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Labour vows to outspend Tories with £26bn ‘rescue’ plan for NHS

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Labour vows to outspend Tories with £26bn ‘rescue’ plan for NHS Health service in England would get £5.5bn more a year by 2023-24 than the £20.5bn promised by Conservatives Labour is to unveil a “rescue plan” for the NHS in England with an extra £26bn of funding a year paid for by higher taxes on companies and the wealthiest in society, as the party puts the health service at the heart of its election offer to voters. Related: How will Labour put an extra £26bn into the NHS by 2024? Continue reading... Go to Source

Trump fumes as Democrats get ready for ‘sober and rigorous’ public hearings

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Trump fumes as Democrats get ready for 'sober and rigorous' public hearings TV crews move into halls of Capitol for first public testimonyTrump calls on Republicans to defend him from ‘total scam’Only three times in the history of the American republic has Congress initiated public testimony that could result in the removal of the president by impeachment. The tally will rise to four on Wednesday. Related: Lights, camera, impeachment: TV phase of inquiry carries pluses and pitfalls Continue reading... Go to Source

Rift in Lib Dem ranks as candidate stands aside in bid to thwart Tories

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Rift in Lib Dem ranks as candidate stands aside in bid to thwart Tories Party seeks replacement as Tim Walker drops out in Canterbury to avoid dividing pro-remain vote I’m a Liberal Democrat candidate – here’s why I’m stepping aside for LabourThe Liberal Democrats face a revolt from a local party over plans to replace a candidate who unilaterally stood down in a marginal Labour-held seat, saying he wanted to avoid the “nightmare” of handing the constituency back to the Conservatives.Tim Walker announced in an article for the Guardian that although he did not trust Jeremy Corbyn on Brexit, he wanted to give Rosie Duffield, the Labour candidate who took Canterbury from the Tories for the first time in 2017 by just 187 votes, the best chance of winning. Continue reading... Go to Sou...

Windrush victim dies without compensation or apology

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Windrush victim dies without compensation or apology Hubert Howard has died three weeks after being granted British citizenship, 59 years after arriving in UKAnother prominent Windrush victim has died without receiving compensation or a personal apology from the government. Hubert Howard died on Tuesday, just three weeks after finally being granted British citizenship, 59 years after he arrived in London aged three.Howard spent much of the last two months of his life still fighting for British citizenship from his intensive-care bed in hospital. He was granted it at the end of October when his lawyer informed the Home Office that he was critically ill, and highlighted the urgency of his case. Continue reading... Go to Source

Greta Thunberg leaves US with simple climate crisis message: vote

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Greta Thunberg leaves US with simple climate crisis message: vote Thunberg: ‘My message to the Americans is the same as to everyone – to unite behind the science and to act on the science’If world leaders fail us, my generation will never forgive themAs Greta Thunberg departs the US to sail across the Atlantic for the second time in a few months, she is leaving behind a simple message for those who care about the climate crisis: you must vote. Related: Giant Greta Thunberg mural to watch over San Francisco's downtown Continue reading... Go to Source

Google’s secret cache of medical data includes names and full details of millions – whistleblower

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Google's secret cache of medical data includes names and full details of millions – whistleblower Whistleblower tells Guardian of growing alarm over secret transfer of medical history data, which can be accessed by Google staffA whistleblower who works in Project Nightingale, the secret transfer of the personal medical data of up to 50 million Americans from one of the largest healthcare providers in the US to Google, has expressed anger to the Guardian that patients are being kept in the dark about the massive deal. Related: Mick Mulvaney drops impeachment lawsuit but will not comply with House subpoena – live Continue reading... Go to Source

Incestuous couple who murdered their teenage sons jailed for life

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Incestuous couple who murdered their teenage sons jailed for life Sarah Barrass and half-brother Brandon Machin also tried to kill four remaining childrenA couple in an incestuous relationship who murdered their two teenage sons and tried to kill their remaining four children have been jailed for life.Sarah Barrass, 35, and her partner, Brandon Machin, 39, who is also her half-brother, planned to kill their six children amid fears they would be taken into care. They were both sentenced on Tuesday to life in prison with a minimum term of 35 years. Continue reading... Go to Source

General election: Labour sets out its plans for lifelong learning – live news

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General election: Labour sets out its plans for lifelong learning – live news Jeremy Corbyn and Angela Rayner speak in Blackpool as Johnson prepares to chair Cobra meeting on floodsFarage urged to stand aside in Tory target seatsLabour pledges six years of free adult studyLib Dem candidate quits over racist tweetsSign up to the election briefing 11.46am GMTCorbyn says the Tories should apologise for the way they have cut eduction funding since 2010.The Tories ... want you to be grateful for their offer to reverse some of the cuts to schools made by the Tories.The money they say they’ll put in doesn’t even cover the money they took out. 11.45am GMTCorbyn says Labour would offer “the best” in education.And what is the best?The best is a Sure Start Centre in every community to offer ...
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