Angela Rayner has been accused of using national security laws to hide the fact that she has the option of three bathrooms in her taxpayer-funded grace-and-favour home. The Deputy Prime Minister’s officials refused to answer a Parliamentary question about the number of bedrooms in her London residence in Admiralty House, for security and operational reasons’. However, the Conservatives have discoveredContinue reading “Angela ‘Two Homes’ Rayner”
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A Hospital Writes Off £250 Million In Foreign Debt
Cash-strapped hospitals have written off £256.4 million owed by foreign patients because they forgot to check that they were properly entitled to free NHS treatment. An investigation by The Mail on Sunday reveals escalating deficits from health tourists – who have had everything from spinal surgery to heart care and cancer treatment – is creating a growing black holeContinue reading “A Hospital Writes Off £250 Million In Foreign Debt”
Next Month, Tube Workers Go On Strike
London commuters will suffer due to a series of strikes by London Underground employees, including drivers, next month in protest over wages. On November 7 and Tuesday, November 12, trade union Aslef, representing thousands of Tube drivers who make at least £63,000 annually, has called for 24-hour walkouts. In response to a “wholly inadequate” compensationContinue reading “Next Month, Tube Workers Go On Strike”
Increase In Shoplifting Offences
Shoplifting has risen to the highest level on record amid complaints the crime has been effectively ‘decriminalised’, new data revealed today. In the year ending in December 2023, police registered 430,104 offences, up over 37% from 315,040 in the year prior. The Office for National Statistics (ONS) states that the number is the highest since current recordsContinue reading “Increase In Shoplifting Offences”
A Flawed Home Office Age Check Led To The Placement Of 1,300 Child Migrants In Adult Accommodation
Internal data shows that the Home Office misclassified over 1,300 immigrant minors as adults after they arrived in the UK. Due to errors in the method used to calculate the arrival age, the migrants were detained or housed in unsupervised adult facilities between January 2022 and June 2023. In response to freedom of information requests,Continue reading “A Flawed Home Office Age Check Led To The Placement Of 1,300 Child Migrants In Adult Accommodation”
Thousands Of Members Of The Armed Forces Continue To Work From Home
Nearly 3,000 members of the Armed Forces are still working from home, more than a year after the final COVID restrictions were discarded. In total 2,832 troops from across Britain’s armed services are enjoying flexible working arrangements, figures by a newspaper outlet have shown. The MoD has been actively trying to give its service personnelContinue reading “Thousands Of Members Of The Armed Forces Continue To Work From Home”
At Some Councils, Nine Out Of Ten Staff Still Work From Home
It has emerged that more than 90 per cent of council staff are working from home in some places. According to freedom of information requests, council buildings are between a quarter and a half as full as offices in the private sector, yet local authorities are still using taxpayers’ money to service empty office space.Continue reading “At Some Councils, Nine Out Of Ten Staff Still Work From Home”
Ambulances Are Delayed In Low-Traffic Neighbourhoods
The ambulance chief said that ambulances can be delayed in low traffic neighbourhoods because paramedics are unaware of road changes, and London Ambulance Service chief Garrett Emmerson said some paramedics were caught out when the roads were changed very quickly during the lockdown. It was announced earlier this year that in eight months, ambulance crewsContinue reading “Ambulances Are Delayed In Low-Traffic Neighbourhoods”
THE MONTHLY MOSQUITO 