Category: Politics

Families have called for an inquiry into mental health provision for offenders languishing on indefinite jail terms – saying it could “save lives”. Relatives of offenders still serving a now-abolished open-ended jail term, known as imprisonment for public protection (IPP), believe resources are so “starved” that the remaining prisoners now have “life-long mental health issues”….

Boris Johnson has claimed that the decision to remove him as Conservative leader was a “terrible mistake,” suggesting his party acted irrationally when he was ousted in July 2022. Reflecting on the series of events that led to his resignation, the former Prime Minister argued that his removal was a result of what he called…

ZUMA Press Wire/Shutterstock Sue Gray has quit her role as Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer’s chief of staff, saying she “risked becoming a distraction”. She had been caught up in rows over pay, after the BBC’s political editor revealed her salary was higher than Sir Keir’s, and donations from Lord Waheed Alli. A Downing Street…

Let’s get this out of the way first: I was a comprehensive school kid. My children now attend the same state-funded secondary school as I did – and both are doing well. But, despite this, I have found myself a fierce defender of private schools as they face being absolutely walloped with a whopping tax…

PA Media Sue Gray has quit as the prime minister’s chief of staff When I was leaked Sue Gray’s salary last month, details of her pay were less important than what the leak revealed about the anger of those alongside her in government. In short, they were flipping angry – angry about her perceived power,…

You might not know who the people are, or what they do behind the big black door of Number 10, but what just happened in the bowels of Downing Street is a big moment. After getting off to a pretty dreadful start in government, Sir Keir Starmer has moved to get a grip of his…