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A Minister Has Wrongly Claimed There Are More People In Work Than Before Covid
A government minister has been criticised for wrongly claiming there are more people in work now than before the Covid…
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Charity staff use own cash to pay poor Brits’ bills – ‘we literally can’t live’
Mum-of-two Leanne, who needed food vouchers despite working 37 hours a week and claiming Universal Credit, told Action for Children:…
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Public fury as tory MP says people struggling to pay bills should get a new job
Redditch’s Conservative MP and safeguarding minister Rachel Maclean has sparked fury with her controversial comments on how Britons can avoid…
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Volunteer Special Constables will be allowed to use Tasers for the first time
The Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) has previously noted black people are more likely to be Tasered for prolonged…
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Anti-FCA activists to march on Parliament for better regulation
A campaign group is organising a march on Parliament to protest against a Financial Conduct Authority that it says is…
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McDonald’s announces it will leave Russia after 30 years in the country
McDonald’s has announced that it will be permanently closing its restaurants in Russia. The fast food giant had previously shut…
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Why Silicon Valley tech firms are flocking to London
Rajesh Agrawal is the Deputy Mayor of London for Business I’m so excited to be in America with the Mayor,…
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India Can’t Hang Up on Chinese Smartphones
India and China are in a standoff again, but it isn’t at the border. India is investigating Chinese smartphone maker…
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Priti Patel lifts restrictions on controversial police stop-and-search powers
Stop-and-search powers are disproportionately used against black communities. In the year to March 2021, black people were 7x more likely…
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Hinkley Point could save households £1bn on energy bills, says EDF
French energy giant EDF claims its Somerset nuclear power plant would be able to save UK consumers more than £1bn…
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Ministers snub plea for systems to monitor amount of sewage pumped into rivers
The Commons Environmental Audit Committee praised much of the Government’s response – but pointed out it had ruled out one…
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Labour to force Commons vote on a windfall tax on oil and gas giants
Keir Starmer’s party plans to expose Conservative splits on a windfall tax, claiming the levy would hand the hardest-hit households…
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Tory leadership hopeful Jeremy Hunt refuses to say Boris Johnson is ‘honest man’
Former Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt has said he doesn’t “rule out a return to frontline politics” Former Health Secretary Jeremy…
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Thatcher statue to be unveiled despite ‘egg-throwing’ threats
A statue of the former British Prime Minister in her home town of Grantham was delayed due to the Covid…
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First net-zero flight across the Atlantic could set off from UK next year
Transport Secretary Grant Shapps backed the industry to have a “sustainable aviation” fuelled-plane crossing the ocean separating the UK and…
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Exclusive: Sadiq Khan Faces Labour Backlash Over Cannabis Announcement
Sadiq Khan is facing a shadow cabinet backlash after he set up a commission to look at the UK’s laws…
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Labour By-Election Campaign Plunged Into Chaos By Candidate Row
Labour’s campaign to win a crunch by-election has been thrown into chaos after a backlash over the party’s choice of…
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PM’s plan to axe 91,000 civil service jobs branded ‘reckless slash and burn’
Boris Johnson told top Tories to cut the number of Whitehall officials by a fifth as he desperately scrambles to…
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‘Liberals’ showing their true intolerant nature over Elon Musk’s Twitter buyout
Has there ever been a takeover that’s caused more furore than Elon Musk’s bid for Twitter? For anyone who might…
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Senate gives Fed Chairman Powell vote of confidence and a second 4-year term
Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell on Thursday was given a vote of confidence by lawmakers. The Senate voted to confirm…
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Devon and Cornwall given £1.8m for free skills training courses
Local authorities in the South West have secured £1.8m to help support thousands of people into skilled jobs. Devon County…
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Exclusive: Labour Accused Of Blocking Corbyn Supporter From Crunch By-Election
In response to the report, Corbyn said allegations about anti-Jewish racism on his watch had been “dramatically overstated” by his…
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Tory MP claims there is ‘not a massive use’ for foodbanks in UK
A Tory MP has been met with a furious backlash after claiming people who rely on foodbanks “cannot budget” or…
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Abortion-rights vote fails in Senate as Democrats try to codify Roe v. Wade
A bill that would preserve access to abortion across the U.S. failed in the Senate on Wednesday, as a lone…
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Tory MP moans poor people ‘can’t cook properly’ and boasts meals only cost 30p
Ashfield Conservative MP Lee Anderson claimed “generation after generation” of people in his constituency “cannot budget” and “there is not…
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Gove uses ‘silly voices’ in bizarre rant about the ’emergency budget’ row
Labour’s Lisa Nandy tells the Communities Secretary to “take it seriously” after the top Tory attemped Scouse and American on…
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Elon Musk says he would remove Twitter’s ban on Donald Trump
Elon Musk said he would reverse Twitter ban on former President Donald Trump. “I do think that it was not…
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New laws announced by the Queen will protect Lanarkshire residents’ cash access
New laws to protect Lanarkshire residents’ access to cash and help victims of financial scams were announced by Her Majesty…
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Former global leaders urge U.S. to commit $5 billion to global COVID battle, urge Biden to take more forceful role at Thursday summit
A group of former global leaders, among them Gordon Brown, the U.K. prime minister from 2007 to 2010, is calling…
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Weaponising financial services poses new threat to City exports
The unprecedented financial sanctions imposed on Russia after its invasion of Ukraine have not had quite the devastating impact on the…
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Here’s a list of 50 companies that are well-armed to beat back inflation
Another turnaround Tuesday may be in the cards after a litany of concerns including stagflation dragged the S&P 500 SPX,…
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Conversion Therapy Ban Watered Down To Protect Under-18s Only
The Conservatives have watered down plans to ban conversion therapy, meaning over-18s can be subject to it as long as…
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Tesco Chairman Backs Windfall Tax On Energy Firms To Help With Cost Of Living
Tesco’s chairman has backed imposing a windfall tax on energy firms to help people who are feeling “extremely stretched” by…
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Six South West cultural groups land share of £2.1m
Six cultural organisations in the South West are to receive a share of £2.1m funding from Arts Council England. The…
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Charles fills in for Queen at State Opening of Parliament – all you need to know
Prince Charles to make State Opening debut at age of 73 The Prince of Wales and Duke of Cambridge will…
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Queen’s Speech to criminalise protests as Boris Johnson brings back defeated law
The Public Order Bill will enable police to jail protesters for six months if they ‘lock on’ to public transport…
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Keir Starmer’s Offer To Quit Doesn’t Mean The PM Has To, Minister Says
Keir Starmer’s promise to resign if he is fined over beergate does not mean that Boris Johnson also has to…
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Vote to scrap Bristol mayor ‘detrimental’, says planning firm boss
The decision to ditch the mayoral system and change the way Bristol City Council is run could be “detrimental” to…
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How Ukraine is winning the soft power struggle
Joseph S Nye Jr is a professor at Harvard University and author of Do Morals Matter? Presidents and Foreign Policy…
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Labour leader Keir Starmer is showing Boris Johnson what integrity is
Anyone with doubts about Keir Starmer’s integrity should pay attention to what he has just done. The Labour leader has…
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First group of illegal migrants to be told they face being sent to Rwanda
This week is set to be the time when the first group of illegal migrants are told that they could…
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Queen’s Speech 2022: X things that could be announced – and what is not included
The Queen’s Speech offers the scandal-hit Prime Minister a chance to try to regain control of the agenda after the…
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New York Gov. Hochul tests positive for COVID, as two omicron subvariants spread across Empire State
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul tested positive for COVID-19 on Sunday, becoming the latest political leader to contract the SARS-CoV-2…
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BP, Shell shareholders warn against ‘meddling’ windfall tax
Bumper profits at Shell and BP have reignited calls for a windfall tax on oil giants to combat soaring energy…
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Keir Starmer ‘weighing up pledge to resign’ if fined over Beergate
Labour leader Keir Starmer could choose to pile pressure on Boris Johnson by committing to stand down should Durham Police…
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Eurazeo CEO Virginie Morgon on why she’s pulling ‘all the levers’ on ESG
From the top floor of private equity firm Eurazeo’s headquarters, discreetly tucked away in the chic 17th arrondissement in the…
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Putin: Campaign in Ukraine forced, necessary
MOSCOW — Russian President Vladimir Putin has sought to cast Moscow’s military action in Ukraine as a forced response to…
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Plan to move legacy claimants onto Universal Credit ‘too dangerous to continue’
More than 20 charities have written to Work and Pensions Secretary Therese Coffey warning that ‘managed migration’ risked pushing vulnerable…
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Insecure work ‘epidemic’ costs Treasury £10bn a year in lost revenue, TUC claims
TUC General Secretary Frances O’Grady said failures to stamp out insecure work was starving the public finances, with less funding…
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Young influencers ‘at risk of exploitation’ due to out of date laws, MPs warn
Tory MP Julian Knight, chair of the DCMS Committee, said ‘inaction’ had left regulations behind the times in a digital…
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