As crises pile up, can the Home Office be fixed?

The latest report on the pandemic shows that grave failings were not limited to Boris Johnson. The government needs to prepare for the next crisis All four of the UK’s governments are criticised in the latest report from the public inquiry into the coronavirus pandemic of 2020-22. The Northern Ireland Executive’s response is judged to have been marred by political divisions. In Scotland, Nicola Sturgeon did not involve cabinet colleagues enough in decision-making (though she is also described as serious and diligent). In Wales, Mark Drakeford’s government mirrored some of the errors made in London, particularly when it delayed…

In several emails, the letting agent suggests they will apply for the licence on Reeves’s behalf. Source link

He is the second MP to leave the group, which has been dominated by internal tensions. Source link