52 h. ago French business warns of recession risk as political turmoil deepens

Fiscal discord alarms company chiefs as PM’s confidence-vote gamble rattles markets

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5 d. ago Vulnerable people at risk of homelessness as 1 in 10 specialist homes face closure

More than a decade of funding cuts has pushed specialist homes to the brink, with 50,000 at risk of closing their doors, a survey by the National Housing Federation (NHF) found

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8 d. ago Politicians risk ignoring many voters by not being on TikTok, Tory MP warns

‘You’ve got to be where the electorate are,’ says Luke Evans, the sixth-most followed UK politician on the platformPoliticians are at risk of ignoring a large chunk of the electorate because of their reluctance to communicate on TikTok, according to a Tory MP who has one of the biggest followings of any UK politician on the social media platform.Luke Evans, who is the sixth-most followed UK politician on TikTok, said his colleagues were missing out on engaging particularly with young voters because of security concerns and a lack of knowledge about the platform. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago As summers of extreme heat become more common, the UK must protect its workers | John Harris

There’s been fury in Spain over the tragic death of a street cleaner. It’s not hard to imagine something similar playing out in the UKMontse Aguilar was only 51 when she died. She lived in the El Poble-sec area of Barcelona – it translates from Catalan as “the dry village” – where she cared for her 85-year-old mother and sang in a local choir. For three years, she had worked as a city street cleaner for an outsourcing company, wearing a lime-green uniform – made, her family later said, from “100% polyester a material used to make coats”.On 28 June, her shift in the city’s Gothic Quarter began at 2.30pm and ended seven hours later. The temperature that day had reached more than 35C, which left workers like her exposed: Spain has a clearer system of regulations covering heat and work than a lot of other countries, but it is still full of gaps.John Harris is a Guardian columnist Continue reading...

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4 w. ago Ryanair sets monthly passenger record despite air traffic control strikes

The Dublin-based carrier announced 20.7 million passengers travelled on its flights in July.

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4 w. ago ‘You can literally pregame recess with these’: Experts warn of caffeine pouches targeting teens

Caffeine can pose serious health risks for kids, particularly in large amounts, doctors say — and experts fear teens are being targeted by these products, writes Katie Hawkinson

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last month The real danger in this permacrisis is not the political drama: it’s the risk that nothing changes | Nesrine Malik

It is said the centre cannot hold, but what if it does? That’s a frightening recipe for more stasis and more rageA new party has launched in the UK, and it didn’t take long for it to become the subject of frantic speculation. Will it split the left? Will it create more of an opening for Reform UK? Should it forge an alliance with the Greens? The stunning speed with which Jeremy Corbyn’s new party amassed supporters, now standing at 600,000 in a week, reasonably makes it feel like a real and viable thing. And the next logical step is to assess its chances in meaningfully challenging the mainstream. But the bigger question is, can the mainstream be meaningfully challenged, or is the future one of increasing fragmentation, with a persistent but tense monopoly on power by the political establishment?The signs that the centre is fraying at the margins became clear at the last general election. There was a historically low turnout by share of the population (resulting in the most dispropo...

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