BBC » 1 week ago
Tory leader Kemi Badenoch has made missteps that are a ‘total disaster’ for the party, claim insiders...
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BBC » 1 week ago
Eluned Morgan says she's "very worried" about child poverty and the "damaging" benefit cap....
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The Guardian » 1 week ago
Brian Mathew concerned terminally ill people will decide to end their lives as they feel ‘they have become a burden’A second Liberal Democrat MP has said they have changed their mind over the assisted dying bill and will vote against it at the next Commons stage, in anoth...
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The Guardian » 1 week ago
PM to say Reform UK leader is promoting a ‘fantasy’ that would unleash a Truss-style economic crisisStarmer to ...
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The Guardian » 1 week ago
British arm of Maximus, which provides DWP assessments, reports a 23% rise in pre-tax profit in annual figuresThe British arm of a US contractor that profits from testing whether some people in the UK should receive disability benefits has paid £10m in dividends to its in...
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The Guardian » 1 week ago
Nigel Farage seems to have upstaged the Labour government, pledging to scrap the controversial two-child benefit cap and reverse the cuts to the winter fuel allowance. So why hasn’t the government – after almost a year in power – done more to end child poverty? Gaby Hinsliff, in for John Ha...
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The Guardian » 1 week ago
Alison McGovern promises long-term career support in wake of Labour’s significant cuts to disability benefitsJobcentres will no longer force people into “any job” available, the employment minister has said, promising there will be long-term, personalised career support f...
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The Guardian » 1 week ago
This creative documentary immerses us in a little-known chapter of gay history. In 1992, the Isle of Man was one of the last places in western Europe to decriminalise homosexual acts. Through verbatim reconstruction and newly discovered archives, we understand the impact of discriminatory p...
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The Guardian » 1 week ago
Former army and navy leaders urge government to think beyond military capability in advance of key defence reviewFormer military leaders are urging the UK government to widen its definition of national security to include climate, food and energy measures in advance of a ...
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The Guardian » 1 week ago
Some experts are sceptical about the touted benefits to workers from the UK government’s proposed shake-upAmid all the jargon of the latest announcement on pensions, one number will have leapt out: the claim that the average worker will gain £6,000 in their retirement fun...
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