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Fears over top-secret papers left strewn by Boris Johnson revealed A "FRAT house" atmosphere in Boris Johnson's flat and laxness around security led to restrictions on where top-secret papers could be viewed, it has been claimed.Highly classified material was left lying around in 11 Downing Street where it could be read by any visitor, reported The Times.Sue Gray, who is investigating lockdown parties held in Downing Street, found that some of Carrie Johnson’s friends had access to a Pin code giving access to the private flat above 11 Downing Street, according to claims being made in Whitehall. A former No 10 official said: “Cummings was dismayed that very highly classified STRAP material was not kept in the PM’s box but was lying around the flat, and upstairs in Chequers, in such a way that Carrie could see it and potentially her journalist friends and other guests when they were invited to the flat and Chequers. There had been a series of leaks of national security issues.”
Children aged seven to be taught that they are not ‘racially innocent’Brighton and Hove City Council accused of ‘indoctrinating’ children through five-year plan for anti-racist education systemChildren as young as seven are to be told they are not "racially innocent" because they view "white at the top of the hierarchy" as part of diversity training for teachers.Brighton and Hove City Council has been accused of "indoctrinating" children through its five-year plan for an anti-racist education system, which endorses critical race theory and white privilege – contentious ideologies that have sparked protests.The council states that all teachers require the training, which will inform "specific racial literacy-focused lessons" for pupils. The Green-controlled authority is in a row with parents opposed to the classes and one has launched a petition to have the training scrapped, which has attracted 4,000 signatures.Kemi Badenoch, the equalities minister, has previously told the Commons that schools teaching white privilege as an uncontested fact are breaking the law.
More price hikes set to comeIndustrial producer rate index climbs to a historic high in December, up 29.4% in a year Industrial producer prices soared to a 21-year high last month in Greece, pointing to further retail price hikes in the weeks and months to come.
Mercedes-Benz hybrid owner horrified to discover new £15k battery will cost more than carThe second-hand car had done 49,000 miles at the time of purchaseA Mercedes driver who was trying to do his bit for the environment was left "horrified" to discover that a new battery would cost more than his hybrid car is worth.Ranjit Singh bought the pre-owned Mercedes-Benz E-Class hybrid four years ago for £27,000.The car, which is eight years old, had done 49,000 miles at the time of purchase and was working fine until the battery failed.Now Mr Singh, from Knighton in Leicester, has been quoted £15,000 plus labour costs for a replacement - despite the car being worth only £12,850.
PPE worth £2.7bn bought for NHS will go unused, minister saysExclusive: Lib Dems accuse government of ‘extreme negligence on an industrial scale’ over waste of 5bn itemsAlmost 5bn items of personal protective equipment worth £2.7bn will be wasted as they are no longer needed or cannot safeguard NHS staff, ministers have revealed.The huge sum of money involved has prompted the Liberal Democrats to accuse the government of “extreme negligence on an industrial scale” in its use of public funds during the pandemic.The revelation came in a written parliamentary answer by the health minister Edward Argar.