Outside the system
Category: UK Politics
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Vets Receive the Brexit Treatment
Stephen Delahunty explores how Britain’s departure from the EU is increasing the demand for vets, while their numbers fall
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Saccharine Narratives about Adoption are a Disservice to Children and Parents
This National Adoption Week, Andrew Taylor-Dawson – an adoptive parent himself – asks for a more nuanced approach to how Government and society thinks about adoption and its challenges
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£1.55 Billion Contracts Awarded to Corporate Giants for COVID Quarantine Security
The Government has awarded vast contracts for two private sector firms to manage the arrival of ‘red list’ passengers, reveals Sam Bright
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Boris Johnson and the Lebedevs: A Funny Peculiar Friendship
John Sweeney assesses the relationship between the British Prime Minister and the newspaper baron Lord Lebedev, in the light of an Italian intelligence report about his father
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Competition and Transparency Ignored in Appointment of Tory Co-Chair to Government Role
Martin Rosenbaum has uncovered more information about the expedited process involved in appointing Ben Elliot to a public position
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The UK Lags Behind Europe on Installing Low Carbon Heat Pumps
A new announcement on Government grants to install heat pumps does not go far enough – while the policy itself faces criticism from climate sceptics and a right-wing media
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Conservative MP Takes Job For Scandal-Hit Asylum Hotel Firm
Crispin Blunt is being paid £117 an-hour by the company, months after it was accused of paying its staff less than the minimum wage
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To Match His Climate Rhetoric, Boris Johnson Must Axe These Five Projects
Claire Hamlett unpicks the Government schemes that are obstructing the UK’s net zero ambitions
