9 h. ago Inquiry launched to uncover truth behind violent clashes at Orgreave miners’ strike

The 1984 clashes in South Yorkshire have been described as one of the ‘most controversial episodes in policing history’

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9 h. ago Miners 'elated' after long and 'painful' battle to get justice with Battle of Orgreave inquiry

The UK Government has announced there will be an inquiry into the famed Battle of Orgreave, to the huge relief of miners who have spent 41 years demanding justice

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9 h. ago Inquiry into Orgreave violence during 1984 miners’ strike announced

The inquiry, expected to launch in the autumn, will investigate the events surrounding clashes at the Orgreave Coking Plant in 1984.

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9 h. ago Battle of Orgreave miners 'elated' by huge step towards justice after savage police beatings

The UK Government has announced there will be an inquiry into the famed Battle of Orgreave, to the huge relief of miners who have spent 41 years demanding justice

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10 h. ago Government to launch new water ombudsman to boost consumer protection

It will also provide a single point of contact for consumers with complaints.

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10 h. ago Government launches water ombudsman to boost consumer protection

Steve Reed promised ‘the biggest overhaul of water regulation in a generation’

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13 h. ago Government launches Orgreave inquiry, 40 years after clashes at miners’ strike

Move follows decades of campaigning over violent policing and collapsed prosecutions at South Yorkshire coking plantMore than four decades after the violent policing at Orgreave during the miners’ strike and a failed prosecution criticised as a police “frame up”, the government has established a statutory inquiry into the scandal.The home secretary, Yvette Cooper, announced the inquiry having informed campaigners last Thursday at the site in South Yorkshire where the Orgreave coking plant was located. Continue reading...

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18 h. ago NHS facing ‘absolutely shocking’ £27bn bill for maternity failings in England

Exclusive: Legal actions rise after death or injury of hundreds of babies and women in recent yearsThe NHS is facing an “absolutely shocking” £27bn bill for maternity failings in England, the Guardian can reveal, after a series of hospital scandals triggered a record level of legal claims.Hundreds of babies and women have died or suffered life-altering conditions as a result of botched care in NHS trusts across the country in recent years, prompting the government to launch a “rapid” national inquiry. Continue reading...

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2 d. ago New breakfast charter launched as eight in 10 parents fear kids miss out on nutritious school meals

A new charter has been launched as parents believe the government is not doing enough to support healthy eating choices, study reveals.

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3 d. ago Moves to ban ‘exploitative’ unpaid internships a step closer

The Government has launched a call for evidence into the practice.

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4 d. ago MPs launch two probes into Government's secret immigration scheme for Afghans

Two Parliamentary inquiries were launched yesterday into the Government's secret immigration scheme for Afghans that it deemed 'at risk of death'.

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4 d. ago Starmer to pledge to ‘rebalance power’ at summit with community groups

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer will deliver a keynote speech when he launches the Government’s civil society covenant.

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4 d. ago Will Nigel Farage’s attempt to copy and paste Trump’s policies work in the UK? | Samuel Earle

The Reform leader is trying to import Doge’s cuts to spending and ‘DEI’. It’s clear what he gets out of it – not so much the British voterA popular maxim on the American right is that politics is downstream from culture. In the UK, it increasingly feels like politics is simply downstream from the US. With Reform UK ascendant in the polls, Nigel Farage – officially MP for Clacton, unofficially Donald Trump’s emissary to the UK – is setting the terms of the national conversation, and he is importing them directly from across the pond.Over the past few months, Reform has sought to launch “Doge” initiatives (referencing Elon Musk’s department of government efficiency), waged war on DEI (diversity, equity and inclusion) employment schemes, and called for the UK government to embrace crypto and create a bitcoin digital reserve at the Bank of England, following Trump’s lead. It seems the Brexiteers were right: Britain doesn’t make anything any more – not even its own bogeymen.Samuel Earle ...

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4 d. ago Voices: ‘We failed those who protected us’: Independent readers react to UK’s ‘shameful’ MoD data breach

Our community has reacted with anger, disbelief and deep concern to revelations that a catastrophic Ministry of Defence data breach, which put tens of thousands of Afghans at risk, was kept hidden under a superinjunction for nearly two years, as the government quietly launched a covert evacuation programme

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5 d. ago Afghans have been betrayed yet again by this shocking UK data leak – and many don’t even know if they’re affected | Diane Taylor

This isn’t the first time Afghans brave enough to work against the Taliban have been let down by Britain, but it might be the most shamefulThe headline figures are eye-watering. Up to 100,000 Afghans could have been placed at risk after a British soldier, according to the Times, sent the names of 33,000 people who supported British forces to a contact he hoped would help verify their applications for sanctuary in this country. The story behind these numbers is one of real people who had already been living in fear for years, and who have been treated abhorrently by the British state.As soon as it became clear that the information could fall into the Taliban’s hands and lead to these people and those close to them being targeted, the highly secret Operation Rubific was launched. This debacle occurred under the previous Conservative government, which obtained a superinjunction preventing several media organisations that were aware of the leak from reporting on it.Diane Taylor writes o...

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6 d. ago Government launches crackdown on private parking firms after fines reach record high

Around 39,000 parking tickets are issued each day across the UK by private firms

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7 d. ago Rachel Reeves to launch huge new £500million fund to support overlooked kids

Rachel Reeves will be in Wigan on Monday morning to launch the Government's new Better Futures Fund, which she says will be the biggest of its kind in the world

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9 d. ago Government accused of 'bending the knee' to rogue private parking firms

The Government has today launched a long-awaited consultation to 'raise standards' in the private parking sector. But the AA accused its measures as being far too weak.

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9 d. ago GPs told to send patients to gym instead of signing them off work

The government is launching a new pilot scheme across England

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9 d. ago Government launches crackdown on ‘misleading’ private parking firms

Analysis by the PA news agency found Britain’s drivers were handed 14.4 million parking tickets by private companies in the year to the end of March.

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