Nursery teachers should be taught about white privilege so toddlers can ‘develop anti-racist views’, say unions Unions and charities want nursery teachers trained so toddlers can be anti-racist Tory politicians said that it was the ‘wrong way to go about’ combating racism MP says it ‘insults white working-class people from disadvantaged backgrounds’ By Mail on … Read more
Protesting pupils’ list of demands presented to the head – and what he has already agreed to A statement purporting to be from the pupil protesters breaks down their ‘demands’. An extract from this document is shown below, with changes that headteacher Daniel Smith has agreed to marked by an asterisk and italics. DISCRIMINATION We … Read more
FORTY rebel Tories including six ex-Cabinet ministers join forces with opposition MPs in bid to block ‘divisive and discriminatory’ vaccine passports Unlikely alliance condemned vaccine passports as ‘divisive and discriminatory’ Members of coalition were organised by the pressure group Big Brother Watch Signed a pledge to oppose the idea if it is brought forward by … Read more
Emmanuel Macron has been accused of behaving like a ‘monarch’ while presiding over ‘a disaster the like of which we’ve never seen’ after he imposed a third national lockdown. The French president last night blamed the ‘British variant’ for creating ‘a pandemic within a pandemic’ as he finally bowed to weeks of pressure from medics … Read more
Business leaders last night united with MPs to plead with the Prime Minister to resume foreign travel. They warned that more than a million jobs were at risk if Boris Johnson failed to get Britain flying again. In letter to the PM, they said firms across the country faced devastation if planes were kept grounded. … Read more
Will staff get vaccine passports for offices? MPs eye plan to allow bosses to use documents to help reopen offices after Covid pandemic Ministers considering allowing workplace vaccine passports when reopening Employers would be able to compel staff to prove they had been vaccinated Experts say it could help to end more than a year … Read more
Tax cigarette giants to stub out littering: MPs call for tobacco companies to pick up the tab for cleaning butt-strewn streets New platic tax on cigarettes being considered to tackle scourge of littered butts It is made possible by a new power currently being legislated in Environment Bill Scourge so widespread that estimated cost of … Read more
Boris Johnson faced calls to lift lockdown faster last night as Covid infections, hospital cases and deaths hit a six-month low. Four NHS regions – covering 29million people across southern England – reported no deaths on Sunday. Just 23 fatalities were logged elsewhere. The average daily death toll is now 63 – 95 per cent below … Read more
Boris Johnson and Joe Biden last night condemned China after it sanctioned British MPs for exposing what the Prime Minister called ‘gross human rights violations’. Mr Johnson and the US President spoke on the phone to ‘express their concerns’ over Beijing’s move, which came after Britain and the United States imposed sanctions on China. The Prime … Read more
MPs’ summer holidays could be two weeks longer so refurbishment team can repair the Palace of Westminster Commons Leader Jacob Rees-Mogg is responsible for tabling motions It is unlikely Government will be won over by the idea to extend summer holiday More time is needed for refurbishment team to carry out repairs on building By … Read more