China’s environmental inspectors found that nearly two-thirds of the more than 32,000 enterprises they checked have violated environmental rules. The findings came after three months of inspections across 28 cities in the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region … read more
Macao’s former chief prosecutor Ho Chio Meng was found guilty for more than over 1,000 charges and sentenced to 21 years in prison, the special administrative region (SAR)’s Court of Final Appeal said in its final judgment on Friday. The judges agreed… read more
Jonathan Ashworth MP, Labour’s Shadow Health Secretary, responding to reports in Nursing Times that universities are reducing the size of their nursing courses in the wake of the removal of bursaries in England, said:
“The Government’s decision to remove the bursaries for health degrees is a terrible misjudgment. They have failed to deliver the extra 10,000 nursing places they promised and in fact some universities are now planning to offer fewer places.
“Applications for nursing degrees have fallen by 23% this year and now universities say they have not yet received enough responses from prospective students to fill the number of training places they are offering.
“The Government has created a crisis in the nursing workforce which is causing chaos for patients. They should urgently revisit their decision to charge fees for health degrees before it is too late.”
read more13/07/2017 – Culture, education and youth / Justice and citizens’ rights / Security and defence The European Commission has today put forward new rules to clamp down on the illegal import and trafficking of cultural goods from outside the EU, … read more
Richard Burgon MP, Labour’s Shadow Secretary of State for Justice, commenting on the appointment of Sir Ian Burnett as the new Lord Chief Justice, said:
“I congratulate Sir Ian Burnett on his appointment as Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales from October 2017.
“One of the Lord Chief Justice’s key responsibilities is representing the views of the judiciary to Parliament and the government.
“I look forward to working with Lord Justice Burnett in upholding the independence of the judiciary, which is a cornerstone of our legal system.”
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