At least 15,000 sick and elderly Britons have been ‘wrongly denied’ funding for care homes in the past decade Thousands of sick Britons have been denied funding for care homes for a decade Most initially told by local NHS bosses they were ineligible for residential care funding were suffering life-limiting illnesses such as dementia Residents … Read more
Boris Johnson and Rishi Sunak ‘are at loggerheads over three-year funding package for the military’ as coronavirus crisis hammers government finances By James Tapsfield, Political Editor For Mailonline Published: 15:33 GMT, 25 October 2020 | Updated: 15:33 GMT, 25 October 2020 Boris Johnson and Rishi Sunak are wrestling over whether to hand the Ministry of … Read more
Mayor of Greater Manchester Andy Burnham faked the moment he learned the city’s Tier Three lockdown funding had been slashed to £22million during a live press conference, Robert Jenrick has revealed The Communities Secretary today dismissed the claim that Mr Burnham found out the final package figure during an explosive conference last night, instead claiming he ‘phoned him … Read more
HHS threatens to cut off funding for US hospitals if they do not start reporting data on COVID-19 patients within 14 weeks after hundreds fail to regularly share stats with the White House HHS is threatening to cut off of Medicare and Medicaid funding for hospitals that do not report data on coronavirus and influenza … Read more
Hard Left hits back at Keir Starmer as Unite union SLASHES funding for Labour by 10% with boss Len McCluskey warning new leader must stick to Corbynista agenda Sir Keir Starmer has been trying to distance himself from the Jeremy Corbyn era Unite is cutting affiliation to Labour by 10 per cent amid anger at … Read more
Hans and Julia Rausings’ funding for charities hit by coronavirus pandemic tops £34m as they add another £8m to the pot Hans and Julia Rausing have almost doubled a multi-million-pound fund In July they said they were providing £10 million for small and medium charities Figure is in addition to the £16.5 million emergency fund they donated … Read more
Space debris — detritus orbiting Earth from satellites — is a growing problem which threatens the future of human space exploration. To tackle this issue, the Business Secretary Alok Sharma has announced £1million in funding, via the UK Space Agency (UKSA), for seven space-cleaning programmes. Astronomers are concerned that high-value craft in low-Earth orbit, such … Read more
Furious Tory donors threaten to ‘turn off the funding taps’ if Rishi Sunak proceeds with his ‘soak the rich’ tax raid to pay for Covid bailouts Tory donors are angry at reports of Rishi Sunak’s ‘soak the rich’ Covid tax raid They have told the party they will ‘turn off the funding taps’ if taxes … Read more
The job of Chancellor of the Exchequer is always one of the most difficult in Government, as I know from personal experience. During my spell at the Treasury in the early 1990s, I had to grapple with a series of momentous problems – the advent of recession, rising inflation and the impact of Black Wednesday, … Read more
Laurence Fox today led calls to strip the BBC of its licence fee funding over the bungled decision to play Land of Hope and Glory and Rule Britannia at the last Night of the Proms but not sing the ‘racist’ words to avoid offending the woke. Critics accused the BBC of ‘erasing history’ and caving in … Read more