The Guardian » 2 weeks ago
Transport secretary Heidi Alexander hails ‘cultural reset’ – although first South Western Railway service included rail replacement busMinisters have hailed a “new dawn” for Britain’s railways as the first train services renationalised under the Labour government started ...
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The Guardian » 1 week ago
There is growing unease over the government’s direction – a way to restore confidence would be to scrap the ‘cruel’ two-child limitThe lady is, it seems, for turning: one of Rachel Reeves’s first decisions as chancellor was to strip winter fuel allowance from the vast maj...
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The Guardian » 1 week ago
Britain’s army of unpaid support has been excluded from the political conversation. I didn’t expect to find hope in a book by a party leaderThe word “care” sits in a strange place in UK politics, somehow combining an increasing sense of urgency with a maddening and very B...
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The Guardian » 2 weeks ago
Whether on leader favourability or on key policy areas, Labour is losing ground on almost every metricOpinion polls don’t always provide a precise picture of voters’ mood – and the next general election is still four years away. But Labour strategists will doubtless be po...
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The Guardian » 1 week ago
David Gauke’s review gives penal policy in England and Wales a once-in-a-generation opportunity to move in more constructive directionThe independent ...
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The Guardian » 1 week ago
Stark warnings about threatened coastal areas should prompt fresh efforts to protect those most at riskIn his classic study of the 17th-century Dutch golden age, The Embarrassment of Riches, the art historian Simon Schama showed how the biblical story of Noah’s a...
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The Guardian » 1 week ago
Figures revealed by Lib Dems also show cancellations not rescheduled within required 28 days doubled in nine yearsAlmost a quarter of elective operations in NHS hospitals in England last year were cancelled at the last minute and took longer than the required 28 days to r...
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The Guardian » 1 week ago
Chancellor hopes investment in homes, transport and energy will stave off pressure from MPs and discontent among publicRachel Reeves will put £113bn of new capital investment at the forefront of the spending review and argue that the billions of investment in homes, trans...
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Huffington Post » 1 week ago
Spend more than 30 seconds on TikTok, and you’ll hear fitness influencers sing the praises of ...
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