15 h. ago Petition to stop asylum seekers receiving benefits smashes huge new milestone

The petition, which was set up by Bob Clements, has been signed by more than 350,000 people. It calls for the Government to stop providing financial and other support to asylum seekers

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18 h. ago The Guardian view on Labour’s nuclear bet: big promises, but bigger questions remain unanswered | Editorial

A bold state investment signals nuclear revival, but unresolved issues around cost, waste and safety demand urgent ministerial clarityThe government’s decision to invest £14.2bn in nuclear energy, on top of existing funds, marks a return to significant state funding of nuclear power after Hinkley Point C, financed by the private sector, was dogged by delays and cost overruns. It is also a decisive shift in energy policy. Ministers have high hopes of a nuclear energy renaissance. Ed Miliband, the energy secretary, described the prospect of a new reactor in Suffolk, Sizewell C, combined with new money for modular reactor development and fusion research, as a “golden age”. This was a striking choice of words from the greenest voice in the cabinet.The Climate Change Committee’s latest advice to the government took a more restrained view of nuclear, which drew industry ire. Mr Miliband’s commitment to renewable energy is not in doubt. The government has made good...

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29 h. ago In limbo: families hoping for change to UK income rules for spousal visas

The migration advisory committee is due to release a review of the UK’s minimum income requirement for family visas – currently set at £29,000. Many British families are in a state of enforced separation. Family visas represent just 5% of total UK visa applications, yet are a key focus of a migration crackdown. Working with Reunite Families, photographer Frankie Mills documents the lives of nine families whose stories illustrate the human cost of this policy thresholdThree weeks ago, Keir Starmer said the UK was at risk of becoming an “island of strangers”. But for countless British citizens across the country, that isolation is already a lived reality by design of immigration rules that force them to choose between their homeland and family.The minimum income requirement dictates how much a person needs to earn in order to bring their non-British partner here. Set at £18,600 for a decade, the Conservatives announced plans to raise it dramatically to £38,700 before backtracking afte...

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42 h. ago £350,000 repair programme for Kilbarchan's Steeple Hall set to begin next month if contract approved

A deal for the first phase, which will focus on the internal and external fabric of the building, will be considered this week.

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51 h. ago China 'super embassy' protests cost police almost £350,000 over two days

Exclusive: The total cost of two major protests, held on February 8 and March 15 this year, amounted to £342,553

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3 d. ago Minister dismisses US fears about China's London 'super embassy' as White House warns against letting Beijing build near sensitive City sites

The Trump administration has urged Downing Street to block the proposed development close to London financial centres amid fears that it will be used to tap into commercial information.

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3 d. ago White House warns Downing Street against letting China build 'super embassy' near sensitive financial sites

The Oval Office has urged Downing Street against giving a China's 'super embassy' the green light to be built near London financial centres. 

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6 d. ago China’s proposed ‘super embassy poses super risk’ to security, Tories claim

Shadow Cabinet Office minister Alex Burghart accused the Government of being ‘too weak’ to block the plans.

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7 d. ago Revealed: How Prince Harry's latest court battle over security cost British taxpayers £100,000

Prince Harry's latest battle with the Home Office over police bodyguards cost British taxpayers £100,000 - after he told the BBC: 'I wish someone had told me beforehand' there was 'no way to win'

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9 d. ago Protester who burned Koran outside Turkish embassy in London found guilty

Protester who burned Koran outside Turkish embassy in London found guilty  GB News

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1 week ago Inside entire private island which could be yours for £350,000

An entire private island has been listed for sale - and it could be yours for just £350,000.

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1 week ago Nigel Farage claims Keir Starmer's attacks on his economic plans are 'Project Fear 2.0' as Reform leader faces questions over £85bn cost of 'fantasy' policies

Sir Keir this morning warned voters they cannot trust Mr Farage with their 'future, mortgages or jobs' in a speech deriding his economic literacy.

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1 week ago Man United have perfect shirt number for Liam Delap after letting £350,000

Liam Delap has been heavily linked with a move to Man Utd in recent months and could be swayed by the offer of a shirt number at Old Trafford.

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1 week ago Man Utd can offer Liam Delap dream shirt number after offloading £350,000

Manchester United are in the process of a major overhaul this summer with plenty of ingoings and outgoings, and one potential signing could be handed his dream shirt number from the off

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2 w. ago Cybersecurity experts warn China's 'super embassy' could be used by spies to wiretap sensitive Square Mile communications

Experts warn planning officials are ‘woefully unprepared to handle an application of this nature’

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2 w. ago No 10 delays child poverty strategy with tens of thousands more facing hardship

Exclusive: Flagship policy put back until at least autumn amid fears cost of scrapping two-child limit will outweigh political benefitLabour’s flagship child poverty strategy has been delayed until at least the autumn amid concerns at the top of government that the financial cost of key proposals outweighs the political benefit, even though tens of thousands more children will fall into poverty as a result.The strategy, which is being led jointly by Liz Kendall, the work and pensions secretary, and Bridget Phillipson, the education secretary, was due to be published in the spring and had been expected to include a recommendation to scrap the controversial two-child limit. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Jussie Smollett to pay $50K to charity to settle lawsuit over cost of police investigation into his ‘hate crime claim’

‘He still loves the people of Chicago but is pleased to put this ordeal in his rearview mirror,’ an attorney for the actor said in a statement

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2 w. ago Wealthy businesswoman who was 'infatuated' with her burglar boyfriend is jailed for insurance fraud after he masterminded £350,000 raid on her home

Emma O'Shea was regarded as a 'soft target' by Dean Ryan, who hired an associate to break into her Portsmouth home and make off with 'high value' diamond jewellery and envelopes of cash.

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2 w. ago 'Very wealthy' businesswoman who was 'infatuated' with her burglar boyfriend is jailed for insurance fraud after he masterminded £350,000 raid on her home

Emma O'Shea was regarded as a 'soft target' by Dean Ryan, who hired an associate to break into her Portsmouth home and make off with 'high value' diamond jewellery and envelopes of cash.

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3 w. ago Indy 500 announces first grandstand sellout since 2016 with 350,000 expected for the race on Sunday

The Indianapolis 500 is sold out for the first time in nearly a decade

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