British Isles
England and Wales: Over 90% of crimes unsolved
04 Aug 2023
Home Office data for England and Wales revealed the proportion of crimes that resulted in a charge or summons was 5.7% over the 12-month period from April 2022 onwards. 2.3 million crimes were dropped without a…
A Foreign Office internal government assessment reveals poor countries are being short-changed from the £900m Overseas Development Assistance Budget as other UK government departments raid the aid budget to spend it in the UK. A £30…
Bank of England Interest rate rise
04 Aug 2023
On August 3rd, the Bank of England’s base rate rose again to 5.25%. The last time it was 5.25% was in 2008. The Bank expects inflation to fall below 5% in the final quarter of 2023,…
Record number of children homeless
28 Jul 2023
Many are made homeless from ‘no-fault’ evictions when their landlord decides to sell. The Government promised to ban these types of evictions in 2019 but has not done so yet. Evicted families are placed in temporary…
Lawyers charge £10,000 to make fake asylum claim
28 Jul 2023
A reporter posing as an economic migrant found immigration law firm staff briefing clients how to lie to the authorities to stay in Britain. They were willing to help him get refugee status despite being told…
Reflections of a Christian consultant
28 Jul 2023
‘I have been a doctor for forty years working in a broken system. Endless demands with inadequate resources have been costly. But will striking work? Does Jesus want me to strike? I’m conflicted. Philippians says, ‘Don’t…