China’s Diabetes Breakthrough: Global Backlash

In a revelation that could change international healthcare, Chinese scientists have reportedly created a stem cell therapy that reverses both Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes. While this scientific leap presents new hope for over 500 million people worldwide living with the chronic condition, it also threatens to shake up the multi-billion-dollar pharmaceutical industry that flourishes on treating—not curing—diabetes.

At the heart of this innovation is a process that uses a patient’s own fat cells to generate insulin-producing islet cells. These engineered cells are then transplanted into the body, where they naturally control blood sugar levels. Since the cells are autologous (derived from the same person), there’s no chance of immune rejection, and patients don’t need immunosuppressants.

Initial trials have produced jaw-dropping results:

  • A 25-year-old woman with Type 1 diabetes went off insulin completely within 75 days.
  • A 59-year-old man with Type 2 diabetes was insulin-free in just 11 weeks. One year later, he remains off all medication.

This therapy takes advantage of induced pluripotent stem cell (iPSC) technology, a process of reprogramming adult cells to act like embryonic stem cells. Scientists then persuade these cells to become islet cells, which the pancreas uses to make insulin.

The process effectively reconstructs a diabetic pancreas from the inside out—without the need for donor organs, immune-suppressing drugs, or lifelong insulin therapy.

The implications of a scalable, effective diabetes cure are immense:

  • No more insulin injections or pumps.
  • Reduced risk of kidney failure, blindness, and amputations from unmanaged diabetes.
  • Billions saved in long-term healthcare costs.

This treatment may result in fewer hospital stays, improved quality of life, and a significant drop in the expenses associated with managing chronic diseases in nations where diabetes rates are on the rise.

While the news is being celebrated in the medical community, the pharmaceutical industry is less enthusiastic. In the U.S. alone, insulin sales generate over $20 billion yearly. Companies have little incentive to enable a one-time cure when they profit from everyday, lifelong treatment.

Industry insiders caution that such innovations will encounter steep opposition, including:

  • Regulatory hurdles and delays by agencies heavily influenced by pharmaceutical lobbying.
  • Suppression or discrediting of research results that threaten existing profit models.
  • Patent wars and legal blockades to stall or control access to new therapies.

A geopolitical dimension is added by the fact that this innovation is coming from China. A Chinese remedy might disturb the balance of power in global health, as the West has historically led the way in pharmaceutical development.

Furthermore, millions of people may be left behind and forced to continue paying outrageous costs for insulin even in cases when there is a workable treatment if access is restricted in some nations as a result of political, regulatory, or economic pressure.

Despite the promise, researchers highlight the need for more comprehensive clinical trials and long-term monitoring. Questions remain:

  • Will stem cell-derived islets continue to function indefinitely?
  • Can this therapy scale for mass production and distribution?
  • What are the long-term safety implications?

International researchers are already looking to collaborate, and China’s National Medical Products Administration is expediting the next stage of studies.

If victorious, this treatment could be the beginning of the end for diabetes as we know it. However, the route forward won’t just require scientific proof—it will also need political bravery, ethical clarity, and consumer advocacy to overcome the resistance of hard-core industry giants.

What happens next may rely less on scientists and more on public pressure. Advocacy groups, patient communities, and independent media will play a critical part in keeping this breakthrough in the spotlight.

If enough voices demand transparency, accessibility, and urgency, this therapy could go from a suppressed cure to a global standard—redefining not just diabetes care, but the balance of power between innovation and industry.

This breakthrough forces us to face a hard reality: modern healthcare is not always designed to prioritize cures. For decades, millions have been told to manage—not overcome—their condition, feeding an industry built on regular prescriptions, regular doctor visits, and lifelong dependency. A cure challenges that model at its core.

This isn’t just a medical story—it’s a flashpoint in the endless struggle between public health and corporate profit. As the world watches closely, one question looms large:

Will humanity embrace the cure, or will it be buried underneath bureaucracy and greed?

Pharmaceutical companies will likely issue a statement denying, disputing, or deflecting any results China has, as this would mean a significant reduction in their revenue from Insulin and other drugs, which they cannot afford.

Stem cell therapy should be permitted. It’s amazing and we could fix so many people and the morale among society would go sky high, but the government and big pharma can’t have that because they need us to all be unhealthy and dependent on them.

This is all extremely interesting, bearing in mind that a lot of diabetes has been caused by big companies (mainly Americans) by adding sugars to our foods without alerting the public of the potential repercussions. It may be common sense not to consume sugary foods, but that was not always the case.

Convenience food has become a staple of our diet, which is the problem, and it was done on purpose.

Diabetes, HIV, cancer et cetera. Pharmaceutical companies make billions on treatments, not cures.

This provides all the information you require about the United States. They don’t care about saving lives; they just care about making money. It’s unbelievable that 15 million people were removed from Medicaid to provide tax breaks to billionaires.

Junior Doctors’ Strike Threatens Streeting’s NHS Recovery

Wes Streeting has revealed his NHS recovery plan is ‘hanging by a thread’ as resident doctors gear up for fresh walkouts in a fortnight.

The Health Secretary accused the British Medical Association (BMA) of being ‘completely unreasonable’ after it announced the five-day walkout, which could result in the cancellation of 200,000 appointments and operations.

Resident doctors, formerly called junior doctors, will start the latest wave of industrial action from 7 am on July 25 amid demands for a 29 per cent pay rise.

Reiterating he will not negotiate on pay, Mr Streeting urged doctors to ‘abandon their rush to strike’ and reopen talks to ‘improve resident doctors’ working lives instead’.

He said: ‘No trade union in British history has seen its members receive a 28.9 per cent pay rise [over three years] only to immediately respond with strikes, and the majority of BMA resident doctors didn’t vote to strike.

‘This is completely unreasonable. The NHS recovery is hanging by a thread, and the BMA are threatening to pull it.

‘The BMA should abandon their rush to strike and work with us to improve resident doctors’ working lives instead.’

The news of mass disruption to patients comes less than a week after Labour pledged its 10-Year Health Plan ‘will make using the NHS as easy and convenient as doing your banking or shopping online.’

There are already concerns that more doctor strikes would inspire nurses and consultants to go on strike.

However, polling shows that public support has waned, with just one in five Britons now backing resident doctors going on strike.

A survey of 2,054 Britons by the Good Growth Foundation discovered that 56 per cent of the public opposes resident doctor walkouts, with only 21 per cent backing them.

In a letter to the BMA’s Resident Doctor Committee, Mr Streeting added: ‘The public won’t see why, after a 28.9 per cent pay rise, you would still walk out on strike, and neither do I.’

Since Labour took office the backlog in routine hospital treatments in England has decreased slightly from 7.6 million to 7.4 million, meaning this month’s strike could totally wipe out any progress.

On Tuesday the BMA secured a mandate for up to six months of disruption by resident doctors less than a year after the Health Secretary gave them a 22.3 per cent pay rise.

The NHS may see several strikes this summer as nurses and consultant physicians are being asked by their unions if they would like to walk out over wages.

Hospital bosses have been forced to cancel 1.5 million appointments in 11 different walkouts by the medics since 2022.

Yesterday resident doctors announced they are ‘giving the Government two weeks to come to the table to negotiate’ or they will walk out from 7 am on July 25 to 7 am on July 30.

BMA resident doctors committee co-chairs Dr Melissa Ryan and Dr Ross Nieuwoudt said: ‘We met Wes Streeting yesterday and made every attempt to avoid strike action by opening negotiations for pay restoration.

‘Unfortunately, the Government has stated that it will not negotiate on pay, wanting to focus on non-pay elements without suggesting what these might be. Without a credible offer to keep us on the path to restore our pay, we have no choice but to call strikes.’

Health officials cautioned that tens of thousands of cancellations and widespread patient suffering would result from the strikes.

Daniel Elkeles, chief executive of NHS Providers, said: ‘Announcing five days of strike action with just two weeks’ notice can only be harmful.

‘It’s totally unfair to patients whose care will be cancelled at such short notice just as the NHS was beginning to turn the tide on reducing waiting lists.’

Danny Mortimer, chief executive of NHS Employers, said the walkout will ‘lead to thousands of cancelled appointments and operations’ and that ‘ultimately it is patients who will bear the brunt of this decision’.

‘It is disappointing that talks to avert industrial action seem to have broken down so quickly. But it is hard to see how the Government could commit to increasing resident doctor pay further, particularly after they have received some of the biggest public sector pay rises over the last two years.’

Unfortunately, Labour has put the entire nation in jeopardy.

The problem is that the younger generation now feels totally entitled, which worries me about our future. These junior doctors need to return to their jobs and start living in the real world.

Junior doctors are now putting their patient’s lives at risk, and this should be made a crime – if they don’t like the hours and the pay, they should have chosen another career!

The issue is that they don’t give a damn about the patients. They have forgotten the original motivation behind their career choice and are just concerned with their future earnings. Greed is a bad thing because it causes the mind to lose its moral compass.

A New Justice Review Could End Thousands Of Jury Trials

Thousands of defendants a year could be deprived of the historic right to a jury trial under extreme proposals.

The Justice Secretary ordered an assessment that outlined many steps to reduce the backlog in the Crown court.

It also proposed increased use of ‘out of court’ punishments – frequently dismissed by critics as a mere ‘slap on the wrist’ – for lower-level criminals.

As revealed by The Mail yesterday, the review stated that criminals who plead guilty should receive up to 40 per cent off their jail terms, up from the current maximum of one-third.

Under its central proposal, instead of suspects’ guilt or innocence being decided by a jury, they would face trial by a judge sitting with two magistrates in a new kind of court.

The major, 380-page report by retired senior judge Sir Brian Leveson stated that the move would save 9,000 Crown Court sitting days a year, freeing up space for more serious cases to be heard in jury trials.

The report did not say how many cases would change to the new court – to be called the Crown Court Bench Division (CCBD) – but it is likely to be thousands each year in England and Wales.

Jury trials would be removed for more than 170 kinds of criminality, including sexually assaulting a child, causing death by careless driving, incest, firearms offences and importing drugs including Class A substances like heroin.

The CCBD would be estimated to deal with cases 20 per cent more quickly than a regular Crown court trial, Sir Brian said, and it would have the same sentencing powers.

His report added: ‘Only through the combined impact of these measures can government start to overcome the current crisis and reduce the risk of total system collapse.’

The current Crown court backlog stood at a record 76,957 cases at the end of March – with trials now being listed to take place in 2029 – while in magistrates’ courts, 310,304 cases were awaiting a hearing.

The review called for ‘greater use’ of out-of-court resolutions such as cautions, community punishments and fixed penalty fines.

Police and prosecutors should even review the current court backlog to see if cases would be suitable for out-of-court punishments, it said.

‘It’s not soft on crime at all. It is trying to tackle those areas of crime that are not presently being tackled,’ Sir Brian said.

He said the Government should find money to increase the number of Crown court sitting days by 20,000 a year to 130,000 to ‘maximise the effectiveness’ of his proposed reforms.

It would cost £1 billion by 2029-30, the report said.

A review published in May by former Tory justice secretary David Gauke – and accepted in principle by Labour – proposed permitting some criminals out of jail after serving just a third of their sentence.

Shadow Justice Secretary Robert Jenrick said: ‘Taken together, the Leveson and Gauke reviews will see criminals like burglars and even some killers serve just a fifth of their prison sentence.

‘That makes a mockery of our justice system.’ Victims’ Commissioner Baroness Newlove welcomed the report’s ‘bold, radical proposals’ but added: ‘For many victims, plans to increase sentence discounts for guilty pleas and expand out of court disposals will feel like justice being diluted once again.’

Justice Secretary Shabana Mahmood said she will consider the recommendations before publishing legislative changes in the autumn.

Building more jails is what they must do since failing to do so will increase crime and the backlog of cases.

Everything about the system that is meant to keep us safe is broken and ineffective, and the government are ignoring the will of the majority and frittering our taxes away.

The legal system gives more privileges to convicted criminals than to ordinary law-abiding citizens. Foreign criminals aren’t being deported and certain communities are getting a free ride.

While wasting money on rainbow crossings and bike lanes that no one wants, local governments are neglecting to offer fundamental services.

Because politicians have been ignoring the public for decades, society is collapsing and the police will look into non-crimes but not real crimes.

Serious discontent will be the only way to save our nation from the elite that appears to despise and destroy it, and we are very close to that tipping point.

Trial by jury is the only thing that gives the accused some semblance of a balanced trial. Without it, they can arrest you, accuse you, decide your guilt and then imprison you. It’s nothing short of communism.

Is this anything to do with the reality that jurors have to have been resident in the UK from the age of thirteen I wonder – I suspect there are not many people in this country to ask now. We are losing our country day by day.

Our leaders’ haughtiness, dishonesty, and indolence over unchecked migration have caused our judicial system, like all other services, to be overburdened.

In a proper political response, the options are straightforward: either we send the migrants back or we keep attempting to stretch and distort what we have in order to adapt, which will ultimately lead to a broken system. The system simply cannot handle the quantity of migrants that are here.  Politicians, of course, have opted for simplicity.

Schoolgirl Forced Into Audi, Manhunt Begins

The driver of an Audi is being sought by police after allegedly forcing a girl into his vehicle outside of a school.

The youngster managed to flee after allegedly being bundled into a grey car close to Mark Hall Academy in Essex between 3 pm and 3.45 pm on Friday, July 4. 

She was initially driven away from First Avenue, Harlow, but was able to free herself from the car and find help.

Police have described the car’s driver as a man in a black Nike tracksuit with gingery brown hair.

Officers are investigating the incident and are trying to track down the driver and the car.

The force added they are safeguarding the girl and supporting her and her family. 

Detective Inspector Clare Lawrence of Essex Police said: ‘I know this incident has caused concern within the community.

‘Incidents like this are actually really rare but we know it can be worrying to see, hear, and read about the details.

‘My team is working hard to identify the vehicle and the people involved.

‘We’re also safeguarding the girl and supporting her and her family.

‘I believe there will have been a number of people in the area at the time this incident happened and think someone will have seen something that will help our investigation.

‘If that’s you, I need you to come forward.’

A police statement said: ‘If you have any information, CCTV, dash cam or other footage in relation to this incident, then please get in contact with us.

‘Please quote the crime reference number 42/93677/25.

‘You can let us know by submitting a report on our website or by using our online Live Chat service which is available 24 hours a day, seven days a week.’

Gingery brown hair and a black tracksuit, that will narrow it down, then. PC Plod felt this description was vanilla enough so as not to offend anyone.

In order to provide us with an accurate description, they omitted the skin colour. Hair dyeing is accessible to anyone.

Girls and women are no longer safe in the UK, and this kind of behaviour will only worsen.

There was a better description of the car than the assailant.

This was a fortunate escape for this poor girl. Hopefully, she will recuperate from this trauma and the police will get who is responsible. Some girls will not be so fortunate.

Since Labour is now putting migrants on our streets and making us pay for it, rapes in London are on the rise, and migrants are ten times more likely to commit sexual offences.

The Police Are Scared To Stop And Search Cannabis Users

Police are now afraid to stop and search suspects if they smell cannabis, officers said.

Chief constables have called for those on the frontline to take a tougher line on the class B drug.

However, concerns were raised by Brian Booth, Deputy National Chairman of the Police Federation of England and Wales.

Head of the College of Policing Sir Andy Marsh has advised officers to act when they smell cannabis on the street as it is a ‘sign of crime and disorder’.

He told the Mail the stench makes even him ‘feel unsafe’.

The call from Britain’s longest-serving chief constable, supported by the heads of Greater Manchester Police and Merseyside Police, has been welcomed by public safety experts.

However, yesterday the Police Federation, which represents rank-and-file officers, revealed that many are worried they could lose their jobs if a complaint is made about the search, which could take the police watchdog years to investigate.

Mr Booth said: ‘As an organisation, our position is that if this is a priority for senior officers, then make it a priority and we will deal with it.

‘The problem is officers are afraid to stop and search, there has been so many high-profile cases and complaints that are officers going to take a risk by stopping someone for the smell of cannabis?

‘There are so many priorities, we do not have the capacity to deal with everything.

‘If you look at stop and search rates they have plummeted as there have been so many complaints and judicial challenges.

‘If you have a group of people and you smell cannabis, do you search everyone?

‘Do you risk then being accused of carrying out an unlawful search?’

He added: ‘You have people who will resist, you may be filmed and it will put on social media… A low-level drug like cannabis, which often ends in a person receiving a caution, officers will be considering the implications if they get it wrong…. Is it worth your job, that’s what officers will be feeling.’

In the past, the Independent Office for Police Conduct has said it is ‘not good practice’ for an officer to stop and search someone on the basis of the smell of cannabis alone.

Rory Geoghegan, of the Public Safety Foundation and a former Met officer and ex-adviser to the Home Office, backed the call by police chiefs.

He said: ‘Too many politicians, police chiefs and members of the public have been duped into believing cannabis causes little or no harm.

‘It is refreshing to see police chiefs coming forward to make clear the importance of tackling the illegal use and supply of this drug.

‘Be under no illusion cannabis ruins lives and brings crime and disorder to neighbourhoods.’

It appears the only thing British police are not scared to investigate is Facebook and Twitter posts, but what hope have we got when our rainbow police are terrified of potheads?

What use does it serve to arrest marijuana users, though?

To be fair our Met Police have become a laughing stock – they are arresting proud Brits for waving with pride our British flag and arresting pensioners for feeding the pigeons. What an insult they are to Sir Robert Peel, who created the police force back in 1829.

Not everyone wants to be plagued by the smell of weed on our streets. What people do in their own homes is up to them, but we don’t want our children ruined by it.

However, I no longer have any regard for the police, and I am certain that they will not defend me against criminals.

What will it be next, the NHS employing surgeons who are terrified of blood? You just can’t make this nonsense up!

Muslim Matchmaking Site Operates In Britain

It has been discovered that a Muslim matchmaking website that promotes virgin brides and polygamous unions is active in Britain.

NikkahGram describes itself as a service for Muslim men who want a ‘shy, untouched spouse’ and those who are looking for more than one wife.

The company, which has been registered in the UK, promotes virgin women under the age of 35 as ideal first wives, The Telegraph has reported.

Videos shared on NikkahGram’s social media profiles suggest that men should beat their wives as a ‘wake-up call’ for continued disobedience.

In a clip posted on the topic of divorce on Instagram last week, men are told: ‘From those wives whom you fear arrogance, first advise them.

‘[After] one month of advising, then if they persist, forsake them in bed – don’t have any intimacy. Show them that you don’t desire them.

‘And if they persist, finally strike them lightly, not with a baseball bat, not from the very beginning boom, no. This is gradual.’

NikkahGram’s website also details Dr Asif Munaf, who was suspended from the medical register after making anti-Semitic remarks, among its staff. 

The former Apprentice celeb met a frenzied backlash after he called Zionism a ‘satanic cult’ and Zionists ‘odiously ogre-like’ in the aftermath of Hamas’ October 7 attacks.

According to the current description, Mr Munaf is NikkahGram’s associate coach, and clients can reach him by phone for advice on Muslim marriages.

He and other Islamic influencers appear in a number of the company’s social media videos.

Shadow justice secretary Robert Jenrick told The Telegraph: ‘This vile site promotes domestic abuse. It shouldn’t exist. 

‘The fact it does shows yet again how our immigration and integration policies have failed. Mr Munaf’s views are abhorrent and should have no place in public life.’

Chief executive of the Muslim Women’s Network UK Baroness Gohir also described the ‘extreme ideology’ promoted on the site as ‘deeply troubling’.

She said it was targeting vulnerable women and insecure Muslim men who are struggling with their identity. 

NikkahGram was first founded in 2023 ‘to facilitate marriage for Muslims who stick to core Islamic values of modesty and submission to Allah without modern excuses’.

Virgin ladies can use its services for free, however it is a subscription service.

Users can view other people’s profiles after registering, but any communication with women must go via their legal guardian.

According to an explainer on NikkahGram’s website, a ‘complete virgin’ means ‘you have never been intimately/sexually touched by anyone else’.

Its definition adds: ‘This includes any form of sexual intercourse.

‘If you decide to register as a Virgin, you must swear by Allah that you are telling the truth about being a complete virgin as described above.

‘Lying in this oath is a severe sin with serious consequences in this life and the hereafter.’

Additionally, NikkahGram encourages polygamous unions, in which males may choose to have a second, third, or even fourth wife.

Given that polygamy is illegal in the West, it counsels men against registering Islamic marriages there.

NikkahGram’s Instagram page has more than 7,000 followers and it has posted more than 520 times. 

According to one article featuring Muslim fitness influencer Hocine Based, non-virgin women can cause cancer.

He says in the video, despite there being no medical evidence to support the claims: ‘Even the exchange of saliva, even exchange of looks, and eyes, and even pheromones, a woman will be adaptive, because she’s a host, so she prepares her body which adapts to the man’s DNA… because a baby is an external organism that’s actually growing within her.

‘And if it doesn’t align with her DNA, guess what? We get cancer!’

The company also wrote in another post from last September: ‘We encourage brothers to get married from overseas, second wife especially but first wives too.

‘Less prone to feminism, more traditional, and many virgins! If you’re tired of Western sisters and want a wife (or second/third/fourth wife) who respects your role as a man and a provider, and hers as a homemaker, you should consider this.’

NikkahGram has defended its position, saying it operates fully within UK law. 

A spokesperson for the company said: ‘NikkahGram operates strictly within UK law and Islamic principles. We provide a religious matrimonial service that reflects the values and preferences of many practising Muslims.

‘All participation is voluntary, and our platform facilitates lawful introductions between consenting adults who seek to marry in accordance with their faith.’

‘We do not promote abuse, coercion, or illegality. We only discuss and endorse faith-based preferences that are protected under religious freedom laws,’ they added.

NikkahGram and the Government have been contacted by MailOnline for additional comment.

This must be prohibited by our government and made a crime, and is it not breaking the law to have more than one wife in the UK?

It’s really frightening all around. How do they go about registering their marriage? The fact that such a man is in charge of this business is quite unsettling, and someone needs to resolve this.

Could this be a covert gang grooming site? It does make you wonder, and this needs to be thoroughly investigated by someone in a position of responsibility.

This has no place in UK society and is completely disgusting!

I thought pimping was illegal. So, our government don’t encourage abuse but beating your wife is okay.

Secondary Schools Ban Girls’ Skirts

An education trust’s decision to forbid skirts in its new school uniform code has drawn criticism from a parent.

Northern Education Trust – which runs six secondary schools on Teesside – has written to parents outlining the modifications to its school uniform policy, which will come into effect from September 2026.

The new uniform policy bans skirts from being worn and says ‘all students will be expected to wear tailored school trousers’.

The trust argues that all students wearing trousers ‘promotes equality and inclusivity’ and is ‘more practical for active learning and movement throughout the school day’.

Some parents, however, have reacted negatively to the adjustment, claiming they were not consulted.

One mum, whose daughter attends a school within the trust, said: ‘My daughter and many of her friends are upset about it.

‘Many girls choose to wear skirts to express their gender identities. It is outrageous misogyny. There’s nothing open, modern and inclusive about this.’

The trust says it spoke with a ‘significant number of students’ to ask their opinion. 

In a letter published online across four of its Teesside secondary schools, the trust said: ‘From September 2026, the school uniform will no longer include skirts as an option, and all students will be expected to wear tailored school trousers.

‘This decision has been made following careful consideration and feedback from all stakeholders across the trust, where it highlighted the benefits of a more practical, inclusive, and consistent uniform policy.

‘The move to trousers for all students promotes equality and inclusivity, ensuring all students feel comfortable and supported. 

‘Trousers are also more practical for active learning and movement throughout the school day while simplifying uniform requirements helps reduce costs for families. 

‘We understand that this is a significant change, which is why we are providing over a year’s notice to allow time for any necessary adjustments.’

The trust states that these changes are in response to the Department of Education revising its guidance on school uniforms to make them more affordable for families.

According to the trust, the main modification is a cap on the quantity of branded uniforms that schools are permitted to have.

The Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill will limit the number of branded items to three – with the addition of a branded tie allowed for secondary schools. 

From September 2026, at the trust’s secondary schools, the only mandatory branded items will include a school blazer, school tie, and the PE top. The trust will also no longer allow plain black T-shirts for this purpose.

As long as they follow the school’s colour and style standards, all other uniform components, including trousers, shirts, shoes and PE bottoms, can be bought from any retailer.

A spokesperson for the trust said: ‘Northern Education Trust is extremely mindful of the cost of school uniforms for parents, and has been considering the impact of this for a number of months, and of the forthcoming changes to government legislation.

‘Alongside this, consideration was given to no longer including skirts as an option, and we have spoken to a significant number of students to ask their opinion about this.

‘As a result of positive feedback to this suggestion, it was decided that all secondary students should wear tailored school trousers from September 2026, as highlighted in the letter to parents earlier this month.

‘The decision to delay implementation of the change until 2026 was to give families plenty of time to prepare so that they could make an informed choice when purchasing items this year, as well as saving costs on having to repeatedly replace tights.

‘A very small number of parents have raised concerns which have been discussed with individuals, but the vast majority of responses to the notification have been very positive.

‘We cannot comment on individual cases, and we always ask parents to contact us directly to discuss any concerns they have about such changes.’

The Teesside schools under the Northern Education Trust include Dyke House Academy (Hartlepool), Freebrough Academy (Brotton), The Grangefield Academy (Stockton), Manor Community Academy (Hartlepool), North Shore Academy (Stockton) and Thornaby Academy (Thornaby).

They probably do not, however, forbid the hijabs since they are afraid of upsetting those who wear them.

This is all woke nonsense. Skirts are much more comfortable in the summer months. Why don’t they just let the students decide for themselves whatever their gender?

To be honest, you typically see girls wearing shorts, jeans, or leggings when they go out on the weekend. The problem with school skirts is that when girls wear them, they are too short. I’ve seen a lot of girls going about their lives wearing school skirts that hardly cover anything.

Does anyone else find it extremely annoying that the terms “diversity, equality, and inclusivity” are used on a regular basis? Makes you wonder what other woke rubbish they’re ensconcing into our children. Instead of telling children what to think they should help them how to think.

‘Home Office Doesn’t Know How Many Foreign Workers Work Illegally After Visas Expire’

The Home Office fails to collect ‘basic information’ on foreign workers including whether they carry on working illegally in the UK at the end of their visas, MPs have warned.

The Commons Public Accounts Committee (PAC) found the department ‘does not know’ how many foreign visa holders leave the country when they are supposed to.

A damning new report, published, presented grave concerns about the operation of the skilled worker visa system which was brought in at the end of 2020.

It comes after a Daily Mail investigation into a ‘cash for care jobs scandal’ last year discovered some brokers charging overseas applicants fees of up to £20,000 to help them get a visa permitting them to come – and stay – here.

The PAC’s report said: ‘We asked the Home Office whether it knows if people leave the country when their visa expires.

‘The Home Office told us the only way that it can tell if people are still in the country is to match the data it holds on individuals with the passenger data it receives on people using airlines.

‘The Home Office has not analysed exit checks since the route was introduced and does not know what proportion of people return to their home country after their visa has expired, and how many may be working illegally in the United Kingdom.’

It added that officials had told the committee the problem ‘was not solved’ but there was ‘scope to strengthen exit checks’ under a new digital visa system currently being rolled out.

The cross-party committee of MPs recommended the Home Office to do far more to tackle visa overstayers.

It suggested the department should ‘undertake a full assessment … to identify gaps in its response’, including studies of specific work sectors which should be updated every six months.

Home Secretary Yvette Cooper should also make sure the Home Office can ‘identify what data is needed to strengthen its response, including how to better understand what happens to people at the end of their visa’, it added.

PAC chairman Sir Geoffrey Clifton-Brown said: ‘From when the government opened the skilled worker visa route in December 2020 up to the end of 2024, 1.18 million people applied to enter the UK.

‘Our report finds that this speed came at a painfully high cost – to the safety of workers from the depredations of labour market abuses, and the integrity of the system frSom people not following the rules.

‘There has long been mounting evidence of serious issues with the system, laid bare once again in our inquiry.

‘And yet basic information, such as how many people on skilled worker visas have been modern slavery victims, and whether people leave the UK after their visas expire, seems to still not have been gathered by government.’

In the wake of the visa changes in 2020, net migration – the difference between those coming to live long-term in Britain and those emigrating –hit a record 906,000 in the 12 months to June 2023.

It then dropped to 413,000 last calendar year after the Tory government tightened the rules.

A visa permitting overseas recruitment of care workers was especially vulnerable to abuse and saw 648,100 applications, including dependants, between 2022 and last year.

Earlier this week the Home Office set out measures to phase out foreign care worker recruitment, plus a range of other new restrictions on other types of visa.

Sir Geoffrey added: ‘Further changes are now underway in this system, with an end to the overseas recruitment of care workers.

‘Without effective cross-government working, there is a risk that these changes will exacerbate challenges for the care sector.

‘Government now needs to develop a deeper understanding of the role that immigration plays in sector workforce strategies, as well as how domestic workforce plans will help address skills shortages.

‘Government no longer has the excuse of the global crisis caused by the pandemic if it operates this system on the fly, and without due care.’

The degree of ineptitude is astounding.

Labour said that they removed 24,000 migrants, but they don’t know if they were returned or not, or did they just cynically tick a box to claim that they had.

Shambles On The Hard-Left

A rebellious threat to Labour was tottering on the threshold of disarray as its launch descended into quarrelling.

Zarah Sultana dramatically quit Labour and said she would be ‘co-leading’ a new left-wing party with Jeremy Corbyn.

After losing the whip, the staunchly pro-Palestinian MP, who has long been a critic of Keir Starmer, was already serving as an independent.

But it appears the move caught Mr Corbyn by surprise, with the former Labour leader said to be ‘furious and bewildered’ – although he has yet to respond publicly. 

There also seems to be no decision on what the name of the new party would be, with options mooted including ‘Real Change’ and ‘Peace and Justice Project’. 

Mr Corbyn has been hinting strongly that he wants to form a new party – with polls suggesting it could entice 10 per cent of the left-wing vote and inflict significant damage on Labour.

In an interview on Wednesday, the 76-year-old claimed there was a ‘thirst’ among voters ‘for an alternative view to be put’.

Mr Corbyn has sat as the independent MP for Islington North since being suspended by Labour in 2020 for downplaying the extent of anti-Semitism in the party under his leadership.

Due to his membership in the Independent Alliance, a loose coalition of independent MPs with left-leaning political beliefs, he was expelled last year but managed to hold onto his seat in the general election.

Posting on X last night, Ms Sultana that she was ‘resigning from the Labour Party’.

She said: ‘Jeremy Corbyn and I will co-lead the founding of a new party, with other independent MPs, campaigners and activists across the country.’

She said that ‘Westminster is broken but the real crisis is deeper’ and the ‘two-party system offers nothing but managed decline and broken promises’.

‘A year ago I was suspended by the Labour Party for voting to abolish the two-child benefit cap and list 400,000 children out of poverty,’ the former Labour MP added. I’d do it again. I voted against scrapping winter fuel payments for pensioners. I’d do it again.

‘Now, the Government wants to make disabled people suffer; they just can’t decide how much.’

Appearing on ITV’s Peston on Wednesday – after opposing plans to proscribe Palestine Action as a terrorist group – he said he was working with groups ‘all around the country’

‘That grouping will come together. There will be an alternative view and there will be an alternative put there which is about a society that deals with poverty, inequality and a foreign policy that’s based on peace rather than war,’ he said.

Asked if he would like to lead the party he said: ‘I’m here to work, I’m here to serve the people in the way I’ve always tried to do.’

Sultana and Corbyn! Perhaps they can call it the ‘Fruit ‘n’ Party?

We need some fresh meat, and if no one in the government is willing to safeguard the people of the United Kingdom, then they should leave. That is the government’s first responsibility. There should be a cabinet that supports domestic initiatives and one that opposes foreign ones.

Other country’s issues are not ours – if they want to fight with each other they should just be allowed to get on with it, and we should become a neutral country that stays out of other country’s relations and focus on our own.

Politicians always seem to believe they are more intelligent than anyone else. Just because they went to University doesn’t mean they have any common sense!

The Pound Plummets

Bond markets were sent into frenzy and the pound fell after the Chancellor’s tears in the Commons – drawing comparisons with the disorderly reaction to Liz Truss’s catastrophic mini-budget.

UK ten-year borrowing costs surged close to 4.7 per cent as Sir Keir Starmer declined to offer Rachel Reeves his support as she sat beside him at the Prime Minister’s questions.

The pound dropped by one per cent against the dollar to less than $1.36.

Even after Ms Reeves’ poor economic management, traders are probably worried that any Labour replacement may increase financial instability.

The spike took yields on ten-year government bonds – effectively the rate investors charge to lend to the government – to the highest level in about a month.

And the one-day movement was the worst since October 2022, after the Truss mini-Budget.

Traders were already on edge after Labour’s humiliating climbdown on welfare which blew a £5 billion void in the Chancellor’s Budget plans.

And though bond yields came down nearer to 4.6 per cent – after the PM eventually offered his support and the Chancellor’s tears were described as a personal matter – they were still well above the levels seen at the start of the day.

Neil Wilson, UK investor strategist at Saxo Markets, said: ‘Is Liz Truss back? Hard to imagine the chancellor will last much longer.

‘She will pay the price for sticking to her fiscal rules and having a party that won’t let her do so without hiking taxes because they refuse to grasp the benefits nettle.

‘The market is turning vigilante here and showing a distinct lack of confidence and implication that we could see more borrowing; pricing in higher political risk premium.

‘This kind of market reaction is everything Labour hoped to avoid – they staked so much on their fiscal credibility but it’s all gone up in a backbench revolt.’

Kathleen Brooks, research director at XTB, said: ‘The market is pricing in the possibility of a replacement chancellor with a more left-leaning agenda, which is spooking the bond market and waking up the bond vigilantes from their slumber.’

Nigel Green, chief executive of financial advisors deVere Group, said: ‘The echoes of Truss in 2022 are unmistakable.

‘Back then, it was a reckless mini-budget that shattered market confidence. This time, it’s a government lurching from one policy retreat to another, raising serious doubts about fiscal control and political authority.’

The only way to restore confidence is to call a general election, and even then, I’m not confident that will work.

To stop this deterioration, we need someone with a strong backbone.

The markets will want a culling, and I believe that confidence restored will now be demanded by the Bank of England – this is going to hurt.

I think that Starmer and Reeves will be gone very soon, and for all those who voted Labour – what have you done?

If Reform gets to govern the UK with its economically illiterate plan they will also crash the economy. Nigel Farage is nowhere near ready to govern the UK.

If you think that Labour is unfit to govern, how do you actually believe Reform will cope with zero experience?

Labour is the worst I’ve seen in all my years of being on this planet. They are set to annihilate our financial markets, businesses, education system, legal justice system and our national culture. They are vultures, and they’re feeding on the bones of what the Tories left behind, and anyone who believes that Starmer and his buddies are better than any other PM in living memory needs to just give their heads a wobble.

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