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UK to pay for French officers to deport asylum seekers from war-torn countries
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UK to pay for French officers to deport asylum seekers from war-torn countries

Removal site in Dunkirk will hold people of 10 nationalities trying to reach UK in small boats under new £660m deal with FrenchThe UK will pay for 200 French officers to detain and deport people seeki...

The Guardian - UK News5 months ago
Former Labour MP calls for Starmer to face Commons committee over Mandelson vetting
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Former Labour MP calls for Starmer to face Commons committee over Mandelson vetting

Karl Turner, who lost Labour whip after criticising PM and No 10, calls for privileges committee to examine if Starmer misled parliamentA former Labour MP has joined opposition parties calling for Kei...

The Guardian - UK News5 months ago
UK undershoots annual borrowing target by £700m
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UK undershoots annual borrowing target by £700m

Figure hits three-year low but Iran war expected to blow hole in Reeves’s fiscal ‘headroom’The UK government budget came in below its annual borrowing target by £700m, official figures show – but the...

The Guardian - UK News5 months ago
In Peter Mandelson evidence, Cat Little had the best weapon: an audit trail
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In Peter Mandelson evidence, Cat Little had the best weapon: an audit trail

Where Olly Robbins relied on recollections, Cabinet Office’s top civil servant was at pains to link her account to paper trail Seen through the Westminster bubble, the Peter Mandelson vetting affair l...

The Guardian - UK News5 months ago
More than 500 people killed in Tanzania election violence, inquiry finds
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More than 500 people killed in Tanzania election violence, inquiry finds

Opposition parties accused security forces but the official report does not say who was responsible.

BBC News - UK5 months ago
Five things we learned from Cat Little’s evidence to MPs about the Mandelson saga
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Five things we learned from Cat Little’s evidence to MPs about the Mandelson saga

Top civil servant reveals more details of vetting process and lack of paper trail for approval of appointmentUK politics live – latest updatesIn more than 90 minutes of evidence to the foreign affairs...

The Guardian - UK News5 months ago
Smoking ban announced for people born after 2008 in the UK
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Smoking ban announced for people born after 2008 in the UK

The government intends to rein in smoking, one of the top causes of preventable death in the country The post Smoking ban announced for people born after 2008 in the UK appeared first on NME.

NME Music News5 months ago
Bibby Stockholm asylum barge contractor admits overcharging UK government £118m
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Bibby Stockholm asylum barge contractor admits overcharging UK government £118m

Australia’s Corporate Travel Management is ‘negotiating commercial arrangements’ to refund the moneyThe Australian company that ran the Bibby Stockholm asylum barge has admitted it overcharged the Bri...

The Guardian - UK News5 months ago
‘This is not the country I moved to’: the British Indians showing support for Nigel Farage
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‘This is not the country I moved to’: the British Indians showing support for Nigel Farage

Savitha Prakash, a first-generation immigrant running in local elections in Harrow, says Reform UK aims to ‘put Britain first’Savitha Prakash, an NHS doctor living in the London borough of Harrow, bel...

The Guardian - UK News5 months ago
Starmer urged to bring in ticket-touting ban as resellers target Big Weekend
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Starmer urged to bring in ticket-touting ban as resellers target Big Weekend

Industry groups dismayed at hints policy will not be in king’s speech, as touts make huge sums from BBC Radio 1 eventKeir Starmer has been urged to honour his pledge to ban ticket touting, amid fears...

The Guardian - UK News5 months ago
Rise of the ‘ghost owner’: 18,000 UK vehicles in use without proper records
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Rise of the ‘ghost owner’: 18,000 UK vehicles in use without proper records

Exclusive: Labour MP calls on DVLA to take action, saying speeding, hit and runs and other crimes are going unpunishedMore than 18,000 vehicles are being used in the UK without proper records of where...

The Guardian - UK News5 months ago
UK looked at ways to ‘open doors’ to US chlorinated chicken, FoI request shows
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UK looked at ways to ‘open doors’ to US chlorinated chicken, FoI request shows

Exclusive: Documents released to campaign group 38 Degrees reveal UK officials briefed on possibility of altering food standardsBritish officials were briefed on the possibility of allowing chemical-w...

The Guardian - UK News5 months ago
City firms bank on ‘Savvy Squirrel’ advertising campaign to push Britons towards investing
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City firms bank on ‘Savvy Squirrel’ advertising campaign to push Britons towards investing

The campaign is part of government initiative to boost financial risk taking, amid fears UK growth is being stymiedNils Pratley: the ‘Savvy Squirrel looks a bit too tame’City firms are pinning their h...

The Guardian - UK News5 months ago
Schools forced to cut back on support for Send pupils in England, poll finds
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Schools forced to cut back on support for Send pupils in England, poll finds

More than 70% have cut down in past year on teaching assistants, who play key role in helping children with SendTwo-fifths of school leaders in England have been forced to cut back on support for chil...

The Guardian - UK News5 months ago
Migrant care workers to leaflet Shabana Mahmood constituents over longer wait to settle
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Migrant care workers to leaflet Shabana Mahmood constituents over longer wait to settle

Campaign is said to be first time Labour-affiliated Unison is lobbying en masse against a key party policyMigrant workers and the UK’s largest union will carry out a mass leafleting campaign in Shaban...

The Guardian - UK News5 months ago
‘Apprenticeship penalty’ on benefits forces young people from poorer UK families to quit
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‘Apprenticeship penalty’ on benefits forces young people from poorer UK families to quit

Government advisers call for review of rules that cause loss of household income when a child takes up job training Young people from disadvantaged backgrounds are abandoning valuable job training opp...

The Guardian - UK News5 months ago
Riot police to help stop small boat crossings
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Riot police to help stop small boat crossings

Sky News - UK5 months ago
UK to pay France another £660m to curb Channel crossings
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UK to pay France another £660m to curb Channel crossings

Three-year deal includes funding for a riot squad to ‘disperse’ people trying to board small boatsThe UK government has agreed to pay France another £660m to curb the number of asylum seekers travelli...

The Guardian - UK News5 months ago
Inquiry clears Bristol school of antisemitism for postponing Jewish MP’s visit
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Inquiry clears Bristol school of antisemitism for postponing Jewish MP’s visit

Independent review into Bristol Brunel academy finds Damien Egan visit was postponed over safeguarding concernsAn independent inquiry into a Bristol secondary school that found itself at the centre of...

The Guardian - UK News5 months ago
Keir Starmer v The Civil Service
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Keir Starmer v The Civil Service

What effect has the Mandelson saga had on the PM’s relationship with the civil service?

BBC News - UK5 months ago