#government-accountability

#government-accountability

Writing in The Times, Paul Ovenden, who quit as Keir Starmer's director of political strategy last September after offensive messages he had sent in 2017 surfaced, said the British state had got "bigger and bigger while simultaneously and systematically emasculating itself".

To paraphrase President John F. Kennedy: Ask not what the federal government can do for you... because the federal government under Donald Trump and his spineless sycophants don't care about you and don't care about governing. Those in power within the current three branches of government should be disqualified from holding public office. Their misguided initiatives, legislation, and rulings show us all very clearly that We the People must govern in coalition to save what remains of our republic and its institutions.

Chair of the committee Dame Chi Onwurah started by asking about cellular coverage, noting that the government's aim in its Proposed Statement of Strategic Priorities (SSP) is to have high-quality standalone 5G in all populated areas of the UK by 2030. She asked what that meant. Sadly, Baroness Lloyd struggled to articulate what "high-quality standalone 5G" means. She offered that "standalone 5G, which is sometimes called 5G-plus, is the next capability on from 5G. It allows much better data transfer."

Security camera footage from the centre showed the director of the Szolo Street juvenile detention centre kicking a boy in the head. Earlier this week, four staff members were taken into custody, and the government announced that it would place all such child facilities under direct police supervision. On Saturday, thousands of protesters walked through Budapest's frosty streets behind a banner reading Protect the children! and called on the government to take more action against the perpetrators.

It's crucial the government gets the child poverty strategy right. This is a landmark opportunity to set a truly transformative agenda for long-term change, but in an increasingly challenging economic climate there is every reason to worry warm words will not translate into tangible progress. Targets will provide much-needed benchmarks to track progress and keep driving action forward. The government's reticence so far has left us worried they're looking to dodge this vital layer of scrutiny.

What we are going to do through this agenda of curing procurement is to ensure that every single dollar we spend within the Department of Education is $1 that is furthering our mission of delivering excellent education to students across the five boroughs, he said, during a Tuesday news conference on the Upper West Side in which he unveiled the plan.

Sinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald raised the heartbreaking case of nine-year-old Harvey Morrison Sherratt, who died in July. "He was failed by the Government. Harvey's case is not an isolated case. Such failures are shamefully a hallmark of your Government," she told Taoiseach Micheál Martin. Social Democrats leader Holly Cairns also raised the case, slating the Government for painfully slow progress on the issue of disability. "Sixteen thousand children are overdue an assessment of need, essential therapies are non-existent and hundreds of children left in agony waiting for spinal surgery," she said.

Tánaiste Simon Harris has said he is open to making the office of the ­president subject to Freedom of Information (FoI) requests.

either the government changes the situation or it will be overthrown.

Reality TV star Spencer Pratt joined two Republican senators on Capitol Hill on Wednesday to bring attention to a newly launched congressional investigation into the response to the Palisades fire in Los Angeles. "I feel like this is going to be so powerful for all of the United States because there shouldn't be disasters that are preventable," Pratt, who lost his home during the fire, told reporters.

ED is covering up its attempts to make [the Office of Federal Student Aid] less responsive to millions of students, families, and borrowers who rely on the agency to lower the cost of attending college and protect them from loan servicer misconduct," the senators wrote. "We urge you to immediately act on our findings by streamlining the 'Submit a Complaint' process and restoring FSA's workforce so borrowers can get the help they need.

The report lays bare the reasons why prisons have become so consistently overcrowded over so many years to the point of frequent near-collapse.

Rep. Don Bacon warns that Trump’s firing of public officials for unfavorable data undermines trust in the U.S. economy and government system, indicating significant negative repercussions.

"Protecting the public is government's most important responsibility, but attacks on critical infrastructure put essential services and the people who rely on them at risk."

Basically, they are there as agents of the state, and we end up seeing it time after time after time. And there will be further injustices perpetrated because the police do what they do.

The previous government’s inaction on maternity care failures has led to rising reports of birth trauma and significant issues in England's wards.

I have officially freed you from funding California's disastrously overpriced, HIGH SPEED TRAIN TO NOWHERE. This boondoggle has cost Taxpayers Hundreds of Billions of Dollars.

The report found that Prevent suffered from a long string of failings while trying to deradicalise the man who later assassinated Sir David Amess. Much blame is attributed to poor judgment and lack of communication regarding the assessment and mentoring process.

Government officials express frustration over the slow progress and lack of details regarding changes at RTÉ, emphasizing that other organizations would face harsher criticism for such delays.

Mahmoud Khalil is suing the Trump administration for his kidnapping and wrongful arrest, seeking accountability for the government's abuses under the Federal Tort Claims Act.

Whether we agree or disagree with the Supreme Court's most recent emergency rulings, we're all victims of a supreme injustice when the issues being decided don't comply with Supreme Court requirements for emergencies.

The state's shifting justification for not letting them in - first a flat denial, then vague 'safety concerns' - only fueled suspicions.

New York State has announced a major statewide crackdown on Medicaid transportation fraud, recovering over $13 million from 25 companies accused of defrauding the Medicaid system.