9 h. ago Net migration to UK could rise to 300,000 by end of decade, says government adviser

Chair of migration advisory committee says figure will jump as numbers of overseas students and workers rise againNet migration to the UK could rise to about 300,000 by the end of the decade, a leading government adviser has said.Prof Brian Bell, the chair of the migration advisory committee, said the overall migration figure would jump “in the medium term” from the current level of 204,000 as the numbers of overseas students and workers rose again. Continue reading...

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35 h. ago Civil Service workforce jumps 3,000 to highest level for nearly 20 years

Headcount is nearly a third higher than it was at the time of the EU referendum in June 2016.

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51 h. ago Reform UK vows to sack Civil Service bosses under plans to slash headcount by almost 70,000 people if it wins the next election

Danny Kruger said there will be 'real change' among the 'Permanent Secretary class' if Nigel Farage becomes the next prime minister.

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58 h. ago Reform UK to axe 68,000 civil service jobs if they win next General Election

The MP insisted the party’s plans would improve working in central government

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5 d. ago Indonesia floods were ‘extinction level’ disturbance for rare orangutan species

Conservationists fear up to 11% of Tapanuli population perished in disaster that also killed 1,000 peopleIndonesia’s deadly flooding was an “extinction-level disturbance” for the world’s rarest great ape, the Tapanuli orangutan, causing catastrophic damage to its habitat and survival prospects, scientists warned on Friday.Only scientifically classified as a species in 2017, Tapanulis are incredibly rare, with fewer than 800 left in the wild, confined to a small range in part of Indonesia’s Sumatra. Continue reading...

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5 d. ago Failed asylum seekers are absconding from migrant hotels in 'terrifying daily occurrence', whistleblower reveals

The number of asylum seekers living in hotels at the taxpayers' expense has jumped to more than 36,000, the highest level for almost two years.

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2 w. ago Jury trials to be scrapped in some cases in bid to tackle court backlog

The crown court backlog currently is at a record level of more than 78,000 cases.

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3 w. ago Voters could abandon centrist parties if budget fails, warns former cabinet secretary

Simon Case says voters will look elsewhere if chancellor cannot find solutions to tax, spending and debt problemsVoters will look elsewhere if Rachel Reeves does not use next week’s pivotal budget to show that “centre-ground” politicians can fix the UK’s entrenched economic problems, the former head of the civil service, Simon Case, has said.Case told the Guardian that at the time of last year’s general election, when he was still cabinet secretary, he believed Labour would be forced to break its manifesto promise to not raise taxes because of the state of the public finances. Continue reading...

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4 w. ago Record level of net migration was HIGHER than previously thought at 944,000 but long

There was a higher record level of net migration in 2023. But vastly more Britons are emigrating leaving figures down over a longer period, the Office for National Statistics figures said.

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