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New report suggests 'pension-style' model can fix the social care crisis

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 ...

Who is Kamala Harris, Joe Biden's pick for vice president?

Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden has announced Kamala Harris as his running mate for the 2020 election — the first woman of colour to appear on a major party ticket. On the 100th ...

Concerns raised over government's £2bn 'Kickstart' employment programme

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 ...

US states may be able to enact laws requiring electric vehicles

Recent U.S. Supreme Court precedent has opened the door for states to enact laws requiring all new cars sold in the state to be electric as of a certain date, according to a law journal ...

Government to review North Sea offshore oil and gas licensing as part of zero emissions strategy

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 ...

Five local authorities to receive funding to pilot new nature recovery scheme

Cornwall, Buckinghamshire, Greater Manchester, Northumberland and Cumbria local authorities have been selected to pilot new 'Local Nature Recovery Strategies' (LNRS). They will share £1 ...

UK responds to OECD report on international regulatory cooperation

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 ...

Asylum application rise as restrictions are lifted in the EU but remain at half of pre-COVID levels

Following the gradual relaxation of emergency measures in EU countries as well as Norway and Switzerland in June about half as many applications for international protection were lodged compared ...

New EU regulation introduced to ban emissions 'cheat' devices from car manufacturers

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 ...

Asylum application rise as restrictions are lifted in the EU but remain at half of pre-COVID levels

Following the gradual relaxation of emergency measures in EU countries as well as Norway and Switzerland in June about half as many applications for international protection were lodged compared ...

Local Government Association calls for tougher sentences for attacks on fire crews

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 ...

UK introduces new police powers to tackle state-backed interference

The government has introduced new powers, which come into effect today, for police to tackle state interference in the UK. These powers will allow specially trained police officers to stop, question, ...

Second lawsuit filed to ease Mississippi’s voting restrictions during COVID-19 pandemic

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 ...

UK enters recession for the first time in 11 years, and faces the worst downturn in Europe

New Office for National Statistics figures released this morning show UK GDP plummeting by 20.4% in the second quarter of 2020 – the largest confirmed fall of any economy in Europe and the G7 ...

Ocean acidification causing coral 'osteoporosis' on iconic reefs

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 ...

Labour calls for action on internet abuse, and launches new consultation

Labour has called on the government to prioritise the Online Harms Bill which was first promised more than a year ago. Since then, high profile examples have shown why the lack of regulation is ...

American Jewish Committee calls for action on QAnon conspiracy

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 ...

Record number of Americans have renounced their US citizenship in 2020 so far

Americans are continuing to renounce their citizenship at the highest levels on record, according to research by Bambridge Accountants. According to their data, 5,816 Americans gave up ...

Foreign Secretary claims international aid restructuring will provide better value

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 ...

Labour warns of 'broken promises' from government on support for terror victims

Labour have warned the Prime Minister his failure to keep a promise made to secure funding for the Tim Parry and Johnathan Ball Peace Foundation, risks removing vital support for terror victims. For ...

The rentrée of 2020: Decision time for EU foreign policy

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 ...

American Jewish Committee calls for Trump nominee for German ambassador to be sacked

The American Jewish Committee (AJC) has called on US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to withdraw the nomination of Col. Douglas Macgregor as the next U.S. ambassador to Germany, citing ...

Transport Secretary launches pothole repair audit

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 ...

How much do you know about the Labour Party's history? Quiz

The Labour party was founded in 1900. Over that time, the party has changed a lot and grown from a fringe movement to one of the two dominant political parties in British politics. With such a ...

Ed Davey beats Layla Moran to be next Lib Dem leader

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 ...

Is Keir Starmer doing enough?

Keir Starmer has now been Labour leader for over four months. As he became leader under lockdown, it hardly feels like it’s been that long – and there are still plenty of relatively unusual ...

New benefit allowance trialled for those isolating for COVID-19

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 ...

New treasury statistics show £4.7 billion of COVID-19 funding to businesses in devolved nations

Newly released Treasury figures show that more than 130,000 firms in Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales have benefitted from £4.7 billion of funding support through the government’s Bounce ...

Blue v green hydrogen debate is delaying the transition to a sustainable future - Wintershall DEA CEO

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 ...

St Kitts and Nevis to launch test and trace app in preparation for tourist re-opening

The Federation of St Kitts and Nevis has not had any new cases of COVID-19 for 25 days, according to the data from the World Health Organisation as at August 5, 2020. With only 17 ...

52 NHS Trusts forced to pay over £15 million in immigration skills charges for specialists since 2017

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 ...

UK government offers emergency humanitarian aid to Lebanon after explosion

Following Tuesday's explosion at Beirut Port, which has left thousands injured and caused widespread destruction, the UK has announced a package of emergency support to Lebanon. As part of this ...

UK and Scottish government broker £100 million investment in Moray

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 ...

Lib Dems propose independent body to decide TV license rates

The Liberal Democrats are to debate a new policy proposal that would see the BBC licence fee set independently at their Autumn conference. The proposal is touted as a direct response to government ...

For election administrators, death threats have become part of the job

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 ...

Labour calls for action to tackle courts backlog

Labour is calling for immediate action to tackle the backlog in courts as a landmark ruling paves the way for dangerous criminals to be released. Yesterday, courts ordered the release of a suspected ...

Less than 7% of people who should be in quarantine contacted by Scottish contact tracers

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 ...

Global aid budget cuts risk future of international development charities

A recent Small International Development Charities Network survey shows that despite nearly three quarters of small international development charities seeing demand for their services ...

Belarus: What role could Russia play in Alexander Lukashenko's future?

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 ...

Public services 'were not fit to respond' to COVID-19 pandemic

Failures in planning and funding cuts meant public services were not well prepared to handle the COVID-19 crisis, says a new report from the Institute for Government and the Chartered Institute for ...

Evictions ban extended by four weeks

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 ...

Modern slavery referrals increase by 1,400% over five years

Referrals of suspected child victims of modern slavery made by councils in England have soared by 1,400 per cent in five years, according to recently released data. Latest statistics show the ...

Record fall in the number of self employed people in the UK

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 ...

Rate of plastic pollution in our oceans could triple by 2040 without sustained action

The annual flow of plastic into the ocean could nearly tripple by 2040 without sustained action, according to new analysis by the The Pew Charitable Trusts and SYSTEMIQ, in collaberation with ...

Government to pause temporary release scheme for low risk prisoners

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 ...

Brexit, Australian style: will leaving the EU breathe new life into an old friendship?

When Boris Johnson unveiled his government’s new points-based immigration system in February 2020, designed to deliver Brexit by shifting Britain’s migrant intake “away from a reliance on cheap ...

Public Health England to be replaced: New leadership structure in force from today

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 ...

Lesotho granted $49.1 million in emergency support funding by the IMF

The economic consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic in Lesotho have been severe, with a weak global and regional environment reducing exports and remittances. The southern African enclave ...

Exam results were a 'no-win' problem, but the UK and Scottish governments have lost hard

The COVID-19 crisis has had impacts across every aspect of public life in the UK and abroad. Perhaps the most long-lasting impact has been on young people, who have been forced to miss a huge chunk ...

Labour calls for targeted support for worst hit businesses as furlough scheme winds down

The Labour Party has called on the government to change their approach to ending the furlough scheme, to better protect employers and workers in particularly hard-hit sectors, including sectors that ...

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