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Ministers want to reform SEND - but they are treading very carefully
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Ministers want to reform SEND - but they are treading very carefully

The government is expected to outline its plan to overhaul the complex system of support for children with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) in England soon.

BBC News - UK7 months ago
Cabinet secretary frontrunner previously spoken to about management style
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Cabinet secretary frontrunner previously spoken to about management style

Dame Antonia Romeo was found to have no case to answer over one complaint nine years ago.

BBC News - UK7 months ago
Ex-church minister who admitted child sexual abuse to BBC still free years later
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Ex-church minister who admitted child sexual abuse to BBC still free years later

Robert Corfield, who admitted abusing a child to the BBC, was a minister in a shadowy church known as The Truth.

BBC News - UK7 months ago
Starmer to extend online safety rules to AI chatbots after Grok scandal
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Starmer to extend online safety rules to AI chatbots after Grok scandal

Starmer to announce ‘crackdown on vile illegal content created by AI’ after scandal involving Elon Musk’s Grok toolMakers of AI chatbots that put children at risk will face massive fines or even see t...

The Guardian - UK News7 months ago
Starmer facing calls for inquiry into Labour thinktank’s investigation of journalists
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Starmer facing calls for inquiry into Labour thinktank’s investigation of journalists

Cabinet Office minister commissioned report that made ‘baseless claims’ about reporters who were investigating Labour TogetherKeir Starmer is facing calls from the Conservatives and his own MPs for an...

The Guardian - UK News7 months ago
‘Right about everything’: Liz Truss tweets photo of meeting with Trump
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‘Right about everything’: Liz Truss tweets photo of meeting with Trump

Unclear how encounter between Britain’s shortest-serving PM and US president was initiated and how long it lastedAfter spending time and resources crisscrossing the Atlantic to cultivate the support o...

The Guardian - UK News7 months ago
Labour calls on Reform’s Matt Goodwin to reject aides’ ‘racist content’
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Labour calls on Reform’s Matt Goodwin to reject aides’ ‘racist content’

Members of Gorton byelection candidate’s team reported to have expressed support for far-right groupsReform UK’s candidate in the Gorton and Denton byelection must distance himself from “racist conten...

The Guardian - UK News7 months ago
Rallies held across the world in support of Iran’s anti-government protesters
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Rallies held across the world in support of Iran’s anti-government protesters

Reza Pahlavi, son of the last shah, tells 200,000 in Munich he is ready to lead Iran to a ‘secular democratic future’Hundreds of thousands of people have taken part in rallies around the world to show...

The Guardian - UK News7 months ago
Greens and Reform hit back at Starmer after attacks in Munich speech
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Greens and Reform hit back at Starmer after attacks in Munich speech

Senior leaders of the Green Party and Reform UK have hit back at the prime minister after he attacked both parties at the Munich Security Conference on Saturday.

Sky News - UK7 months ago
Jonathan Powell rejects overtures to replace McSweeney as Starmer’s chief of staff
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Jonathan Powell rejects overtures to replace McSweeney as Starmer’s chief of staff

Exclusive: Powell, who held post under Blair, is said to be considering leaving current role as national security adviserKeir Starmer’s national security adviser, Jonathan Powell, has rejected overtur...

The Guardian - UK News7 months ago
Iran ready to discuss compromises to reach nuclear deal, minister tells BBC in Tehran
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Iran ready to discuss compromises to reach nuclear deal, minister tells BBC in Tehran

Majid Takht-Ravanchi, Iran's deputy foreign minister, tells the BBC's Lyse Doucet that the ball was "in America's court to prove that they want to do a deal".

BBC News - UK7 months ago
Jess Phillips calls for Epstein files to be catalyst for long-term legislative change
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Jess Phillips calls for Epstein files to be catalyst for long-term legislative change

Safeguarding minister says she wants to use momentum to invest in prevention and get more than quick-fix policiesRead Jess Phillips’ article: We owe it to every Epstein victim to better protect Britis...

The Guardian - UK News7 months ago
UK far right lines up behind Rupert Lowe in challenge to Reform
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UK far right lines up behind Rupert Lowe in challenge to Reform

MP who fell out with Nigel Farage and has backing of Elon Musk launches anti-immigration party in Great YarmouthOn a cold night in a dilapidated theatre tucked away at the end of Great Yarmouth’s Brit...

The Guardian - UK News7 months ago
Reform and Greens undermining UK commitment to Nato, Cooper says
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Reform and Greens undermining UK commitment to Nato, Cooper says

Foreign secretary says Reform not taking Russian threat seriously while Green leader leaves open possibility of leaving allianceThe foreign secretary, Yvette Cooper, has accused Reform UK and the Gree...

The Guardian - UK News7 months ago
Starmer to pledge social media crackdown to protect children
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Starmer to pledge social media crackdown to protect children

The government has announced a sweeping crackdown on tech firms to protect children from illegal content.

Sky News - UK7 months ago
Labour think tank commissioned firm that ended up investigating journalist
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Labour think tank commissioned firm that ended up investigating journalist

Labour Together paid at least £30,000 to "investigate the sourcing, funding and origins" of a story about undeclared donations.

BBC News - UK7 months ago
Labour face tough fight in Gorton and Denton by-election
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Labour face tough fight in Gorton and Denton by-election

Sir Keir Starmer's low personal poll ratings could prove a drag in the previously safe seat.

BBC News - UK7 months ago
Labour think tank commissioned firm to investigate journalist
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Labour think tank commissioned firm to investigate journalist

Labour Together paid at least £30,000 to "investigate the sourcing, funding and origins" of a story about undeclared donations.

BBC News - UK7 months ago
Unions and Labour MPs call on Starmer to end ‘narrow factional agenda’
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Unions and Labour MPs call on Starmer to end ‘narrow factional agenda’

Letter signed by 25 rebel MPs claims approach from the top is ‘increasingly unpopular’ with publicUnion leaders and 25 Labour MPs have urged Keir Starmer to end a “narrow, factional agenda” within the...

The Guardian - UK News7 months ago
Europe must be ready to fight, PM tells Munich Security Conference
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Europe must be ready to fight, PM tells Munich Security Conference

The prime minister's speech comes after a tumultuous week in his political career back home.

BBC News - UK7 months ago