MW – National Police have assisted nearly 35,000 victims of gender violence so far in 2019. The Secretary of State for Security, Ana Botella, has said that the battle against gender violence is a priority issue for society and that Spain is leading the way in tackling the it. The […]
The National Police have broken up 54 criminal organisations engaged in human trafficking and sexual exploitation so far this year. 264 people have been arrested, 109 accused of human trafficking and 155 of sexual exploitation. The victims of human trafficking were mostly Venezuelans, Paraguayans and Colombians, while the victims of […]
A Spanish court has ruled budget carrier Ryanair’s policy of charging a fee for hand luggage is “abusive” and can no longer be enforced here in Spain. The ruling stemmed from a passenger complaint over the policy, introduced last year, which charges most people an additional fee on top of […]
Boris Johnson aims to change National Insurance rules so workers will not have to pay it until they earn £12,500. The Tory leader earlier said his party would put up the threshold to ensure “low tax for working people” if it wins the general election. But he later confirmed to […]
The Conservative Party has been criticised after one of its official Twitter accounts was rebranded as a fact-checking service. The Conservative Campaign Headquarters press office renamed its account “factcheckUK” for the duration of Tuesday evening’s debate between Boris Johnson and Jeremy Corbyn. Those in charge of the account then wrote commentary […]
Boris Johnson has accused Jeremy Corbyn of discovering a “magic money forest” to pay for his campaign promises, as the Labour leader vowed to end austerity if he wins a “once-in-a-generation election”. Facing off at the first TV debate of the election campaign, the pair were pressed on their numerous […]
Brexit is a “national embarrassment” and stopping it will free up £50bn to spend on public services, Lib Dem leader Jo Swinson has told the BBC. The economic boost the party says the UK will get from staying in the EU is at the heart of its manifesto plan to […]
Demands to re-nationalise one of north Costa Blanca’s biggest hospitals are growing after exposes have revealed bizarre outsourcing practices. Last month news broke that patients at Denia’s Marina Salud hospital were being sent to a ‘lorry in the carpark’ for MRI scans as waiting lists for in-house procedures were getting […]
A court in Andalusia has found a group of former senior members of the PSOE Socialist party guilty in a corruption case centred around the misuse of public funds. Known as the ERE case – the Spanish term for a redundancy program – the scandal embroiled several well-known figures of […]
The Green Party of England and Wales have unveiled plans to invest £100bn a year in climate action as they launched their general election manifesto. With 23 days until polling day, the party outlined 10 new pieces of legislation, which it says will decarbonise “every sector” and bring “social justice”. […]
Shadow chancellor John McDonnell has said workers and consumers would “take back control” under a new business model if Labour wins the election. In a speech in Westminster, he said company boards would include workers and elected members, giving them greater influence over pay structure. And public sector chief executives […]
Boris Johnson and Jeremy Corbyn will face each other later in the first TV debate of the election campaign. The head-to-head between the Conservative and Labour leaders, hosted by news presenter Julie Etchingham, will be shown on ITV at 20:00 GMT. It comes after the Lib Dems and SNP lost […]
