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Refuge hope police reforms signal the “beginning of a future where women feel protected”

Post author:Maddison Wheeldon
Post published:13 July 2026
Post last modified:14 July 2026

As of the 13 July, new regulations have come into effect for all police forces which will impact vetting procedures and suspensions. The government is rolling out the “complex and wide-ranging” rule change as part of its pledge to end violence against women and girls (VAWG). It follows a campaign from the charity Refuge, ‘Remove the Rot’, which kicked off in 2023 and subsequently found a “shocking scale of police-perpetrated VAWG” which meant women and girls could not trust the police to protect them. Refusing to allow there to be no place to turn for justice, the domestic abuse charity pushed…

The Future of Sustainable Outdoor Space Management

Post author:Nathan Spears
Post published:6 July 2026
Post last modified:6 July 2026

Sustainable outdoor space management has become an increasingly important consideration for facilities managers, estate managers and commercial property professionals as organisations seek to balance environmental responsibility with operational efficiency. External environments are no longer viewed solely as aesthetic assets; they are expected to support biodiversity, improve climate resilience, enhance user wellbeing and contribute towards wider Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) objectives. As expectations around sustainable land management continue to grow, investing in professionally managed grounds maintenance and landscaping has become essential for protecting both the value and functionality of commercial estates. When supported by strategic commercial grounds maintenance programmes, businesses can…

Future PM Burnham already upsetting some in Scotland, Wales

Post author:Cameron Baillie
Post published:3 July 2026
Post last modified:4 July 2026

Andy Burnham PM has already upset millions across Scotland and Wales before he steps into Downing Street (figuratively, at least, since he apparently plans to live elsewhere). With his various pronouncements, as he tries to convince the people of Britain that he plans on “doing politics differently” from all the predecessors who promised the same, he’s forgotten some key areas. Enough BurnhamPM ‘polemics’ Firstly, BurnhamPM made the egregious error of referring to the nations of Scotland and Wales as “the regions.” Wales’ governing party Plaid Cymru directly called Burnham out online, stating: But Wales isn’t a region, we’re a country. In…

Future PM Burnham already upsetting some in Scotland, Wales

Post author:Cameron Baillie
Post published:3 July 2026
Post last modified:4 July 2026

Andy Burnham PM has already upset millions across Scotland and Wales before he steps into Downing Street (figuratively, at least, since he apparently plans to live elsewhere). With his various pronouncements, as he tries to convince the people of Britain that he plans on “doing politics differently” from all the predecessors who promised the same, he’s forgotten some key areas. Enough BurnhamPM ‘polemics’ Firstly, BurnhamPM made the egregious error of referring to the nations of Scotland and Wales as “the regions.” Wales’ governing party Plaid Cymru directly called Burnham out online, stating: But Wales isn’t a region, we’re a country. In…

Belfast pogroms show loyalism is ideal vanguard of a future brownshirt Britain

Post author:Robert Freeman
Post published:13 June 2026
Post last modified:13 June 2026

By now, there has been extensive coverage of the fact that the Belfast pogroms took place almost entirely in loyalist areas. This should surprise no one. Loyalism has always been an exclusivist ideology, predicated on the notion that one population deserves to dominate another that is dismissed as less deserving. Historically of course, this viewpoint dictated that Protestants must be allowed to lord it over Catholics. However, violent sectarianism has largely faded in the north of Ireland, following 1998’s Good Friday Agreement. Instead, loyalism has now applied to immigrants, people of colour and Muslims the bigoted mindset it incubated over centuries.…

Kemi Badenoch says future Tories will all be ‘C words’

Post author:Willem Moore
Post published:31 May 2026
Post last modified:9 June 2026

Kemi Badenoch has argued that the next generation of Conservatives need to be C words. If you’re thinking ‘aren’t they already?‘, we can explain: I can think of a sixth C https://t.co/LPcvwY7kT9 — Ian Sharp (@gablid) May 31, 2026 Kemi Badenoch — Do you C what she did there? This latest intervention comes from a Badenoch-penned think piece titled: This Z-list Labour Parliament is everything that’s wrong with British politics You don’t have to read between the lines to understand that Badenoch is promising a return to the traditional Tory values of bungs for business and austerity for the masses: I…