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Welsh Labour Health Secretary Eluned Morgan has released a statement today on neonatal services, including this celebratory nugget: “The final report following an unannounced HIW inspection at Prince Charles Hospital is being published today. It concludes that staff at all levels in the service work hard to provide a good experience and that sufficient arrangements are in place to provide safe and effective care to women and birthing people. […] Read the rest ..read more

Earlier this month Guido revealed the government’s draconian plans to ban the sale of mobile phones to under 16-year-olds. Now Guido understands it’s been kicked into the long grass… A consultation paper was meant to be published this week, though supporters of the ban have been told that this has been delayed – without a future date set for its release.[…] Read the rest ..read more

The SNP’s favourite rag The National is clearly having trouble processing the collapse of Humza Useless’ government. The First Minister has pulled out of a keynote independence speech this morning as insider sources predict he’ll jump before pushed… The National’s Lucy Jackson has penned the piece “What Covering the End of the Green SNP Deal Was Like as a National Journalist“, which just complains that journalists “fixated on finding the next headline” were asking Yousaf about the imminent collapse of his government rather than what the death of the Green-SNP deal “actually means for ..read more

Home Office minister Chris Philp had a cringeworthy moment on Question Time last night. When an audience member asked him whether people coming from Congo – a country that’s at war with Rwanda – would be sent on flights to Rwanda, Philp floundered.[…] Read the rest ..read more

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Sunak went for a run with the Africa-conquering ‘Hardest Geezer’ (A.K.A. Russ Cook) today. Guido has helpfully plotted out the route they took from the video. They started out of the back of Downing Street (running from office) and got all the way to Apsley Gate before heading past Buckingham Palace and then back home.[…] Read the rest ..read more

The government has now published the members the Tobacco and Vapes Bill Committee – they’ll be considering amendments to the bill in May. Guido is surprised to see that, despite 165 Tory MPs either abstaining or voting against the smoking ban, the 16-member Committee contains exactly zero MPs who who voted against it.[…] Read the rest ..read more

Another day, another BBC failure to declare their commentators’ activism. Politics Live today brought on a headmaster to chat about 12 hour school days. Surprise surprise, he was full of criticism for the government and robust words for Tory MP Kieran Mullan… Andrew O’Neil spends his time attending Labour events and praising “fantastic” Starmer for finally having “some policy and fresh ideas”.[…] Read the rest ..read more

As Labour announce its plans to nationalise railways, the free-market think tanks have already got the wheels rolling to warn against the socialist idea. Nationalisation stifles competition and innovation – a repeat of the 70s isn’t something anyone wants… The Institute of Economic Affairs blasted the”lacking in detail” proposal, writing “the ritual denunciation of profits and the belief that ‘communities’ (or rather political bosses) have a role to play; but their role always seems to be to demand more money, resist closures, and open more lines, irrespective of any commercial discipline.”&nb ..read more