Probation service returns to public control seven years after Chris Grayling’s ‘deeply flawed’ reforms as watchdog warns more funding is needed Then-Justice Sec Chris Grayling introduced £3.7billion probation reform in 2014 The controversial reforms saw private companies take control of some services However, probation services have now been taken back under public control By Danyal Hussain … Read more
Storm over student visa job reforms as ministers are accused of making ‘reckless’ changes to the system Migration Watch criticised move to allow foreign grads to take low-skilled jobs Only those with higher-paid offers qualify for a visa under new points system But students can avoid lower-skilled worker curbs from July 1 for up to … Read more
London Stock Exchange boss urges Government to push ahead with rules reforms to boost London floats By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 21:50 GMT, 28 January 2021 | Updated: 21:50 GMT, 28 January 2021 Reform plea: David Schwimmer became chief exec of the LSE in 2018 The boss of the London Stock Exchange … Read more
Britain risks becoming a ‘failed state’ unless it makes reforms to the union, former prime minister Gordon Brown has warned. The former Prime Minister urged Boris Johnson to consider reforms like replacing the House of Lords with a ‘senate of the regions’ and to review the way the UK is governed. Writing in The Daily … Read more
Building blitz in Lake District and Cotswolds: Housebuilding in the countryside is set to DOUBLE under Government planning reforms Government considers using algorithm to calculate where homes will be built Countryside charity warns changes could lead to ‘worst of all possible worlds’ The charity says that the Cotswolds will face 148 per cent more development … Read more
Care reforms are delayed AGAIN: Families remain stuck with sky-high bills as Boris Johnson looks at alternatives to cap on costs Families stuck facing sky-high bills as Boris’ plan for care reforms delayed again It is understood that Downing Street has gone cool on idea of £40,000 costs cap PM is now looking at a … Read more
Affluent areas will be forced to build more new homes in a radical shake-up of the planning system that will see computers decide on applications. Boris Johnson last night admitted the controversial reforms will be seen by some as ‘too much change too fast’ and ‘too much of a break from what has gone before’. … Read more
Carrie Symonds stopped fiancé Boris Johnson ditching transgender reforms which make it easier for people to legally change their name, MPs claim MPs claim PM ‘backed away’ from clash with trans activists ‘on advice of Carrie’ The announcement on gender change reform was postponed at the last minute Source says PM ‘does not appear to … Read more
HARRY COLE: Shadowy assassins are trying to ‘strangle at birth’ Boris Johnson’s civil service reforms By Harry Cole For The Mail On Sunday Published: 01:15 BST, 5 July 2020 | Updated: 01:19 BST, 5 July 2020 Boris Johnson’s closest aides are paranoid that dark forces in Whitehall are trying to ‘strangle at birth’ sweeping civil … Read more
An NYPD precinct commander was given a hero’s send-off by colleagues on Friday after he retired in protest over sweeping police reforms across New York. Deputy Inspector Richard Brea, who commanded the Bronx 46th Precinct, was treated to an NYPD helicopter fly by, police bagpipers and a ride in a vintage cop car during his … Read more