43 h. ago Move faster on firms’ public contracts ban, Grenfell survivor urges Government

Edward Daffarn said a new documentary “clearly exposes how little” companies and individuals have been held to account over the 2017 disaster.

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53 h. ago Finance convener calls on Scottish Government to ensure North Lanarkshire benefits from Chancellor’s spending review

Councillor Andrew Duffy-Lawson has urged the government at Holyrood to ensure that North Lanarkshire receives its fair share of the recently announced investment in Scottish public services as a result of the announcement from Chancellor Rachel Reeves.

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57 h. ago Government urged not to weaken ‘Hillsborough Law’ as MPs demand Bill is passed

Labour MPs have insisted that the law that would ensure a duty of candour on public bodies and workers must not be watered down amid further delays.

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58 h. ago Campaigners urge MPs to vote down assisted dying bill over anorexia ‘loophole’

Exclusive: More than 250 people who have suffered with eating disorders penned a letter to MPs warning: ‘If this bill had been law during the years many of us were struggling, we would have used it to end our lives’

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3 d. ago Sustainable aviation fuel not a ‘silver bullet’ to decarbonisation, warns MP

Labour MP Ruth Cadbury, who chairs the Transport Committee, urged the Government to ‘look beyond’ SAF in its mission to reduce carbon emissions.

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3 d. ago Scottish Government urged to come up with plan B after Galloway National Park rejected

South Scotland MSP Colin Smyth wants Rural Affairs Secretary Mairi Gougeon to act and ensure Galloway isn't forgotten.

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3 d. ago Government urged to ban ‘no ball games’ signs to beat childhood smartphone addiction

Urgent action needed to allow children to play outdoors and away from digital devices, says a report by Raising the Nation Play Commission inquiry

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3 d. ago Government urged to disrupt ‘addictive grip’ of smartphones on children’s lives

Urgent action is needed to create more opportunities for children to play outdoors and away from digital devices, report suggests.

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4 d. 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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4 d. ago MPs attempt to block 'blasphemy law' by exempting criticism of religion from harassment legislation after conviction of man who burned Koran

Nick Timothy, the Tory MP for West Suffolk, will introduce a private member's bill to the House of Commons in a bid to expand protections to insult religions.

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4 d. ago Eurostar unveils plans for direct trains from UK to the heart of Europe

Eurostar has said it expects to see strong demand from passengers travelling on both routes. The new routes will depend on a fleet of 50 new trains, expected to cost around £1.7bn (€2bn)

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4 d. ago Martin Lewis issues urgent winter fuel payment warning after government U

Martin Lewis has issued an urgent winter fuel payment warning after the government announced a major U-turn.

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5 d. ago MP urges Government to protect live music venues from new neighbours’ complaints

‘Live music’s in crisis, the Government needs to be listening,’ Dame Caroline Dinenage MP told the Commons.

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5 d. ago Los Angeles protests live: California governor and LA mayor urge Trump to remove national guard troops

Gavin Newsom attacks ‘serious breach of state sovereignty’ as troops deployed amid large protests against Ice raidsHere are a selection of photographs from protests in the early hours of Sunday morning.Immigration officers could be in California for a month, a Democrat congresswoman has been told. Continue reading...

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5 d. ago Government is 'blowing £270million a year on army of 6,500 spin doctors' instead of cutting public services

Labour is being urged to slash the 6,500-strong army of government spin doctors instead of cutting public services.

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5 d. ago Trump orders law enforcement to ‘liberate’ LA from ‘migrant invasion’ amid clashes over ICE raids

Governor Gavin Newsom urged Californians to keep calm and not give the president ‘what he wants’

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8 d. ago Labour support for assisted dying law falls as more MPs switch position to oppose change over coercion fears and effect on vulnerable people

The Commons will next week debate changes to the plan to allow terminally ill people with less than six months to live to end their own lives, ahead of a crunch vote later this month.

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8 d. ago Keely Hodgkinson urging government to back London 2029 World Championships bid

The Leigh star, who memorably grabbed Olympic 800m glory in Paris last summer, is among the signatories in a powerful open letter calling on ministers to bring the World Athletics Championships to London in 2029

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9 d. ago British Palestinians urge action from Government as relatives starve in Gaza

The group is asking the Government to impose comprehensive economic and diplomatic sanctions on Israel.

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9 d. ago Britain's leading athletes urge government to back London 2029 World Championships bid

Olympic champions, global medallists and rising stars have called on the government to back the bid to host the 2029 World Athletics Championships at the London Stadium with £45 million of funding

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