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'No ball games' signs are deterring kids from exercising, MPs told
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'No ball games' signs are deterring kids from exercising, MPs told

Making PE a core subject in schools and removing 'no ball games' signs are among recommendations in a new report on barriers to sport and physical activity in England.

BBC News - UK5 months ago
Trustpilot hosts reviews of illegal casinos, raising concern among MPs
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Trustpilot hosts reviews of illegal casinos, raising concern among MPs

Reviews website features pages praising unlicensed sites’ supposed qualities as if they were legitimate businessesTrustpilot, the reviews website that offers to “find a company you can trust”, is host...

The Guardian - UK News5 months ago
Naming Mandelson as ambassador before vetting was mistake, minister says
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Naming Mandelson as ambassador before vetting was mistake, minister says

Douglas Alexander says lessons need to be learned but he expects Keir Starmer will continue as PMIt was a mistake to announce Peter Mandelson as the UK’s ambassador to the US before he was security ve...

The Guardian - UK News5 months ago
Ed Miliband to double down on net zero with measures to combat Iran energy shock
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Ed Miliband to double down on net zero with measures to combat Iran energy shock

As fossil fuel prices soar ‘the era of clean energy security must come of age’, energy secretary will sayEd Miliband will double down on Labour’s commitment to net zero in the face of the Middle East...

The Guardian - UK News5 months ago
England left with ‘toilet deserts’ as public facilities decline by 14% in a decade
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England left with ‘toilet deserts’ as public facilities decline by 14% in a decade

Report says lack of provision is harmful to health and damaging for high streetsThe number of public toilets in England has fallen by 14% in a decade, harming public health and creating vast swathes o...

The Guardian - UK News5 months ago
The key questions Keir Starmer must answer over Mandelson appointment
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The key questions Keir Starmer must answer over Mandelson appointment

PM to give Commons statement on Monday, a day before sacked civil servant Olly Robbins tells his side of the storyThe next 48 hours will be crucial for Keir Starmer’s troubled premiership as he faces...

The Guardian - UK News5 months ago
Starmer will not be swayed by Trump’s ‘small and petty’ insults, says Lammy
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Starmer will not be swayed by Trump’s ‘small and petty’ insults, says Lammy

Exclusive: deputy PM says UK will not join Iran conflict despite Trump’s sometimes ‘incomprehensible’ social-media barbsDonald Trump’s insults towards Keir Starmer are “small and petty” and designed t...

The Guardian - UK News5 months ago
Judgment day as Starmer faces Commons showdown over Mandelson scandal
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Judgment day as Starmer faces Commons showdown over Mandelson scandal

Prime minister to deliver high-stakes statement to MPs over vetting controversy that has put his position in perilKeir Starmer will deliver a high-stakes statement to MPs on Monday as he struggles to...

The Guardian - UK News5 months ago
Starmer is facing his judgment day over Mandelson missteps
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Starmer is facing his judgment day over Mandelson missteps

Ahead of a showdown with MPs, prime minister looks like a man who is not really in control in his own governmentKeir Starmer has spent much of the last 24 hours working on a plan for what senior gover...

The Guardian - UK News5 months ago
Ministers urged to share Mandelson vetting files with intelligence committee
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Ministers urged to share Mandelson vetting files with intelligence committee

Whitehall officials are weighing up ‘unprecedented’ disclosure of documents in security clearance scandalStarmer did not gamble with national security over Mandelson, says ministerMinisters are under...

The Guardian - UK News5 months ago
Starmer would have blocked Mandelson appointment if he had known about failed vetting, ministers say – as it happened
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Starmer would have blocked Mandelson appointment if he had known about failed vetting, ministers say – as it happened

The prime minister’s leadership is still in the spotlight after Peter Mandelson was appointed US ambassador after he failed security vettingOur Scotland correspondent Libby Brooks has written this pie...

The Guardian - UK News5 months ago
The Strokes close Coachella set with politically charged montage calling out CIA and US government
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The Strokes close Coachella set with politically charged montage calling out CIA and US government

It follows their performance last weekend which saw them subtly take aim at Jeff Bezos The post The Strokes close Coachella set with politically charged montage calling out CIA and US government appe...

NME Music News5 months ago
How Reform is exposing the reality of Scotland’s views on immigration and identity
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How Reform is exposing the reality of Scotland’s views on immigration and identity

Once a progressive outlier, Scotland is facing a political reckoning as Reform benefits from growing social divisionIt’s Monday evening in Aberdeen, and George Preston is wearing his union flag suit t...

The Guardian - UK News5 months ago
Reform's Richard Tice responds to reported failure to pay £100,000 tax
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Reform's Richard Tice responds to reported failure to pay £100,000 tax

Reform UK deputy leader Richard Tice said he is "always happy to put things right" if he hasn't paid the right amount of tax.

Sky News - UK5 months ago
MoD has lost track of veterans on recall list, says defence adviser
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MoD has lost track of veterans on recall list, says defence adviser

Exclusive: George Robertson calls on officials to identify the ‘fit and willing’ in UK’s 95,000-strong strategic reserveThe Ministry of Defence has lost track of military veterans they intend to recal...

The Guardian - UK News5 months ago
Influential soft-left MP to 'unite Labour' in new intervention
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Influential soft-left MP to 'unite Labour' in new intervention

Former transport secretary Louise Haigh will outline an economic agenda to help voters with the cost of living in one of her most significant interventions since being forced out of cabinet 18 months...

Sky News - UK5 months ago
Starmer would have blocked Mandelson role over vetting failure, says Lammy
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Starmer would have blocked Mandelson role over vetting failure, says Lammy

Deputy prime minister says it is ‘inexplicable’ top civil servant kept Downing Street in darkKeir Starmer would have blocked Peter Mandelson from serving as the UK’s ambassador to Washington had he kn...

The Guardian - UK News5 months ago
Two more Reform local election candidates accused of offensive posts
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Two more Reform local election candidates accused of offensive posts

Labour calls on Nigel Farage to sack candidates and says his party’s checks ‘clearly not fit for purpose’Reform UK’s checks on candidates are “clearly not fit for purpose”, Labour has said after two m...

The Guardian - UK News5 months ago
Olly Robbins ‘thrown under bus’ by No 10, says ex-Foreign Office chief – as it happened
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Olly Robbins ‘thrown under bus’ by No 10, says ex-Foreign Office chief – as it happened

This blog is now closed, you can read more on this story hereOn Friday the Cabinet Office released a template page from the summary document produced by UKSV after Mandelson’s vetting. The document wo...

The Guardian - UK News5 months ago
Kneecap, The Mary Wallopers, Annie Mac and more back ‘Stop The Game’ campaign protesting Ireland v Israel game
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Kneecap, The Mary Wallopers, Annie Mac and more back ‘Stop The Game’ campaign protesting Ireland v Israel game

"We will not take part in this competition against a country that is slaughtering humans in front of our very eyes with impunity" The post Kneecap, The Mary Wallopers, Annie Mac and more back ‘Stop T...

NME Music News5 months ago