Addressing the COP26 climate summit in Glasgow on 2 November 2021, India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi committed his nation, the world’s third-largest emitter…
It is surely a sign of the changing times that a city that once thrived on carbon-intensive manufacturing and mining and in the…
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The Autumn Budget and Spending Review 2021: Paving the Way for Economic Recovery and a “Global Britain”
A reportedly upbeat Rishi Sunak, Chancellor of the Exchequer, introduced a 195-page document bearing the official title of Autumn Budget and Spending Review…
The only absolute certainty in life is the inevitability of death. Except for those who commit suicide, driven by depression, delusion, disease, drugs…
The UK Government released its Net Zero Strategy on 19 October 2021- the latest in a series of policy statements committing the UK…
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Pandemic Preparedness: “Learning Lessons” and Restructuring National and Global Responses to Future Pandemics.
On 12 October 2021, the UK’s House of Commons released a 151-page report, titled “Coronavirus: lessons learned to date”. The title may appear…
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson was at his oratorical best as he triumphantly brought the annual Conservative Party Conference to a conclusion at…
Reports from the Pandora Papers have started to trickle through, from 3 October 2021 onwards. The world’s largest example yet of global collaborative…
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Face-to-Face or Remote Access? Facing up to the Challenges for General Practice in Britain Today
The coronavirus pandemic has changed the way the UK’s National Health Service (NHS) works and, in so doing, has further laid bare the…
Long queues of vehicles lining up for scarce supplies of diesel and petrol , empty fuel pumps, rising oil prices, and instances of…