Pay packets are smaller than they were in 2008 in most local authority areas in the UK, according to analysis by the Trades Union Congress,…
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England childcare scheme may struggle to deliver places, finds ‘damning’ report
The deployment of the government’s childcare scheme to tens of thousands more families is facing “significant uncertainties” and may struggle to meet its own targets,…
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The Houses Passes a TikTok Ban Bill That’s on the Fast Track
A TikTok ban is back on the table after the House approved a new bill on Saturday addressing the issues that stalled it out in…
View More The Houses Passes a TikTok Ban Bill That’s on the Fast TrackSunak has ‘set Britain back’ on net zero, says UK’s climate adviser
Rishi Sunak has given up Britain’s reputation as a world leader in the fight against the climate crisis and has “set us back” by failing…
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The Trump Jury Has a Doxing Problem
You’ve been asked to serve on the jury in the first-ever criminal prosecution of a United States president. What could possibly go wrong? The answer,…
View More The Trump Jury Has a Doxing ProblemNearly 1m UK pensioners living in deprivation, official figures show
Nearly 1 million people aged over 66 in the UK are living in deprivation, according to government statistics, the highest number since comparable records began.…
View More Nearly 1m UK pensioners living in deprivation, official figures showCreating sexually explicit deepfake images to be made offence in UK
Creating a sexually explicit “deepfake” image is to be made an offence under a new law, the Ministry of Justice has announced. Under the legislation,…
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Donald Trump Poses a Unique Threat to Truth Social, Says Truth Social
Trump Media & Technology Group, the Truth Social parent company majority-owned by former president Donald Trump, filed a document with the Securities and Exchange Commission…
View More Donald Trump Poses a Unique Threat to Truth Social, Says Truth Social‘Grownup’ leaders are pushing us towards catastrophe, says former US climate chief
Political leaders who present themselves as “grownups” while slowing the pace of climate action are pushing the world towards deeper catastrophe, a former US climate…
View More ‘Grownup’ leaders are pushing us towards catastrophe, says former US climate chiefFlooded farms in England refused compensation as ‘too far’ from river
Farmers who have their entire cropping land submerged underwater have found they are ineligible for a government flooding hardship fund – because their farms are…
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