A single London council has seen its housing bill for new migrants soar to £18 million after hundreds of Chagos Islanders arrived on top of the asylum seekers it was already paying for. The two groups combined have put a tremendous strain on Hillingdon Council which is the first port of call for those arriving at Heathrow to setContinue reading “Welcome To The Little Chagos Islands!”
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After Being Accused Of Drug Dealing At A Rave, Festival-Goers Locked Up In Romania Describe Being Treated Like ‘Animals’ In A ‘Hellish’ Jail
British festival attendees who have spent months incarcerated in a Romanian prison have spoken of the “hellish” circumstances there, including aggressive inmates fighting with knives and infested quarters with rats and insects. Up to twelve British nationals were detained as they went to the Sunwaves music festival in April of last year, and they areContinue reading “After Being Accused Of Drug Dealing At A Rave, Festival-Goers Locked Up In Romania Describe Being Treated Like ‘Animals’ In A ‘Hellish’ Jail”
The Foreign Office Spends £200k On ‘Crisis Media Training’ In £4 Million Consultant Splurge
Last year, the Foreign Office paid consultants close to £4 million of taxpayer money, including £200,000 for “crisis media training days.” It is more than twice as much as the department paid for outside consultants the year before. It comes as the department’s spending on temporary agency personnel has reached a record high of aboutContinue reading “The Foreign Office Spends £200k On ‘Crisis Media Training’ In £4 Million Consultant Splurge”