47 h. ago Government vows Palestine Action supporters 'will feel the full force of the law' after 532 arrests at protest

It comes after the Met said policing the protest at the weekend posed ‘unrealistic’ challenges

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52 h. ago Independence for Scotland would help eradicate child poverty

In his regular column for the Record, the First Minister says child poverty is already falling in Scotland - but more work needs to be done to eradicate it altogether.

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64 h. ago Number of arrests at Palestine Action protest rises to 532 with majority for displaying placards

During a day of chaos and farce, Left-wing protesters swamped London 's Parliament Square on Saturday in support of Palestine Action, which has been outlawed by the government.

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69 h. ago Schools ‘facing disaster’ as one in 10 teachers set to quit in two years

Exclusive: NASUWT’s Matt Wrack told The Independent the Labour government has taken ‘no serious action’ to address the current crisis in teaching amid threat of strikes

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3 d. ago Hundreds of people face arrest at Palestine Action march on Saturday

More than 500 people are expected to attend the march in Parliament Square to protest against the government's decision to proscribe Palestine Action as a terror group

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3 d. ago Palestine Action protests LIVE: Hundreds expected to risk arrest in defiance of 'terror group' ban

Pro-Palestine protestors are set to descend on Westminster today as hundreds risk being arrested for supporting Palestine Action - which was labelled a terror group by the UK government

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5 d. ago Spanish beach bars demand urgent action as they reveal cost of Brits staying away

The president of the Association of Entrepreneurs of Concessions has demanded that the Balearic government take urgent action to head off this summer's negative results before more businesses and jobs are lost

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5 d. ago Gordon Brown warns child poverty in Scotland is getting 'worse everyday' as he calls for UK Government action

The former prime minister is demanding Rachel Reeves taxes gambling companies to pay for the scrapping of the two-child cap on benefits.

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5 d. ago Gordon Brown blasts return of 'poverty of 60 years ago' as he makes one big demand

Former Labour Prime Minister Gordon Brown warned the Government must act now on the two-child benefit limit and said he's seen a return to the poverty of 60 years ago

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6 d. ago Leading global scholars sign letter urging UK to end Palestine Action ban

Exclusive: Naomi Klein and Angela Davis among those demanding stop to ‘attack on fundamental freedoms’ of assembly and protestLetter: Palestine Action ban is an attack on fundamental freedomsNaomi Klein and Angela Davis are among dozens of international scholars and writers who have signed a letter to the Guardian calling on the UK government to reverse the ban on Palestine Action.The letter applauds what it describes as a “growing campaign of collective defiance” against the ban and commends the hundreds of people who plan to risk arrest by declaring their support for Palestine Action during a mass protest in London on Saturday. Continue reading...

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7 d. ago Former Israeli security officials call to end the war in Gaza as Netanyahu hints at a new stage

Former Israeli army and intelligence chiefs are calling for an end to the war in Gaza as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu hints at further military action and the government plots its next move

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8 d. ago Planned Palestine Action protest will not try to overwhelm police – organisers

A formal announcement will be made on Tuesday as to whether the demonstration, which organisers said needs at least 500 people, will go ahead.

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3 w. ago Superbugs could kill millions more and cost $2tn a year by 2050, models show

Exclusive: Research on burden of antibiotic resistance for 122 countries predicts dire economic and health outcomesSuperbugs could cause millions more people to die worldwide and cost the global economy just under $2tn a year by 2050, modelling shows.A UK government-funded study shows that without concerted action, increased rates of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) could lead to global annual GDP losses of $1.7tn over the next quarter of a century. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Swinney's government should take 'immediate action' protecting women's rights, says Ash Regan

Alba MSP Ash Regan told the Sunday Mail it was time for the Scottish Government to stop hiding behind 'faux legal ambiguity' on single sex spaces.

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3 w. ago Government will 'robustly defend' any compensation claims from thousands of Afghans whose lives were put at risk by massive data breach

A spokesman for the Ministry of Defence (MoD) said the Government would 'robustly defend' any legal action or bid for compensation, adding these were 'hypothetical claims'.

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3 w. ago Harrowing warning about police racism as 'lack of leadership courage' fears raised

A new report by the Independent Scrutiny and Oversight Board (ISOB) says the Home Office must clarify how the Government's Police Race Action Plan (PRAP) will continue beyond next year and said the Home Office must be 'hands on'

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3 w. ago The Guardian view on the Afghan leak superinjunction: a dangerous precedent is set | Editorial

In an era of mistrust in politics, the government now has a duty to bring maximum transparency to a very opaque scandalOne of many extraordinary features of the data breach that put tens of thousands of Afghan lives in jeopardy is the length of time between the original leak and the government taking action. The email containing a highly sensitive dataset was sent from a Ministry of Defence computer in February 2022. Ministers were not aware of the problem until August 2023.The fact that the MoD’s systems were lax enough for the error to have been made is worrying enough. The delayed response is more alarming still. And then there is the disturbing mechanism by which the whole scandal was kept from the public eye.Do you have an opinion on the issues raised in this article? If you would like to submit a response of up to 300 words by email to be considered for publication in our letters section, please click here. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Darren McGarvey joins coalition Health Equals demanding government action as new data reveals stark regional divide in life expectancy

Award-winning author Darren McGarvey joined Minister Ashley Dalton and MPs from across the political spectrum yesterday to demand urgent government action on health inequalities that are cutting lives short by up to 16 years in some parts of the UK.

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4 w. ago State schools falling behind private schools in AI ‘digital divide’ – report

Nearly a fifth of state school teachers in England do not use artificial intelligence compared to 8% of private school teachers, a survey suggests.

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4 w. ago Torres Strait community leaders in ‘deepest pain imaginable’ as federal court dismisses landmark climate case

Class action led by two community leaders argued government had legal duty of care to prevent or deal with damage linked to global heatingSign up for climate and environment editor Adam Morton’s free Clear Air newsletter hereFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesTwo Torres Strait community leaders are shocked and devastated after the federal court dismissed a landmark case that argued the Australian government breached its duty of care to protect the Torres Strait Islands from climate change.The lead plaintiffs, Uncle Pabai Pabai and Uncle Paul Kabai from the islands of Boigu and Saibai, sought orders requiring the government to take steps to prevent climate harm to their communities, including by cutting greenhouse gas emissions at the pace climate scientists say is necessary.Get Guardian Australia environment editor Adam Morton’s Clear Air column as an email Continue reading...

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