One of the Scottish Covid Bereaved group said “crocodile tears aren’t washing with me” as they reacted to Nicola Sturgeon giving evidence to the UK inquiry. During her evidence session
Read More
Scotland’s former first minister has said she will carry regrets over decisions taken during the Covid-19 pandemic “for as long as I live” in emotional inquiry testimony. Nicola Sturgeon appeared
Read More
Banning overseas care workers from bringing loved ones to the UK will ensure a “more manageable approach” to staffing the sector, a minister has said. The new rules will come
Read More
Overseas care workers coming to the UK will no longer be allowed to bring dependants under new rules from mid-March aimed at tackling “unsustainable and unfair levels of migration”. The
Read More
Former health secretary Jeane Freeman has told the UK Covid Inquiry she will “regret for the rest of her life” care home deaths caused by Scottish Government decision-making. Ms Freeman
Read More
Mental health patients have allegedly been sexually assaulted while under NHS care, according to an investigation. A probe by Sky News and The Independent found there had been almost 20,000
Read More
Assets linked to Baroness Michelle Mone and her husband Doug Barrowman have been frozen, as a National Crime Agency investigation into PPE firm Medpro continues. According to the Financial Times,
Read More
The families of three people killed in a spate of “atrocities” committed by a knifeman with paranoid schizophrenia said “true justice has not been served” as he was handed a
Read More
A 90-year-old man who physically and sexually abused boys in his care at a residential school in the 1960s has branded his victims “unhinged” and said they should be investigated
Read More
Council leaders have called for reform of local government finance and an end to “short-term” measures after Michael Gove confirmed authorities will receive £500 million in emergency funding for social
Read More