Exclusive: Post-Windrush training module urges caseworkers to call asylum seekers ‘customers’ Details have emerged of a training course designed to make Home Office staff behave more compassionately, revealing guidance urging immigration caseworkers to display greater empathy to avoid further “reputational damage” to the department. The Face Behind the Case training module instructs staff to refer … Read more
Head of insurance market floats idea of giving government bespoke flood and drought cover The head of Lloyd’s of London has offered to strike a world-first deal with the UK government to help the NHS meet unexpected increases in costs triggered by major events such as another pandemic. John Neal, who runs the world’s largest … Read more
Huw Edwards and Reeta Chakrabarti among those to receive letters in what corporation says was a standard HR exercise The BBC has reportedly sent letters offering voluntary redundancy to some of its top presenters as it looks to cut expenditure in its news division. The corporation’s interim managing editor of news and current affairs, Philippa … Read more
Conference for sociologists hears how visitors often fail to challenge the police and can have limited access to detainees Oversight of how people who have been arrested and detained in custody cells at police stations in England and Wales are treated is inadequate to deter misconduct by officers, a conference has heard. The independent custody … Read more
Conspiracy theorist and election denier Marjorie Taylor Greene says national guardsman Jack Teixeira has been treated unfairly Senator Lindsey Graham condemned his fellow Republican Marjorie Taylor Greene as “terribly irresponsible” on Sunday, after the far-right congresswoman defended the air national guardsman charged with leaking Pentagon intelligence documents. Speaking on ABC’s This Week show, Graham said … Read more
EXCLUSIVE: Campaigners have slammed a Turkish hospital attempting to lure British women to have a budget ‘mommy makeover’ as a ‘new low’, Read More
The ‘hybrid solar eclipse’ is a rare type of eclipse that changes its appearance as the moon’s shadow moves across Earth’s surface. Read More
Everybody’s mind’s eye is different, and a recent study from the University of Sussex revealed that one per cent of people are completely ‘mind blind’. Take this quiz to see how well you can visualise. Read More
Experts from Petplan are urging owners to be aware of what’s in store, as certain dog breeds can hugely increase in size as they reach adulthood. Read More
The lighthearted escapades of Jeeves and Wooster have become the latest victims of the seemingly relentless march of literature’s word police. Read More