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Key takeaways from grooming gangs report

Mon, 06/16/2025 - 18:23
A national inquiry and tightening laws on the age of consent are among the review's recommendations.
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Key takeaways from grooming gangs report

Mon, 06/16/2025 - 18:23
A national inquiry and tightening laws on the age of consent are among the review's recommendations.
Categories: Politics

Benefits reform must be pushed through, says PM

Mon, 06/16/2025 - 13:58
MPs will vote in the coming weeks on a package of measures aiming to cut the benefits bill by £5bn by 2030.
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Benefits reform must be pushed through, says PM

Mon, 06/16/2025 - 13:58
MPs will vote in the coming weeks on a package of measures aiming to cut the benefits bill by £5bn by 2030.
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MP pleads not guilty to sexual assault charges

Mon, 06/16/2025 - 11:53
He is accused of two attacks on two separate women in August 2023.
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MP pleads not guilty to sexual assault charges

Mon, 06/16/2025 - 11:53
He is accused of two attacks on two separate women in August 2023.
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Hospices are at centre of debate over assisted dying bill - what do they think?

Mon, 06/16/2025 - 05:30
As MPs debate whether to legalise assisted dying, we speak to those providing end-of-life care.
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Hospices are at centre of debate over assisted dying bill - what do they think?

Mon, 06/16/2025 - 05:30
As MPs debate whether to legalise assisted dying, we speak to those providing end-of-life care.
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20th Century Radicals

Sun, 06/15/2025 - 22:00
Kate Molleson and Gillian Moore shine new light on the 'modern' music of the 20th century.
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Asylum sites to be expanded as ministers bid to end hotel use

Sun, 06/15/2025 - 15:23
Chancellor Rachel Reeves pledged to stop using taxpayer-funded hotels to house asylum seekers by 2029.
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UK advises against all travel to Israel as airstrikes continue

Sun, 06/15/2025 - 15:19
The advice comes after an escalation in military activity between Israel and Iran in recent days.
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Grooming victims' concerns not dismissed, says Reeves

Sun, 06/15/2025 - 14:07
She defends the prime minister over criticism he resisted calls to launch a national inquiry.
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UK sending more RAF jets to Middle East

Sun, 06/15/2025 - 13:34
Sir Keir Starmer said aircraft are being deployed amid intense fighting between Israel and Iran.
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Reeves vows to shield UK from Israel-Iran price shock

Sun, 06/15/2025 - 12:55
The chancellor said nothing was "off the table" in protecting people from the impact of higher oil prices.
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UK sending more RAF jets to Middle East

Sun, 06/15/2025 - 03:21
Sir Keir Starmer said aircraft are being deployed amid intense fighting between Israel and Iran.
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Paternity leave: How much time off work do new dads get across Europe?

Sun, 06/15/2025 - 01:24
Most dads in the UK get two weeks off work after their baby is born, but dads in many European countries get more.
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PM announces national inquiry into grooming gangs

Sat, 06/14/2025 - 20:25
Sir Keir Starmer said he had accepted the recommendations of an audit into the nature and scale of the abuse.
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Crisis - which crisis? Israel-Iran another huge challenge for government

Sat, 06/14/2025 - 12:44
As buildings burn in Tehran and Tel Aviv, the UK government is facing another crisis, writes Laura Kuenssberg.
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UK's careful diplomacy faces test ahead of G7 meeting

Sat, 06/14/2025 - 10:28
There are currently two "crisis centres" running in the Foreign Office.
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Starmer heads to Canada for talks on security and trade

Sat, 06/14/2025 - 04:00
The PM will meet his Canadian counterpart on Saturday, ahead of a summit of G7 leaders the next day.
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