7 h. ago Fears care workers sponsored by SNP Government will face 'indescribable levels of exploitation'

Union bosses have called for care workers sponsored to work by the Scottish Government to boost the publicly-run social care sector

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25 h. ago JK Rowling 'funding transphobia' as equality in Britain goes backwards, MP says

Nadia Whittome, who has just joined Westminster’s Women and Equalities Committee, called for the Government fight back against toxic narratives and show solidarity with the trans community

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42 h. ago Government to issue response after tens of thousands call for UK firework ban

More than 40,000 people have signed a petition calling to "limit" the sale of fireworks

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43 h. ago London community groups call for government action on Thames Water

London community groups call for government action on Thames Water  South West Londoner

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56 h. ago Charity boss warns Scotland's children are vulnerable as online abuse cases soar

Children First Chief Executive Mary Glasgow is calling on the Scottish Government to take action and work with tech companies.

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68 h. ago Lucy Powell says Labour must stand by promise not to raise key taxes

New deputy leader also calls on government to lift two-child benefit cap urgently and in full• UK politics live – latest updatesLucy Powell, Labour’s new deputy leader, has said the government should stand by its manifesto commitment not to raise income tax, national insurance or VAT, amid signs that it may be preparing to break that promise.Powell, who left Keir Starmer’s cabinet in the reshuffle before being elected deputy leader last month, said the budget needed to be about putting more money, not less, into ordinary people’s pockets. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago Still a chance to return to 1.5C climate goal, researchers say

Report calls for scaling-up of renewable energy and electrification of key sectors to limit peak of global heatingThere is still a chance for the world to avoid the worst ravages of climate breakdown and return to the goal of 1.5C if governments take concerted action on greenhouse gas emissions, a new assessment argues.The Climate Analytics report says governments’ goals are inadequate and need to be rapidly revised, and calls for the rapid scaling-up of the use of renewable energy and electrification of key sectors including transport, heating and industry. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago States sue Trump administration over restrictions put on FEMA emergency grants

Eleven states and Kentucky's governor are suing the Trump administration over what they call unlawful terms on federal funding for disaster and terrorism preparedness

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3 d. ago Government responds to calls for major law change on smacking children

The government has issued a statement regarding the defence of "reasonable punishment"

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3 d. ago Scots mums speak out over 'obvious' decline in maternity services as women 'waiting days to be induced'

Chloe Fleming and Zoe Lawson shared their views of maternity services in two different parts of the country as John Swinney faces calls for his Government to take action.

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3 d. ago Calls for Government to raise Personal Allowance tax threshold to £20,000

More than 10,000 people have signed a petition urging the Government to increase the Personal Allowance tax threshold from 12,570 to 20,000

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3 d. ago Motability PIP eligibility change calls update as government responds

There are concerns that Chancellor Rachel Reeves may target the Motability scheme in her November Budget

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4 d. ago British leftwingers elated by Zohran Mamdani’s victory in New York, with some saying election has lessons for Labour – UK politics live

Sadiq Khan, Zack Polanski and Zarah Sultana among figures on the left praising the mayor-elect as they look at potential blueprint for elections in UKLibby Brooks is the Guardian’s Scotland correspondent.Scotland’s finance secretary Shona Robison has called for “urgent engagement” with the UK chancellor after Rachel Reeves flagged up the prospect of tax rises yesterday.We are calling on the UK government’s autumn budget to deliver more funding for those public services, infrastructure, and cost of living support – including by abolishing the two-child limit in universal credit.Scotland has been short-changed in the past, and we must not be left as an afterthought in the UK government’s budget. Under the current arrangements Scotland has to wait and see what impact the chancellor’s decisions will have for us.Recently the chancellor admitted that Brexit has damaged the economy. Brexit has had a hugely negative impact on public spending, reducing the available investment for public ser...

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4 d. ago Barratt Redrow sells more homes despite ‘challenging’ market

The UK’s biggest housebuilder called on the Government to support first-time buyers as it updated investors on its recent trading.

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4 d. ago New update on calls for £20,000 Personal Allowance to stop people paying ‘ridiculous’ tax amounts

Thousands of people have signed an online petition calling for the UK Government to unfreeze the income tax threshold.

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4 d. ago Rio Ferdinand reveals reason for moving to Dubai with pointed message to UK government

Rio Ferdinand chose to move with his family to Dubai in the summer and has called out the Government in the UK for their poor spending of taxpayers' money and lack of control over the NHS

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4 d. ago Phone companies to block scam calls from abroad that impersonate banks under new Government plans

The UK's biggest phone networks have pledged put an end to scammers being able to bombard Britons with cold calls from overseas call centres.

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4 d. ago Brazil to seek independent inquiry into deadly police raid that killed 121 people

Brazilian president Lula called police assault on two of Rio’s largest clusters of favelas ‘disastrous’ and a ‘massacre’Brazil’s president, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, has said his government will seek an independent investigation into what he called a “disastrous” police “massacre” that left at least 121 people dead.Four officers and at least 117 others were killed when police launched a major assault on two of Rio’s largest clusters of favelas, the Complexo do Alemão and the Complexo da Penha, early last Tuesday to execute 100 arrest warrants. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago US government heads to longest shutdown as Trump resists calls to talk

President under pressure to end stand-off that has put food supplies to millions of Americans at risk

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4 d. ago Government issues update after calls for major water bill change for UK households

Campaigners have been calling on the government to introduce a single social tariff on water bills

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