73 m. ago Having risked my life in war zones for the BBC, I know this: cuts to the World Service will be disastrous | Martin Bell

In an age of disinformation, our broadcaster is trusted to find and tell the truth. Now more than ever we need itMartin Bell is a Unicef ambassador and a former BBC war reporterIn a short space of time, the British government has made two decisions that will negatively affect the lives and livelihoods of millions of people around the world. The first was the severe cut in foreign aid announced in March. The second was the similarly severe reduction in Foreign Office support for the BBC World Service. And these from a supposedly progressive government. It doesn’t seem progressive to me, but cheap and reactionary.I have double interest to declare. I am a long-term BBC loyalist who served the corporation for more than 30 years in the unquiet corners of the world, from Vietnam to Bosnia and from Belfast to Angola. My loyalty survived even such daft editorial decisions as to give an interview with Prince Harry precedence over real news. (That was little more than 10 days ago.) I have als...

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4 h. ago 'If you want to serve the government you shouldn't have to move away from your community'

Writing exclusively for the Manchester Evening News, Georgia Gould, Parliamentary Secretary at the Cabinet Office, explains why the government is moving more civil service jobs out of London

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6 h. ago Thousands of London civil servants to leave city as government cuts costs

Thousands of London civil servants to leave city as government cuts costs  South China Morning Post

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7 h. ago Thousands of civil servants to be moved out of London as government cuts costs

New regional hubs are set to open across the country

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9 h. ago Thousands of civil servants to be moved out of London as 11 Government offices in capital set to close

Some 12,000 civil service jobs will be moved out of London and 11 Government office buildings shut

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15 h. ago Hundreds of civil service jobs moving to Scotland as part of UK Government shake

Ministers had previously announced cuts to the civil service - but now more jobs will be relocated to Edinburgh, Glasgow and Aberdeen.

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19 h. ago Thousands of civil servants to be moved out of London as 11 Government offices set to close

Some 12,000 civil service jobs will be moved out of London and 11 Government office buildings shut

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46 h. ago Episcopal Church says it won't help resettle white South Africans granted refugee status in US

The Episcopal Church’s migration service is refusing a directive from the U.S. federal government to help resettle white South Africans granted refugee status, citing the church’s longstanding commitment to racial justice and reconciliation

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5 d. ago Keir Starmer's government has spent £566,000 on foreign visas for civil servants so far this year

EXCLUSIVE: FOI data showed Sir Keir Starmer 's government spent at least £566,000 on visas for foreign nationals in the first eight months after last July's election.

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6 d. ago Digitising NHS and adult social care ‘will cost £21bn over the next five years’

The Government has pledged to move services from analogue to digital as part of its ‘three shifts’ for the NHS.

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6 d. ago Ministers call on tech firms for ‘bold ideas’ to tackle justice system crisis

Tech bosses will meet with the Justice Secretary on Thursday as part of Government plans to use technology to overhaul the justice system.

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7 d. ago ‘Maduro did not close our bureau – Trump did’: Voice of America journalists speak out

Workers at the esteemed news service say they’re being silenced by the president – but they’re vowing to fight backCarolina Valladares Pérez, a Washington-based correspondent for the government-funded international news service Voice of America, has reported from places where press freedom is severely restricted – war zones and autocratic states – in the Middle East and across Latin America. Intimidation and threats from state officials were not unusual – but she always managed to get the story out.Now for the first time in her career, Valladares Pérez says she has been silenced – not by a faraway regime, but by the government of the United States. Continue reading...

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7 d. ago Teenagers will be allowed to drive trains in bid to beat staff shortages that cause of nine out of 10 night

Lines are often disrupted because operators depend on drivers working overtime to run timetabled services. The Government hopes cutting the qualifying age will reduce reliance on rest-day shifts.

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1 week ago How Elon Musk had sleepovers at the White House, raided ice cream from the fridge and compared himself to Buddha

Elon Musk reflected on his 100 days in government service, which included playing video games in his West Wing office, sleeping in the Lincoln Bedroom, raiding the White House freezer for Haagen-Dazs.

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1 week ago Five hundred civil servants being axed from Cabinet Office are set for payoffs averaging £50,000 each as government struggles to cut costs

Mandarins from the department revealed the scale of the bill as they gave evidence to MPs this week.

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1 week ago Tesla searches for new CEO to replace Elon Musk amid stock turmoil and forces White House exit

Tesla began a search to replace CEO Elon Musk amid stock turmoil and negative press from the 'First Buddy' serving as head of the Department of Government Efficiency.

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2 w. ago Canada's VERY woke new First Family: So much for the end of the lefty Trudeau era, PM Mark Carney is supported by his eco warrior wife, vegan cook daughter and non

The 59-year-old, who has served as Governor of the Bank of England but never held public office, enjoyed a whopping victory for his party on Monday - with his wife and youngest daughter campaigning.

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2 w. ago Ministers launch resilience academy to prepare for future crises such as Covid

The UK Resilience Academy will train more than 4,000 people working in both public services and the private sector each year to deal with crises.

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2 w. ago Challenge to Reform UK Lincolnshire mayor candidate is rejected

Dame Andrea Jenkyns, who served as a minister in the last Conservative government, is standing as Reform’s candidate in the Lincolnshire mayoralty.

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3 w. ago Netanyahu demanded loyalty before trying to fire me, Shin Bet chief claims

Ronen Bar, head of Israel’s internal security service, says he was also asked to spy on anti-government protestersThe director of Israel’s internal intelligence agency, Shin Bet, has alleged that Benjamin Netanyahu fired him for refusing to pledge his loyalty to the prime minister over the courts and use the agency to spy on anti-government protesters.The battle between Netanyahu and Ronen Bar, the head of Shin Bet, has pushed Israel to the brink of a constitutional crisis, after the supreme court blocked a decision by the cabinet to dismiss Bar from his post – the first Shin Bet head to be fired. Continue reading...

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