A cross-party group of parliamentarians has urged the home secretary to close a controversial military barracks being used to house asylum seekers with immediate effect, and instead house them in the community where they can receive appropriate support. Members of the all-party parliamentary group (APPG) on immigration detention, which has more than 40 members, have … Read more
Among experienced civil servants, they were jokingly referred to as “the insurgents” – a group of executives lured from the private sector by David Cameron’s government to shake up Whitehall. But now that same group is under intense scrutiny amid a growing row about the influence of lobbyists and business on senior Cabinet Office officials … Read more
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The US pharmaceutical company Moderna, which produces the newest vaccine to be rolled out in the UK, is struggling to supply promised shots because of issues with increasing production at its European plant, in the latest problem to hit global vaccination plans. In a statement on Friday, the company suggested supply of the vaccine would … Read more
The register of lobbyists set up by David Cameron to increase transparency in the sector has no full-time boss and does so little work that it produces a cash surplus from its activities. The Office of the Registrar of Consultant Lobbyists was founded in 2014 following a series of lobbying scandals in the early part … Read more