the present six-month sentence Read more…

Number of social homes being built has dropped 97 per cent under the Conservatives Via: Labour demands urgent rescue of social housing after Grenfell Tower fire

Foreign Secretary says 'there can be no monkeying around' after proposed two year transition period in interview likely to ruffle Tory feathers ahead of party conference Via: Brexit: Boris Johnson lays out alternative manifesto for EU withdrawal in fresh challenge to May

Half of beds now taken up by people who do not need to be there, professor says, claiming chance to modernise was missedThe NHS is stuck in the past and not fit for the 21st century, according to the new chief inspector of English hospitals. Prof Ted Baker said that Read more…

The main parties’ annual shindigs have plenty of news coverage – less well-known is the meet-up of the protest voters’ alternative Continue reading… Via: At the Monster Raving Loony party conference in Blackpool – in pictures

Ambitious pledge to deliver on the promise that 'the next generation should always have it better than the last', ahead of make-or-break conference Via: Theresa May vows to help millennials after admitting youth vote made her lose majority