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Long Eaton Town Deal delays
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Long Eaton Town Deal delays

By Eddie Bisknell – Local Democracy Reporting Service A Derbyshire council is being urged to ask the Government for a further extension to spend £25 million to avoid the risk of having it taken back....

News - Long Eaton - Latest and archives - Erewash Sound 7 months ago
UK government denies Chagos Islands deal is paused
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UK government denies Chagos Islands deal is paused

It come after a minister said the UK is discussing "concerns" with the US, after President Trump criticised the deal.

BBC News - UK7 months ago
Ed Davey accuses care home trustee of embezzlement amid watchdog enquiry
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Ed Davey accuses care home trustee of embezzlement amid watchdog enquiry

Lib Dem leader says crisis at William Blake House is ‘one of my worst nightmares’ after Guardian revealed inquiry into financesEd Davey has accused a trustee of a learning disability care home of embe...

The Guardian - UK News7 months ago
Germany accused of ditching climate targets as it scraps renewables mandate
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Germany accused of ditching climate targets as it scraps renewables mandate

Coalition government agrees to remove parts of controversial law and allow homes to rely on fossil fuels Germany’s coalition government has been accused of abandoning its climate targets after agreein...

The Guardian - UK News7 months ago
Lost species to be released as Labour seeks to stave off Greens’ election threat
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Lost species to be released as Labour seeks to stave off Greens’ election threat

Push for good nature news before polls with reintroduction of white-tailed eagles, pine martens and beavers in England White-tailed eagles, pine martens and beavers will be released across England bef...

The Guardian - UK News7 months ago
Role of Scotland’s top law officer questioned after ‘bombshell’ over Peter Murrell charges
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Role of Scotland’s top law officer questioned after ‘bombshell’ over Peter Murrell charges

Lord advocate Dorothy Bain informed first minister of embezzlement charges against former SNP chief executive a year before they were made publicSerious doubts have been raised about the dual role of...

The Guardian - UK News7 months ago
Starmer promises to look at making student loans 'fairer'
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Starmer promises to look at making student loans 'fairer'

Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch said the system had become a "debt trap" for graduates.

BBC News - UK7 months ago
Slow progress on Heathrow’s third runway should be national concern, boss says
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Slow progress on Heathrow’s third runway should be national concern, boss says

Thomas Woldbye says major funding model decisions need to be taken if the airport is to meet government timetableHeathrow has reported falling profits and a squeeze on passenger growth, as its boss sa...

The Guardian - UK News7 months ago
Student loan crisis in England and Wales is a scam on graduates, say MPs
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Student loan crisis in England and Wales is a scam on graduates, say MPs

Labour backbenchers turn on Rachel Reeves as MP claims former students are stuck in a loans ‘Hotel California’Angry backbench Labour MPs have attacked ministers over the student loans crisis, saying g...

The Guardian - UK News7 months ago
Reform UK’s Matt Goodwin will not face sanctions over byelection leaflet error
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Reform UK’s Matt Goodwin will not face sanctions over byelection leaflet error

High court judge accepts material distributed without legally required imprint due to inadvertent printing mistakeUK politics live – latest updatesMatt Goodwin, Reform UK’s candidate in the Gorton and...

The Guardian - UK News7 months ago
Starmer 'concerned' after man with axe arrested at mosque
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Starmer 'concerned' after man with axe arrested at mosque

Sir Keir Starmer has expressed concern after a man with an axe in a bag was arrested at a mosque in Manchester.

Sky News - UK7 months ago
Minister resigns after row over 'reprehensible material' gathered on journalists
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Minister resigns after row over 'reprehensible material' gathered on journalists

Josh Simons has resigned as a Cabinet Office minister amid a controversy over a thinktank he used to run, which was accused to paying a PR firm to investigate journalists.

Sky News - UK7 months ago
Who is Josh Simons - and why has the ex minister resigned?
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Who is Josh Simons - and why has the ex minister resigned?

Josh Simons may not be well known outside of Westminster, but his name has generated much controversy in recent weeks - and now he has resigned.

Sky News - UK7 months ago
How rightwing rhetoric has risen sharply in the UK parliament – an exclusive visual analysis
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How rightwing rhetoric has risen sharply in the UK parliament – an exclusive visual analysis

In the past five years, MPs’ attitudes in the House of Commons towards immigration have swung harder to the right than at almost any other time in the last centuryLabour and Conservative MPs are speak...

The Guardian - UK News7 months ago
The PM who turned PI: why is Gordon Brown delving so deep into the Epstein files?
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The PM who turned PI: why is Gordon Brown delving so deep into the Epstein files?

Brown is said to be driven by moral anger but insiders suggest he may feel guilty for bringing Peter Mandelson back into governmentBefore Gordon Brown sent a draft of his 6 February comment piece on t...

The Guardian - UK News7 months ago
Chris Mason: MPs take a new tone on Andrew
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Chris Mason: MPs take a new tone on Andrew

It was quite a moment when Sir Chris Bryant called the former prince "rude, arrogant and entitled" in the House of Commons, the BBC's political editor writes.

BBC News - UK7 months ago
British dual nationals risk imminent refusal of travel to UK, Home Office affirms
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British dual nationals risk imminent refusal of travel to UK, Home Office affirms

Government ignores pleas for a grace period before new rules come into force on WednesdayDual nationals: have you been affected by the new rules?British citizens with a second nationality risk being b...

The Guardian - UK News7 months ago
Andrew 'rude and arrogant', minister says as MPs back release of trade role files
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Andrew 'rude and arrogant', minister says as MPs back release of trade role files

The former prince travelled the globe as the UK's trade representative between 2001 and 2011.

BBC News - UK7 months ago
Senedd votes in favour of implementing Westminster’s assisted dying bill
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Senedd votes in favour of implementing Westminster’s assisted dying bill

Should legislation pass House of Lords, the matter will require another vote after May’s Welsh electionsWales’s Senedd has voted in favour of implementing Westminster’s assisted dying bill, overcoming...

The Guardian - UK News7 months ago
MPs openly criticising Andrew reflects shift in tradition
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MPs openly criticising Andrew reflects shift in tradition

In the Commons, MPs shared their personal experiences of meeting the former prince – all of them were resoundingly negative.

BBC News - UK7 months ago