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Schools are ‘pipeline’ to joblessness for many people, says ex-Labour adviser
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Schools are ‘pipeline’ to joblessness for many people, says ex-Labour adviser

Ban social media and reform education to tackle scandal of young people not in work or study, says Peter HymanSchools have become a “pipeline” to worklessness for a large cohort of young people in the...

The Guardian - UK News5 months ago
Manchester shows biggest fall in inner-city deprivation in boost for Burnham
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Manchester shows biggest fall in inner-city deprivation in boost for Burnham

City made outsized contribution to falling levels of deprivation between 2010 and 2025, thinktank finds Manchester has recorded the biggest fall in inner-city deprivation in Britain, according to a re...

The Guardian - UK News5 months ago
Reeves to promise free summer bus rides for children and food tariff cuts in living costs package
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Reeves to promise free summer bus rides for children and food tariff cuts in living costs package

Chancellor launches ‘Great British summer savings scheme’ after Keir Starmer postpones fuel duty increasePlanned fuel duty rise to be scrapped, says Keir StarmerRachel Reeves is to promise free summer...

The Guardian - UK News5 months ago
Burnham to back Shabana Mahmood’s immigration changes, allies say
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Burnham to back Shabana Mahmood’s immigration changes, allies say

Exclusive: Greater Manchester mayor understood to support home secretary’s push to limit legal and illegal migrationAndy Burnham is backing Shabana Mahmood’s controversial changes to the immigration s...

The Guardian - UK News5 months ago
Badenoch says Labour ‘just want a better salesman’. It would be a good start
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Badenoch says Labour ‘just want a better salesman’. It would be a good start

Starmer has a reasonable list of achievements in power but has undermined himself with a lack of political storytellingNet migration down by three-quarters, the biggest fall in NHS waiting lists for 1...

The Guardian - UK News5 months ago
Starmer’s top advisers knew about ‘indefensible’ journalists probe, documents reveal
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Starmer’s top advisers knew about ‘indefensible’ journalists probe, documents reveal

PM’s former chief of staff, Morgan McSweeney, among aides briefed on investigation into reporters writing about Labour TogetherKeir Starmer’s most senior advisers were briefed about an “indefensible”...

The Guardian - UK News5 months ago
Channel 4 boss 'deeply sorry' over MAFS UK rape allegations
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Channel 4 boss 'deeply sorry' over MAFS UK rape allegations

Priya Dogra says a Panorama which included allegations from former cast members was "very troubling" to watch.

BBC Entertainment & Arts5 months ago
Russian jet causes ‘dangerous’ near miss after flying close to RAF spy plane
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Russian jet causes ‘dangerous’ near miss after flying close to RAF spy plane

UK calls incident ‘unacceptable’ after Su-27 jet comes within six metres of unarmed RAF plane over Black SeaA Russian jet flew within six metres of an RAF spy plane flying at 500mph over the Black Sea...

The Guardian - UK News5 months ago
Former minister with terminal cancer urges MPs not to bring back assisted dying bill
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Former minister with terminal cancer urges MPs not to bring back assisted dying bill

Exclusive: Ashley Dalton says rejected amendments could have made bill stronger but it became a ‘pretty dangerous set of affairs’A former public health minister facing terminal cancer has urged MPs no...

The Guardian - UK News5 months ago
British Council staff in Italy to strike over proposed 80% workforce cut
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British Council staff in Italy to strike over proposed 80% workforce cut

Soft power institution faces funding crisis linked to Covid-era government loan due to be repaid by SeptemberStaff at the British Council in Italy will go on strike over deep cuts that would slash abo...

The Guardian - UK News5 months ago
Streeting says he resigned because Labour ‘in fight of our lives against nationalism’, and is currently losing – as it happened
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Streeting says he resigned because Labour ‘in fight of our lives against nationalism’, and is currently losing – as it happened

This blog is now closed, you can read more on this story hereLabour is in a curious, transitional state at the moment. Officially Keir Starmer is committed to staying as leader and prime minister unti...

The Guardian - UK News5 months ago
UK strikes £3.7bn trade deal with six Gulf states
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UK strikes £3.7bn trade deal with six Gulf states

Keir Starmer describes the agreement, worth double original estimates, as a ‘huge win’ for British businessesKeir Starmer has struck a trade deal with six Gulf states in what he described as a huge wi...

The Guardian - UK News5 months ago
Rachel Reeves to protect ‘critical’ clean energy projects from legal challenges
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Rachel Reeves to protect ‘critical’ clean energy projects from legal challenges

Chancellor’s planning shake-up in England and Wales would ‘reduce exposure from judicial review on all but human rights grounds’Rachel Reeves is poised to fast-track clean energy projects in England a...

The Guardian - UK News5 months ago
Are Reform a bigger threat to Labour or the Conservatives?
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Are Reform a bigger threat to Labour or the Conservatives?

Despite Labour losing most seats to Reform, in-depth Sky News analysis of May's local election results shows that Reform's popularity is hitting the Conservatives hardest.

Sky News - UK5 months ago
ChatGPT and other AI bots made huge errors before Scottish election, study finds
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ChatGPT and other AI bots made huge errors before Scottish election, study finds

Exclusive: Electoral Commission calls for new controls as Demos finds tools made up fake scandals, invented candidates or gave wrong dateUK politics live – latest updatesThe Electoral Commission has c...

The Guardian - UK News5 months ago
Labour must be bolder or it will lose, Streeting says in resignation speech
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Labour must be bolder or it will lose, Streeting says in resignation speech

In first Commons speech since quitting cabinet, Streeting says party must deliver change or it will hand keys of No 10 to ReformUK politics live – latest updatesLabour must be bolder and deliver real...

The Guardian - UK News5 months ago
UK delays some sanctions on Russian oil and gas amid Middle East conflict
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UK delays some sanctions on Russian oil and gas amid Middle East conflict

‘Short-term’ measures on import of jet fuel and diesel, and shipping of LNG, aimed to help tackle soaring pricesThe UK has delayed some sanctions on Russian oil and liquefied natural gas to help tackl...

The Guardian - UK News5 months ago
Planned fuel duty rise to be scrapped, says Keir Starmer
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Planned fuel duty rise to be scrapped, says Keir Starmer

PM tells Commons extending the temporary 5p cut is a necessary response to cost-of-living pressuresUK politics live – latest updatesKeir Starmer has announced an extension to the temporary 5p cut in f...

The Guardian - UK News5 months ago
'Serious concerns' raised by MPs after rape allegations on Married At First Sight UK
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'Serious concerns' raised by MPs after rape allegations on Married At First Sight UK

MPs have written to Channel 4 and Ofcom with "serious concerns" about their response to the allegations of rape and sexual assault on Married At First Sight UK.

Sky News - UK5 months ago
Scottish parliament removes gender search function from website after trans MSPs elected
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Scottish parliament removes gender search function from website after trans MSPs elected

The Scottish parliament has removed the option to search for MSPs by their gender on its website.

Sky News - UK5 months ago