Amount paid to 15 firms and two barristers chambers since 2014 is almost equal to payouts for victims. The Post Office has paid out £250m in legal fees over the Horizon IT scandal, almost as much as it paid out to victims, some of whom have been jailed and bankrupted. The government agency paid out…
Government borrowing above expectations and highest since pandemic as public sector pay rose. Official data showed government debt rose to its highest level since the pandemic in July, while public sector wages also increased. No July has seen debt this high since 2021, according to the Office for National Statistics (ONS). This means there is…
Some Welsh universities could be facing a “substantial financial hole” in their finances, an economist and academic has said. Professor Dylan Jones-Evans said “a combination of factors meant a bleak future if they failed to recruit enough students before the start of the new academic year in September”. The Welsh Government said it “recognising the…
Hundreds of thousands of pensioners are being urged to apply for the Pension Top-up, which will shield them from government cuts to energy benefits. An estimated 880,000 low-income pensioner households eligible for the Pension Top-up are not currently claiming it, and the deadline is set to expire. The government says the supplement is worth an…
The Home Office said extreme misogyny would be considered a form of extremism under the government’s new plans. Home Secretary Yvette Cooper has ordered a review of the UK’s counter-extremism strategy to find out how best to tackle the threat posed by harmful ideologies. The analysis will look at misogyny as one of the ideological…
A police chief has emphasized the daily dangers faced by officers, following the circulation of a video showing a cop being struck in the face with a brick. Video footage shown below. The incident occurred on Friday evening in Blackpool, as emergency services responded to an officer being hit in the face during an investigation…
The World Health Organization (WHO) has declared the mpox outbreaks in parts of Africa a public health emergency of international concern. The highly contagious disease – formerly known as monkeypox – has killed at least 450 people in the Democratic Republic of Congo. What is Mpox and What are The Symptoms? Mpox is caused by…
The fatal stabbing of three young girls at a dance class in Southport, a seaside town in northern England, has triggered the most severe unrest the UK has experienced in over a decade. This violence, which has spread across towns and cities in England and Northern Ireland, has been fueled by misinformation online, far-right rhetoric,…