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Hartlepool police station stands like an empty vessel in the heart of the town centre. Its cells have not held a single suspect since 2019, when they were closed to save money. The magistrates court was mothballed two years earlier. On the other side of town, the hospital has waved goodbye to its maternity ward and accident and emergency units in the past 10 years.
The cuts meant that for the first time in decades no babies were born with Hartlepool on their birth certificates. Anyone needing life-saving treatment had to be sent 15 miles out of town. Local criminals have to be taken to Middlesbrough for justice.
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Downing Street’s union unit disintegrated last week into an all-out factional war among those closest to Boris Johnson. For those who have taken a close interest in his management style, there was a whiff of familiarity about the way the psychodrama played out.
Oliver Lewis, a key aide who was appointed to head the No 10 body, quit after just two weeks in the role. His predecessor, Luke Graham, was let go earlier in February, with just weeks to go until the Holyrood elections that some senior Tories fear will result in Nicola Sturgeon’s SNP securing a convincing victory.
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