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Hannah Englishby
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More than 264,000 people have opened a Help to Save account and could be earning money on their savings, according to new statistics from HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC). The data shows that more than ...
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Sophie Murphy
6 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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Hannah Englishby
1 month ago
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Following the announcement of the roadmap out of lockdown, and a return to face-to-face teaching for all children from 8 March, the government has pledged £700 million in support to help students ...
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Andrew Collins
6 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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Hannah Englishby
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Students will receive grades awarded and determined by teachers, with pupils only assessed on what they have been taught, the Education Secretary announced today.
Teachers will be able to draw on a ...
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Diana Thomas
6 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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Sophie Murphy
1 month ago
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Improving the retention of NHS staff has been a long-term policy challenge, and will be of even greater importance in the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic. NHS pay is currently tightly regulated in ...
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Andrew Collins
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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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Hannah Englishby
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The world’s first Space Bridge will unlock improved access to trade, investment and academic research opportunities, better advice to businesses and innovative bilateral collaborations. The UK and ...
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Sophie Murphy
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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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Hannah Englishby
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A new £8 million government fund has been announced for small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) to help them to modernise and go digital, with the hope that this will create new jobs.
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Andrew Collins
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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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Hannah Englishby
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Keir Starmer has called on the Government to give the British people “a stake in the national recovery” with new proposals aimed at supporting savers and backing people to start their own ...
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Sophie Murphy
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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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Andrew Collins
2 months ago
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The EU has looked entirely impregnable since 2016, whatever you think of the benefits or restrictions of membership. The conflicts of the start of the last decade, when the rising tide of anti-EU ...
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Gabrielle Pickard Whitehead
6 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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Great British Politics
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Canadian legal firm Bennett Jones has been appointed to the UK Government's new Trade Law Panel together with Linklaters LLP. The appointment follows an open and competitive international procurement ...
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Andrew Collins
7 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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Great British Politics
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Councils across England have been allocated £125 million funding to provide support for victims of domestic abuse and their children, Minister for Rough Sleeping and Housing Eddie Hughes announced ...
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Sophie Murphy
7 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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Hannah Englishby
2 months ago
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Labour has demanded that the Government “do the right thing” and extend free school meals over the February half term next week.
Labour’s Deputy Leader Angela Rayner, who was reliant on free ...
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Andrew Collins
7 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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Hannah Englishby
2 months ago
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During National Apprenticeship Week 2021, High Speed 2 (HS2) and Skills Minister Andrew Stephenson has paid tribute to the apprentices and their employers around the country who have been stepping up ...
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Sophie Murphy
7 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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Hannah Englishby
2 months ago
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232 local authorities are now rolling out community testing, covering a population of around 42 million people and identifying thousands of positive COVID-19 cases in people not showing symptoms, who ...
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Diana Thomas
7 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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Hannah Englishby
2 months ago
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Five researchers have been named winners of the 2021 OWSD-Elsevier Foundation Awards (The Organization for Women in Science for the Developing World) for their research in chemistry, ...
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Gabrielle Pickard Whitehead
7 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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Joanna Roper & Giorgio Novello
2 months ago
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We look back on an unexpected year. The corona pandemic has shown us once again how our individual actions influence the wellbeing of humanity and the planet. Five years ago, we came together to sign ...
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Simon Sweeney
7 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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Hannah Englishby
2 months ago
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The decision to withdraw from the Erasmus scheme in light of the UK leaving the European Union left many people bereft. Today, new measures aimed at attracting more overseas students, boosting access ...
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Andrew Collins
7 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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Hannah Englishby
2 months ago
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The Social Partners' Council of Sweden has announced that it is making mental health training available to 270,000 government employees whose workload has been affected by ...
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Sophie Murphy
7 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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Hannah Englishby
2 months ago
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Last year’s local elections were postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, meaning that councillors already in office maintained their positions for another year. It has been announced that this ...
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Andrew Burgess
7 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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Hannah Englishby
2 months ago
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Earlier this week, the Prime Minister announced the appointment of Dr. Alex George as the Youth Mental Health Ambassador, coinciding with this year’s Children’s Mental Health week.
The prolific ...
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Andrew Collins
7 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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Adam Hyde
2 months ago
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The COVID-19 crisis has hit employment and incomes across the UK, which in turn has affected some households’ ability to pay major bills such as council tax. As a result, councils expect to collect ...
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Sophie Murphy
7 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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Hannah Englishby
2 months ago
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As a highly infectious new strain of COVID-19 spreads through Southern Africa, health workers in Mozambique, Eswatini and Malawi are struggling to treat escalating numbers of patients with little ...
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Diana Thomas
7 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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Vatsala Panwar
2 months ago
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The Government gives a bonus as a reward for your savings in the form of tax relief. When you save into a pension and earn tax relief, some of your money from the tax you paid on your earnings goes ...
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Magdalena Frennhoff Larsén
7 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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Hannah Englishby
2 months ago
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Highways England has recently unveiled its ambition for the A303 Stonehenge project through the voices of the people it touches most, including businesses and local communities.
The company launched ...
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Josep Borrell
7 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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Hannah Englishby
2 months ago
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The Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme, or the furlough scheme, started in March 2020 to safeguard UK jobs in the face of the pandemic. It was extended multiple times, but is now projected to end on ...
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Andrew Collins
7 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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Daniel Adamson
6 months ago
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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
7 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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