Move the National Lottery to the North, to level up and provide better value to taxpayers
Since the Lottery’s inception, the South has received almost double the amount given to good causes in the North over the same period
18 May 2021 • 9:00pm
When I had the privilege of being trusted to represent Rother Valley in December 2019, I always knew what I had been sent to Westminster to achieve.
As the Prime Minister has often said, talent is spread evenly across the UK, but opportunity hasn’t always been. And that’s the task of Conservatives in this Parliament – to level up, and to bring opportunity to all four corners of the United Kingdom, and to unleash the true potential of Britain now that we have left the EU.
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Investing in young people: The Ahmed Bobboi example
The youths ready to embark on the trip to their home state. Photo by Hope Abah Emmanuel
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Mon May 10 2021
In July, 2017, I had the singular honour of spending an evening inside a British bank called Coutts as part of the many activities lined up for us as the 2017 Queen’s Young Leaders. You may wonder why I would be writing about attending an event in a place as boring as a bank.
However, Coutts is no ordinary bank. Apart from being one of the eight oldest banks in the world (founded some 329 years ago in 1692), Coutts is a private bank known for its high ranking clientele like Her Majesty the Queen. Walking inside the vast hall, we were welcomed by two men under a great dome in the centre of the building.
Seven British Army veterans at the centre of historic Northern Ireland allegations from the Troubles could have cases against them dropped - after a separate murder trial of two soldiers collapsed for relying on old statements.
The Public Prosecution Service, based in Belfast, is re-examining files on the former soldiers, who were either being considered for charge or already proceeding through the courts.
They are specifically checking whether any of the cases rely on statements from the Historic Enquiries Team, a now disbanded police group which had looked at British services roles in deaths during the Northern Ireland conflict.
It comes after the murder trial of two veterans over the shooting of IRA commander Joe McCann collapsed last week, with them being formerly acquitted yesterday.