The UK Government have finally closed their ‘golden visa’ scheme amid claims it was increasingly being used for money laundering and other illicit activity. Home secretary, Priti Patel, announced in a statement that the scheme would end immediately to help stop “corrupt elites who threaten our national security and push dirty money around our cities”. … Read more
Hundreds more women gave birth at home in 2020 as Covid-19 kept more people away from hospitals. Charity Birthrights says the closure of many home birth services during the pandemic means the number could have been much higher. Some 14,281 mothers across England and Wales gave birth at home in 2020, according to the latest … Read more
tens of thousands Afghans who worked for the US government left behind in Afghanistan because the Biden administration failed to properly plan a large-scale evacuation, according to a forthcoming report by Republicans on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. “From August 15 to 31, the United States completed its largest air evacuation. However, this evacuation was … Read more