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Laura Trott appointed shadow education secretary

Laura Trott appointed shadow education secretary

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MP for Sevenoaks and former chief secretary to the Treasury tapped by Kemi Badenoch to lead Conservative education team MP for Sevenoaks and former chief secretary to the Treasury tapped by Kemi Badenoch to lead Conservative education team More from this theme Recent articles Laura Trott has been appointed shadow education secretary in Kemi Badenoch’s front-bench team, it has been reported. The appointment was made today just hours before education secretary Bridget Phillipson and her ministers are due to face education questions in Parliament. Trott is the MP for Sevenoaks in Kent and served as pensions minister and then chief secretary to the Treasury in Rishi Sunak’s government. The appointment comes after Badenoch won the Conservative leadership election, beating opponent Robert Jenrick with 56.5 per cent of the members’ vote. Trott replaces Damian Hinds, the former education secretary and schools minister, who had served in the shadow role since the Conservatives lost the election in July. It is not clear whether Hinds will be appointed to another role in the front-bench team. Source link

Trump’s ‘Secretary of Retribution’ – The Atlantic

Trump’s ‘Secretary of Retribution’ – The Atlantic

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In June, Ivan Raiklin, a retired Green Beret and pro–Donald Trump activist, sat down for a chat with Cliven Bundy, a Nevada cattle rancher who instigated an armed standoff with federal authorities in 2014 over his refusal to pay grazing fees. In the video—posted on the America Happens Network, which has aired documentaries such as Bundy vs. Deep State and the series Conspiracy Truths—Raiklin explained that tens of thousands of service members had refused to comply with a Defense Department mandate that all personnel receive a vaccine for COVID-19, because they did not want to be “experimented on with an unsafe and ineffective, what I call ‘DNA-mutilation injection.’” He told Bundy that the “illegal” mandate, since rescinded, was to blame for the “total destruction of our constitutional order.” “There must be consequences,” Raiklin said, for the “unlawful, immoral, unethical, illegal” vaccination program, which he also asserted, with no evidence, “ended up killing lots of people.” In fact, tens of thousands of service members did refuse the vaccine, and about 8,000 were discharged for failing to …

Grenfell MP To Raise Concerns Over Court Backlog With Justice Secretary

Grenfell MP To Raise Concerns Over Court Backlog With Justice Secretary

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The Kensington MP will raise the speed of criminal proceedings against those involved in Grenfell with Justice Secretary Shabana Mahmood (Alamy) 5 min read05 September Labour MP for Kensington and Bayswater Joe Powell has said he will raise concerns with Justice Secretary Shabana Mahmood over the court backlog potentially slowing down the criminal investigations into the Grenfell fire tragedy. Powell, who was elected as the MP on 4 July, told PoliticsHome before the Grenfell Inquiry’s long-awaited final report that the building safety crisis and learning other lessons from Grenfell should be at the “top of the agenda” for the new Labour Government. The report, published on Wednesday, found that government and the companies involved were aware of the dangers of flammable cladding but “failed to act” to prevent harm to residents.  Speaking to PoliticsHome the day after its publication, Powell said it had outlined “in black and white” what Grenfell survivors and families already knew, but that “ultimately, it’s criminal accountability that will deliver real justice”. “Unfortunately, by having a public inquiry running …

The Guy Who Wants to Be Trump’s Secretary of Health and Human Services Keeps Doing Weird Stuff With Animals

The Guy Who Wants to Be Trump’s Secretary of Health and Human Services Keeps Doing Weird Stuff With Animals

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On Friday, Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. abandoned his presidential campaign and endorsed Donald Trump as commander-in-chief. Kennedy has signaled that he’s gunning for a role in the Trump administration. Trump, meanwhile, recently told CNN that he was considering giving Kennedy a role in his administration, and in an interview that aired on Monday, Kennedy told the conservative pundit Tucker Carlson that he and Trump are “working on policy issues together.” As for which position Kennedy is specifically looking to nab? Nothing’s been confirmed, but last week, prior to the campaign’s suspension, Kennedy’s running mate Nicole Shanahan — the ex-wife of Google cofounder Sergey Brin — offered a hint: per NBC, while speaking to a podcaster Shanahan floated the suggestion that Kennedy would make an “incredible” secretary of health and human services. That Kennedy would want this position in the administration — or any other health or environment-related role — isn’t surprising. A former environmental lawyer, Kennedy has gained notoriety in recent years for his open-armed embrace of a slew of health-related conspiracy theories, most famously the …

NSS urges Scottish health secretary to end NHS ritual circumcision

NSS urges Scottish health secretary to end NHS ritual circumcision

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The National Secular Society has called on the Scottish health secretary to end NHS funding for ritual circumcision of children. Unlike the NHS in England and Wales, the Scottish NHS will circumcise boys if requested by parents for religious or cultural purposes, even if there is no medical need. The NSS said Scottish Government funding of ritual circumcision was incompatible with newly introduced human rights legislation. The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (Incorporation) (Scotland) Act 2024, which came into force in Scotland last week, creates a public sector duty to act in compliance with the Convention. The NSS said ritual circumcision of children violates Articles 12, 14 and 24(3) of the Convention, which enshrine a child’s rights to be heard, to freedom of religion or belief, and to protection from harmful traditional practices, respectively. The letter pointed to a freedom of information request to the General Medical Council last year, which revealed boys had suffered urinary complications, bleeding requiring blood transfusion, and penile deformity following the procedure. It also noted the …

Leeds council conducting ‘urgent review’ of ‘family matter’ that appeared to spark riots as home secretary condemns ‘audacious criminality’ | UK News

Leeds council conducting ‘urgent review’ of ‘family matter’ that appeared to spark riots as home secretary condemns ‘audacious criminality’ | UK News

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Leeds City Council has said it is conducting an “urgent review” of a “family matter” that sparked rioting in the Harehills area. Home Secretary Yvette Cooper condemned the scenes of violence that were shared widely on social media on Thursday evening. She warned that perpetrators of the “audacious criminality” would “face the full force of the law”. Please use Chrome browser for a more accessible video player 0:30 Home secretary: Leeds riots ‘unacceptable’ On Friday, representatives of the Roma community met with Leeds City Council to “express concerns about a family matter” that took place on 18 July. Previously, police said officers had been called out around 5pm on Thursday “after social workers reported being met with hostility when dealing with a child protection matter”. They said responding officers were attacked, and helped social staff withdraw “to a place of safety”. Image: Vehicles were set on fire and a police car was overturned. Pic: PA Following this, disorder escalated into the riots and violence that left a bus burning and a police car flipped over. …

Home secretary calls for ‘urgent explanation’ as police car is filmed running over a cow | UK News

Home secretary calls for ‘urgent explanation’ as police car is filmed running over a cow | UK News

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The home secretary has called for a “full, urgent explanation” after a police car was filmed deliberately being driven into a cow twice. A video of the incident began circulating on social media this morning and shows a loose cow falling and skidding metres down a road after being hit by the vehicle. As the animal seems to be trying to get back on its feet, the car approaches for a second time. The cow’s head and part of its torso then appears to be stuck underneath the front of the vehicle as two officers get out. A second police car can be seen on an adjoining street. James Cleverly said in a post on X: “I can think of no reasonable need for this action. “I’ve asked for a full, urgent explanation for this. It appears to be unnecessarily heavy handed.” Surrey Police has issued a statement on the matter, saying it responded to reports of a cow running loose in Staines-upon-Thames at around 8.55pm on Friday evening. It had received “numerous calls from …

GOP Secretary of State Who Spoke Out Against Election Denialism Wins JFK Profile in Courage Award

GOP Secretary of State Who Spoke Out Against Election Denialism Wins JFK Profile in Courage Award

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Kentucky Republican Secretary of State Michael Adams, who worked to expand early voting in the Bluegrass State and has spoken out against election denialism in his own party, has been chosen to receive the John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Award this year. In its announcement Monday, the JFK Library Foundation said Adams was recognized “for expanding voting rights and standing up for free and fair elections despite party opposition and death threats from election deniers.” Adams — whose signature policy objective is to make it easy to vote and hard to cheat — was at the forefront of a bipartisan effort with Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear that led to the enactment of 2021 legislation allowing for three days of no-excuse, early in-person voting — including on a Saturday — before Election Day. Adams hailed it as Kentucky’s most significant election law update in more than a century. About one-fifth of the Kentuckians who voted in last year’s statewide election did so during those three days of early, in-person voting, Adams’ office said Monday. As …

Philippine ship damage, injury to crew ‘irresponsible behaviour’, says US Defense Secretary Austin

Philippine ship damage, injury to crew ‘irresponsible behaviour’, says US Defense Secretary Austin

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HONOLULU: Damage to Philippine vessels and injuries to their crew in the South China Sea is “irresponsible behaviour” in disregard of international law, US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said on Thursday (May 2), weighing in on the latest flare-up involving China. Manila and Beijing have traded barbs almost daily since Tuesday’s confrontation at the disputed Scarborough Shoal, where China’s coast guard used water cannon against two vessels from the Philippines, prompting outrage from its government. “We’ve been very clear to everyone, to include Beijing, that the kind of behaviour that we’ve seen, where Filipino crews are put in danger … sailors have been injured and property damaged, that is irresponsible behaviour,” Austin told a joint press conference in Hawaii. Austin reiterated the United States would continue to support its former colony the Philippines, as outlined in a 1951 Mutual Defence Treaty. “Our commitment to the treaty is ironclad and we stand with the Philippines,” he said after a meeting with defence counterparts of the Philippines, Australia and Japan. Appearing alongside Austin, Philippine Defence Secretary Gilberto …