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Daniel Adamson
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A significant number of young adults in the US cannot name a single concentration camp or ghetto, believe that Jews caused the Holocaust and that two million or fewer Jews were killed.
These are the ...
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Andrew Collins
4 months ago
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The English town of Washington, County Durham, is the ancestral home of the USA’s founding father and first President, George Washington. This sleepy North East town attracts hundreds of American ...
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Sophie Murphy
3 months ago
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Survivors of COVID-19 from 37 countries are among almost 1,000 people who have signed an open letter to pharmaceutical industry leaders calling for a ‘people's vaccine' and treatments that are ...
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Andrew Collins
4 months ago
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As the government prepares to unveil its long-awaited plan for social care, a new report by the Centre for Policy Studies - the leading centre-right think tank - supported by a number of high profile ...
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Andrew Collins
3 months ago
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The first-ever hydrogen-powered train will run on the UK mainline today in a big step forward towards the UK’s net-zero targets, Transport Secretary Grant Shapps announced, visiting the start ...
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Diana Thomas
4 months ago
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Concerns have been raised about the government's Kickstart scheme, designed to deliver work places and job opportunities for young people in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. £2 billion of public ...
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Diana Thomas
3 months ago
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The world’s reliance on plastics is hampering global efforts to confront the climate crisis as almost all plastics are made from fossil fuels, which contributes significantly to greenhouse gas ...
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Diana Thomas
4 months ago
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The government today announced it will review its policy on the future UK offshore oil and gas licensing regime as part of the wider aim of achieving net zero emissions by 2050.
Over half of the ...
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Andrew Collins
3 months ago
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Tulip Siddiq, Labour’s Shadow Minister for Children and Early Years, has accused the Government of 'incompetence' in delivering childcare support to working families through tax-free childcare. ...
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Andrew Collins
4 months ago
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A new call for evidence has been launched on the UK’s international regulatory cooperation practices, in response to a review by the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development ...
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Sophie Murphy
3 months ago
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The European Commission's proposed Asylum and Migration Pact intends to improve current EU rules and procedures on asylum and migration by strengthening shared responsibility across members. The ...
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Sophie Murphy
4 months ago
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The EU Regulation on the approval and market surveillance of motor vehicles, adopted in May 2018, comes into effect today. The new EU regulation overhauls and improves the quality and ...
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Andrew Collins
3 months ago
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Ten thousand UK volunteers will be invited to join a leading phase 3 coronavirus vaccine trial, as the number of people who have signed up to take part in research hits 250,000. The recruitment of ...
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Sophie Murphy
4 months ago
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The Local Government Association (LGA) has called for tougher sentences to help tackle a “sickening” rise in attacks on fire crews. Earlier this year, the Home Secretary revealed initial ...
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Sophie Murphy
3 months ago
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Today The Economist launched its first prediction model for elections to the United States Senate, as well as an updated version of its forecasting system for the House of ...
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Bobby Harrison
4 months ago
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This article first appeared on Mississippi Today.
A second lawsuit has been filed challenging Mississippi’s restrictive absentee voting requirements in advance of the Nov. 3 general ...
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Gabrielle Pickard Whitehead
3 months ago
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In the House of Commons, the sound of female northern accents has long been subjected to - at best – marginalisation, and - at worse - contempt and scorn.
Pat Glass, former Labour MP for ...
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Andrew Collins
4 months ago
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Scientists have long suspected that ocean acidification is affecting corals' ability to build their skeletons, but it has been challenging to isolate its effect from that of simultaneous warming ...
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Andrew Collins
3 months ago
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1994 was a different time. Harry Potter was still three years away from publication, and John Major was Prime Minister. It is also the year of the now famous Natural Law party political ...
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Andrew Collins
4 months ago
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American Jewish Committee (AJC), in a new position paper on QAnon, is urging government and civil society to strongly respond to the group's antisemitic pronouncements and conspiracy ...
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Sophie Murphy
4 months ago
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The British Embassy in Asuncion, Paraguay and local craft brewery “The Hop” collaborated to create a beer in aid of local charities. The Hop will donate the proceeds from sales of “El ...
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Diana Thomas
4 months ago
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The Foreign Secretary has said that taxpayers will see more value from international aid spending following reforms to the independent body that scrutinises UK aid. Following the merger of the ...
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Andrew Collins
4 months ago
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The UK's social care system is in crisis. Where COVID-19 has caused acute stresses on the system, under-funding and crippling structural problems have existed for years. Labour’s Deputy Leader ...
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Josep Borrell
4 months ago
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Foreign policy never stops. But the summer of 2020 has been exceptionally busy, with a seemingly never-ending series of crises: in Lebanon, Belarus, Mali and the Eastern Mediterranean. At the ...
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Sophie Murphy
4 months ago
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An independent, nationwide analysis of voter rolls in 42 US states has identified thousands of probable deceased and duplicate registrants, as well as cases of individuals credited for voting more ...
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Andrew Collins
4 months ago
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Transport Secretary Grant Shapps has launched a new pothole repair audit in partnership with companies like Uber and Deliveroo. This audit is designed to better target improvements so that roads are ...
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Diana Thomas
4 months ago
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It may seem counterintuitive, but the conventional wisdom in the environmental world is that profitable oil, gas and coal majors are good for decarbonisation - boosting R&D funding, and improving ...
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Andrew Collins
4 months ago
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Sir Ed Davey has won the Lib Dem leadership race, securing 63.5% of the vote to beat Oxford West and Abbindgon MP Layla Moran. Moran secured 36.5% of the vote.
Davey had been acting leader ...
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Gabrielle Pickard Whitehead
4 months ago
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If COVID-19 has achieved one thing, it has unmasked the yawning gaps in Britain’s education system. The variation of educational provision during lockdown was extremely mixed, with experts warning ...
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Sophie Murphy
4 months ago
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People on low incomes who need to self-isolate and are unable to work from home in areas with high incidence of COVID-19 will benefit from a new payment scheme starting on Tuesday 1 September, the ...
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Simon Sweeney
4 months ago
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The UK government seems to be doubling down on threats to leave the European Union without a deal unless the EU gives in on issues of state aid and fisheries. These two concerns are as important in ...
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Andrew Collins
4 months ago
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Policy makers need to take a more realistic approach towards the economics and potential of blue hydrogen, produced from fossil fuels, as a key component of decarbonising energy, according ...
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Andrew Collins
4 months ago
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Today the AARP released a series of battleground state polls of likely voters in Arizona, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Iowa, Maine, Michigan, Montana, North Carolina, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin. The ...
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Sophie Murphy
4 months ago
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A recent freedom of information request has found that NHS trusts have had to pay extortionate fees through the immigration skills charge in order to fill vital specialist roles that have been left ...
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Sophie Murphy
4 months ago
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Businesses across England and Wales like pubs, restaurants, hairdressers and cinemas are being urged to ensure they have NHS QR code posters visible on entry so customers who have downloaded ...
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Andrew Collins
4 months ago
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A new agreement signed yesterday between the UK and Scottish governments, alongside regional partners, promises £100 million in new funding for the Scottish region of Moray.
The UK and ...
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Andrew Burgess
4 months ago
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The UK has taken a major step in the process of joining the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP), the successor to the Trans-Pacific Partnership after the ...
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Jessica Huseman
4 months ago
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Jared Dearing, the director of Kentucky’s Board of Elections, had little to do with Louisville, the state’s largest city, having only one polling place for the June 28 primary. It was a county ...
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Andrew Collins
4 months ago
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A significant proportion of the burden of disease in Europe continues to be attributed to environmental pollution resulting from human activity, according to the EEA report ‘Healthy ...
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Sophie Murphy
4 months ago
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New statistics included in the COVID-19 Statistical Report published yesterday by Public Health Scotland revealed only 6.8% of those required to quarantine in Scotland have been ...
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Sophie Murphy
4 months ago
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The government’s initial response to the COVID-19 crisis was hampered by the absence of a long-term strategy, lack of clarity about who was responsible for what and its poor use of evidence, ...
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Jennifer Mathers
4 months ago
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Mass protests, strikes and calls for Alexander Lukashenko to step down after a disputed election have raised the prospect that his long grip on power in Belarus may be coming to an end.
But ...
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Diana Thomas
4 months ago
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The results of a new comprehensive study, published today, by eCase - The Impact of GDPR in Central Government – find that half of central government’s Data Protection Officers ...
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Andrew Collins
4 months ago
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The government has today extended its ban on evictions for renters affected by COVID-19 by four weeks. This means that no legal evictions will have taken place for 6 months.
Once this eviction ...
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Magdalena Frennhoff Larsén
4 months ago
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The UK left the EU on January 31 this year. Yet, the trading relationship between the two parties will not change until January 1 2021, when the transition period agreed by both sides expires. And ...
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Sophie Murphy
5 months ago
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The August 2020 report from the Office for National Statistics shows a record fall of self-employed people, according to research by Bambridge Accountants. This represents a 4.8% call in ...
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Josep Borrell
4 months ago
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Since the 2011 Arab Spring, Libya – a country of 6.7 million inhabitants, potentially very rich with immense oil reserves – has been beset by violent conflicts between different factions and ...
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Andrew Collins
5 months ago
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The temporary release of low risk prisoners, introduced to protect the NHS and reduce the virus’ impact on the prison populations, will be paused at the end of August.
Introduced in April, the ...
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Andrew Collins
4 months ago
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People arrested for serious crimes can spend longer in custody as they await trial, under temporary legislation announced today. If passed by parliament, the period of time that offenders can be held ...
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Sophie Murphy
5 months ago
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The government has formally announced the replacement of Public Health England (PHE) under the new National Institute for Health Protection (NIHP). The NIHP will bring together leadership teams ...
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