Union chief says huge salaries of school academy chain leaders is ‘verging on criminality’

Union chief says huge salaries of school academy chain leaders is ‘verging on criminality’ and have ‘little if no impact on student progress’ Phil Kemp, the new president of the NASUWT teaching union, made the claims He warns of ‘Wild West’ school system where education is in hands of a few CEOs Mr Kemp is … Read more

Scotland Yard standards chief moved to ‘backroom job’ after being found guilty of misconduct

Scotland Yard standards chief who was found guilty of misconduct over bullying allegations gets moved to ‘backroom job’ Matt Horne, a £150,000-a-year deputy assistant commissioner at Scotland Yard, has been quietly moved to an alleged ‘backroom job’ after bullying colleagues  He was found guilty of three counts of misconduct in 2018 while at Essex Police  … Read more

NHS chief urges millions of Britons who are eligible for a Covid vaccine to book now

NHS chief urges millions of Britons who are eligible for a Covid vaccine to book appointments NOW if they haven’t already had the jab During April NHS coronavirus vaccination teams will focus on second doses But appointments for all over-50s not yet protected will also be available  NHS England data showed 4million vulnerable people still … Read more

‘Bonkers’ chief constables are accused of censorship

Chief constables have been branded ‘bonkers’ and accused of censorship after telling officers to stop using their personal Twitter accounts to engage with the public.  Officers will close their social media profiles and instead work from corporate accounts in North Yorkshire following concerns that crimes reported to individuals could be missed.      But critics have claimed … Read more

Biden’s Covid chief says states reopening are ‘playing with fire’

U.S. governors are ‘playing with fire’ if they reopen their states too soon, warned President Biden’s senior coronavirus adviser Andy Slavitt on Tuesday.  Average daily coronavirus infections are up by 12 percent compared to last week, rising to more than 67,000 new cases every 24 hours, according to a DailyMail.com analysis of Johns Hopkins University … Read more

Government’s former commercial chief ‘took a job at Greensill without telling ethics watchdog’

New ‘croynism’ row as it is revealed the Government’s former commercial chief Bill Crothers ‘took a job at Greensill without the Whitehall ethics watchdog being told’ amid questions over ex-PM David Cameron’s links to firm Business card obtained by Labour raised fresh questions about the businessman  Lex Greensill had No 10 email address and landline … Read more

Green berets: Climate change ‘firmly a defence problem’ says army chief in new report

Green berets: Climate change ‘firmly a defence problem’ says army chief in new report that recommends the Armed Forces ‘take transformative action’ to become more eco-friendly Lt General Richard Nugee led the Climate Change and Sustainability Review He said that climate change was ‘changing the way our military fight’ The report, released today, suggests military … Read more

UN chief criticises wealthy countries for stockpiling Covid-19 vaccines as poor countries go without

UN chief criticises wealthy countries for stockpiling Covid-19 vaccines as poor countries go without The UN health agency chief said stockpiling of vaccines was a ‘moral outrage’ At least 36 countries are yet to receive any vaccines through the Covax initiative £435 million  is needed to support vaccine delivery around the world By Lauren Lewis For … Read more

Senior police chief warns ‘wicked’ race crisis is damaging battle against crime

One of Britain’s most senior police chiefs has warned that the race crisis is damaging the fight against crime as he vowed to change ‘generations of history’ between officers and black communities across the country. Martin Hewitt, chair of the National Police Chiefs’ Council (NPCC), said trust in policing was 20 per cent lower in the … Read more