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The recent spate of stabbings is “horrific” the prime minister said today, following the deaths of five young people in less than a week. Speaking at a city academy in east London today, Tony Blair said tougher sentencing would help to target and reduce crimes involving gangs, guns and knives. The maximum sentence for carrying… Read more »
The chancellor’s pre-Budget report (PBR) was “grossly inadequate” and failed to respond adequately to “increasing risks of major and irreversible impacts from climate change”, a cross-party group of MPs has claimed. The commons all party environmental audit committee published its harsh critique of the PBR’s “lack of boldness” ahead of the Budget on Wednesday, in… Read more »