17 h. ago Boost to school breakfast club programme with new Government supermarket partnerships

Deals with Morrisons, Sainsbury’s, and Weetabix are a response to funding issues with the scheme

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4 d. ago Scotland has a duty to be a good global citizen and help eradicate poverty

Writing in his regular column for the Record, the First Minister says his Government has a responsibility to fund international aid programmes helping some of the world's poorest communities.

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8 d. ago ‘Levelling Up’ was ‘hollow slogan’, says minister in new Pride in Place pitch

Miatta Fahnbulleh and David Simmonds traded blows as they discussed the Government’s up-to-£5 billion 10-year Pride in Place programme.

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9 d. ago Family of MP Sir David Amess ‘still without answers’ four years after his murder

His killer, Ali Harbi Ali, had been referred to the Government’s counter-terror programme Prevent programme.

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2 w. ago Tracy Beaker star gives birth to baby boy and reveals his adorable name after ‘early and very speedy arrival’

A TRACY Beaker star has welcomed a baby boy and revealed his adorable name. The actress played a starring role in The Story Of Tracy Beaker, the franchise's first programme. Chelsie George - then known as Chelsie Padley - portrayed Louise Govern, Tracy's best friend in the Dumping Ground. Taking to Instagram, Chelsie announced the...

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2 w. ago Southport inquiry: Terror referral 'would have continued if cop saw search history'

A first referral for Axel Rudakubana, who killed three young girls in Southport, to the government's anti-terror programme was made by his school in 2019, an inquiry heard

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2 w. ago The Breakfast Club and The Dark Knight star dies after 'fighting like a warrior'

A beloved Hollywood actor, who has previously starred in The Breakfast Club, The Dark Knight and Risky Business alongside Tom Cruise, has sadly died as his heartbroken wife pays tribute

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2 w. ago Ron Dean dead: Risky Business and The Breakfast Club star dies

Ron Dean - famous for starring in Risky Business and The Breakfast Club - has died at the age of 87, with his partner announcing the sad news of his death

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2 w. ago Synagogue killer rang 999 pledging Islamic State allegiance during attack

Police also said Jihad Al-Shamie was not known to either the Government’s anti-radicalisation programme Prevent or to counter-terror police.

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3 w. ago Thamesmead shortlisted for Government’s ‘New Towns’ programme

Thamesmead shortlisted for Government’s ‘New Towns’ programme  London Post

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3 w. ago More bins, toilets and fixed bus shelters in two Welsh council areas

Ceredigion and Pembrokeshire councils are set to benefit from £3m of UK Government capital funding through the Pride in Place programme

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3 w. ago Perhaps only civil servants and I believe it, but 'networking' is the stuff life is made of | Viv Groskop

The Cabinet Office wants to ban ‘networking meetings’ in working hours. Call me an interfering Sir Humphrey, but isn’t actually talking to colleagues the way to get things done?In these broken times, it’s not easy to spare a thought for the plight of the humble civil servant. But bear with me and open your heart. Last week, it emerged that the Cabinet Office has brought in new rules for civil servants about the types of meetings they can hold. Anything that constitutes a “networking meeting” now has to be held outside working hours. And if it’s a networking “event”, it has to be signed off by a senior civil servant.Alex Thomas, a programme director at the Institute for Government, said the new rules were “reasonably proportionate as most meetings take place after work or in lunchtimes anyway”, and that “reminding civil servants that they are primarily there to do their core jobs is not a bad thing”.Viv Groskop is a comedian and author of How to Own the Room: Women and the Art of Bri...

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3 w. ago Plan to build 12 new towns in England to be unveiled at Labour conference

Housing secretary is set to announce initiative modelled on Clement Attlee’s postwar ‘housing boom’The government is expected to announce on Sunday a programme to build 12 new towns across England in a bid to address the country’s housing crisis.The housing secretary, Steve Reed, will unveil the initiative at Labour’s annual conference as it begins in Liverpool. The prime minister, Keir Starmer, described the proposals as “national renewal in action”. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Around 500,000 more children to receive free breakfast as scheme expanded

Bridget Phillipson has announced that 2,000 primary schools will join the programme

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3 w. ago Ayrshire neighbourhoods to benefit from £43 million Pride in Place funds

Neighbourhoods across Ayrshire are set to benefit from the UK Government’s Pride in Place Programme and Pride in Place Impact Fund.

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4 w. ago HMRC taking money direct from bank accounts and ISAs 'from this week'

The Government said it would restart a programme this September 2025 which allows it to recover money owed directly from debtors' bank accounts

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4 w. ago High streets to be revitalised under new powers to save local pubs and libraries

Unwanted betting and vape shops could be blocked from opening as part of the Government’s new Pride in Place programme.

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4 w. ago British Airways cuts hot breakfast service in latest business class ‘trial’

The flag-carrier will only serve a continental breakfast on certain routes

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