No 10 defends Sunak asylum backlog plan after Jenrick says it could increase arrivals – UK politics live | Politics

No 10 defends Sunak asylum backlog plan after Jenrick says it could increase arrivals – UK politics live | Politics

No 10 defends Sunak’s plan to cut asylum applications backlog after Jenrick said this could increase ‘pull factor’ Downing Street has defended the plan to cut the backlog for processing asylum applications,... Read more »
Poor state of English and Welsh courts worsening backlog, says Law Society | UK criminal justice

Poor state of English and Welsh courts worsening backlog, says Law Society | UK criminal justice

Broken heating, sewage, mould, asbestos and leaking toilets and roofs are among the problems encountered by solicitors in courts in England and Wales, a survey by the Law Society has found. Approximately... Read more »
One London court’s case backlog is double that for all of Wales

One London court’s case backlog is double that for all of Wales

A single court in London has a backlog of delayed cases almost double that for the whole of Wales, warns the city’s victims’ commissioner, as she sees her stalker finally brought to... Read more »
0 DQP BEM 261021DRIVINGTESTS 16JPG

Learner drivers trekking from London to the Midlands to take tests amid DVLA six-month backlog

A driving instructor has revealed that learners from London are booking tests in the Midlands in a bid to skip huge waiting lists. The pandemic slammed the brakes on lessons and halted... Read more »
0 South London

Covid: Hundreds in South London could have untreated cancer due to backlog

Hundreds of people in South West London could be going without cancer treatment due to a diagnosis backlog caused by the pandemic. The latest figures show people starting treatment for prostate, bladder,... Read more »
0 Croydon at night

London hospital slashes patient backlog but 1,000 have waited year for treatment

A South London hospital has slashed its patient backlog – but more than 1,000 have still waited a year to be treated. The 52-week backlog at St George’s Hospital in Tooting has... Read more »
12644006

East London hospital holds patient clinic to reduce Covid backlog

A particular surgical outpatient clinic enabled 162 outpatients to obtain a session at Queen’s Hospital. Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust launched the clinic to try to reduce ready occasions... Read more »
1 Tim Orchard Charing Cross Hospital 19

London hospitals chief warns ‘backlog for routine operations will keep getting bigger until July’

The backlog of sufferers ready over a 12 months for routine therapies at three West London hospitals will proceed to develop “until July”, an NHS chief has stated. The excruciating waits for... Read more »