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Should public services be run by private equity firms? | Letters
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Should public services be run by private equity firms? | Letters

Mal Williams thinks private equity should be excluded from essential services, while Ian Graham draws attention to dental practices. Plus letters from Rob Harrison, Tony Fletcher and Michael Moore, wh...

The Guardian - UK News2 months ago
File sent to CPS after sex offence allegations against suspended Labour MP
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File sent to CPS after sex offence allegations against suspended Labour MP

Sky News understands the case against the suspended Labour MP Dan Norris has been sent to the CPS for a charging decision, as he faces multiple allegations of serious sexual offences.

Sky News - UK2 months ago
System Of A Down’s Serj Tankian says “f*** you” to Netanyahu regime for “using our [Armenian] history, our genocide, our pain to their political advantage”
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System Of A Down’s Serj Tankian says “f*** you” to Netanyahu regime for “using our [Armenian] history, our genocide, our pain to their political advantage”

Israel’s Prime Minister said his country had “fulfilled a moral duty by recognising the historical truth, and rejecting attempts to deny” that the killings in WWI were a genocide The post System Of A...

NME Music News2 months ago
Why the UK is accused of allowing the UAE to fuel war in Sudan – video explainer
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Why the UK is accused of allowing the UAE to fuel war in Sudan – video explainer

In Sudan, hundreds of thousands of people have been killed, 13 million have been displaced and 19 million are facing acute starvation.Using satellite imagery, leaked documents and reports and on-the-g...

The Guardian - UK News2 months ago
Minister and MP ‘furious’ over cuts to road projects to fund defence plan
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Minister and MP ‘furious’ over cuts to road projects to fund defence plan

Robert Jenrick and Hamish Falconer, MPs for Newark and Lincoln, among those whose constituencies now face cutsUK politics live – latest updatesThe Labour minister Hamish Falconer and the Reform MP Rob...

The Guardian - UK News2 months ago
Academy school leaders in England face pay cap to curb ‘banker-style’ salaries
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Academy school leaders in England face pay cap to curb ‘banker-style’ salaries

Nearly 100 academy chief executives earn more than £200,000 a year, and at least one more than £500,000The era of academy school leaders in England receiving “banker-style salaries” and hefty annual i...

The Guardian - UK News2 months ago
The Burnham blueprint, as told by one of its architects – podcast
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The Burnham blueprint, as told by one of its architects – podcast

Andy Burnham has set out his economic plans for Britain. Neal Lawson, from the Burnham-aligned group Mainstream, explains the thinking behind itHelen Pidd has been one of Andy Burnham’s constituents f...

The Guardian - UK News2 months ago
Northern Rail Project risks repeating costly HS2 failures, MPs warn
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Northern Rail Project risks repeating costly HS2 failures, MPs warn

The £45bn scheme to link cities across north of England with new or upgraded lines has no convincing or properly costed plan, committee saysBuilding Northern Powerhouse Rail (NPR) risks repeating the...

The Guardian - UK News2 months ago
Most asylum seekers rejected under tightened laws will remain in UK
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Most asylum seekers rejected under tightened laws will remain in UK

Critics call proposed limits on asylum claims a ‘quick fix that will create long-term chaos’More than half of the people whose asylum and visa claims will be rejected under tightened human rights laws...

The Guardian - UK News2 months ago
Burnham left with £4.7bn bill for Starmer’s new defence investment plan
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Burnham left with £4.7bn bill for Starmer’s new defence investment plan

Ally of PM-in-waiting says four-year boost for the armed forces is an ‘unexploded bomb’Britain has finally grasped the nettle on defence, but tough choices lie aheadAndy Burnham will have to find an e...

The Guardian - UK News2 months ago
Britain has finally grasped the nettle on defence, but tough choices lie ahead
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Britain has finally grasped the nettle on defence, but tough choices lie ahead

The new PM must balance the security budget and other urgent spending priorities, with little room for manoeuvreBurnham left with £4.7bn bill for Starmer’s new defence investment planKeir Starmer’s de...

The Guardian - UK News2 months ago
Hope must be backed by legislation | Letter
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Hope must be backed by legislation | Letter

Andy Burnham has a short window to demonstrate that he will follow a new path, writes Benjamin SelwynAndy Beckett is right to identify Andy Burnham as a figure on to whom renewed hopes might be projec...

The Guardian - UK News2 months ago
Next chancellor will have to find £5bn to fund black hole in defence funding, government figures reveal – as it happened
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Next chancellor will have to find £5bn to fund black hole in defence funding, government figures reveal – as it happened

Keir Starmer earlier unveiled a £15bn plan but said defence spending cannot be ‘bottomless pit’ and MoD has to ‘spend better’Keir Starmer is speaking now.They are at Malloy Aeronautics, a firm that de...

The Guardian - UK News2 months ago
Shetland councillors back plans to build tunnels to link some of largest islands
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Shetland councillors back plans to build tunnels to link some of largest islands

Financing options to be investigated for first two subsea projects that would link Mainland with Yell and Unst Councillors on Shetland have backed plans to build up to four tunnels to link some of the...

The Guardian - UK News2 months ago
Andy Burnham says he will end culture of briefing against female ministers
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Andy Burnham says he will end culture of briefing against female ministers

PM hopeful tells meeting of women’s parliamentary Labour party that any staff who undermine female members of his team will be sackedUK politics live – latest updatesAndy Burnham has said he will end...

The Guardian - UK News2 months ago
Nigel Farage received £270,000 from gold marketer he promotes
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Nigel Farage received £270,000 from gold marketer he promotes

Reform UK leader’s Direct Bullion payment is double his fee from 2025UK politics live – latest updatesNigel Farage received £270,000 from a gold marketer for which he is a brand ambassador, his single...

The Guardian - UK News2 months ago
Burnham's approach is unusual but it should work, former deputy Labour leader says
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Burnham's approach is unusual but it should work, former deputy Labour leader says

Andy Burnham's approach is unusual but it should work, former deputy Labour leader Harriet Harman has said.

Sky News - UK2 months ago
Starmer warns Burnham not to borrow to fund defence as he reveals £15bn plan
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Starmer warns Burnham not to borrow to fund defence as he reveals £15bn plan

PM unveils long-awaited defence investment plan, which he says will mean hit to road, housing and energy schemesUK politics live – latest updatesKeir Starmer has warned his successor not to borrow mor...

The Guardian - UK News2 months ago
Burnham’s No 10 North ‘will be based on brownfield site on edge of Manchester’
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Burnham’s No 10 North ‘will be based on brownfield site on edge of Manchester’

Prime minister-in-waiting is seeking an interim base in the city centre before Ancoats site is completed in 2028A civil service base that is under construction in Manchester has been earmarked for And...

The Guardian - UK News2 months ago
Hospitality VAT cut: can it help the sector and at what cost to UK taxpayer?
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Hospitality VAT cut: can it help the sector and at what cost to UK taxpayer?

Drop to 10% for pubs and eateries would be in line with most of Europe, but critics say it favours multinationalsBusiness live – latest updatesNearly a quarter of hospitality businesses are losing mon...

The Guardian - UK News2 months ago