7 h. ago Integration joint boards funding gap hits £450m as watchdog urges action

Shortfall comes despite savings being made by boards across Scotland

Economics

20 h. ago Rent increase warning as London's housing associations unable to build enough homes

The G15 has warned rising rents, an exodus of key workers, and spiralling temporary accommodation costs are inevitable unless urgent action is taken

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42 h. ago Rent rise warning as underfunding leaves London's housing associations unable to build more homes

The G15 has warned rising rents, an exodus of key workers, and spiralling temporary accommodation costs are inevitable unless urgent action is taken

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42 h. ago US firm that commissioned Fearless Girl statue quietly ends diversity policies

State Street’s statue became symbol of gender diversity in the workplace – now US companies are retreating from goalsThe investment firm State Street, the company that commissioned the Fearless Girl statue that once faced down the Wall Street Charging Bull sculpture and became a symbol of gender diversity in the workplace, has quietly ended some of its diversity policies as US companies continue to retreat from diversity goals.Last year in its proxy voting and engagement policy the company said that it expected companies in its index funds to have boards with at least 30% female directors. State Street warned that it might vote against the nominating committee or the board leader if a company failed to meet the expectation. Continue reading...

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45 h. ago Government urged to take action against Hong Kong ‘bounty hunters’ in UK

MPs heard letters had been distributed to neighbours of Hong Kong pro-democracy activists.

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48 h. ago Dumfries Town Board chairman wants answers of future of £20million funding pot

Richie Nicoll says the UK Government's announcement of a Plan for Neighbourhoods has taken him by surprise.

Economics

52 h. ago The shocking new child and adult obesity warning amid calls for 'urgent action'

Experts say 'urgent action' is needed after new analysis

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58 h. ago Wes Streeting calls for urgent action from retailers after Boots sold weight

A 16-year-old girl was twice able to buy Wegovy at Boots as part of an undercover probe after giving a fake date of birth which was not challenged.

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5 d. ago EDF offers up to 16 hours of free electricity from this weekend

EDF customers are being urged to take action and earn free electricity for the weekend

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6 d. ago US shutdown of HIV/Aids funding ‘could lead to 500,000 deaths in South Africa’

USAid cuts to clinics dispensing antiretroviral drugs will be ‘death sentence for mothers and children’, expert warnsSweeping notices of termination of funding have been received by organisations working with HIV and Aids across Africa, with dire predictions of a huge rise in deaths as a result.After the US announced a permanent end to funding for HIV projects, services across the board have been affected, say doctors and programme managers, from projects helping orphans and pregnant women to those reaching transgender individuals and sex workers. Continue reading...

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6 d. ago Everything we know about the mysterious illness in Congo as experts explore causes

The outbreak in Congo has claimed over 50 lives, prompting urgent calls for action from health organisations

Science

7 d. ago Beer drinking body calls for 'simple' change to save hundreds of pubs from closure

The Campaign for Real Ale has written to Deputy PM Angela Rayner to ramp-up calls for urgent action to stop a wave of pub closures

Politics

7 d. ago Martin Lewis warns of 'major holes' in Lifetime Isas as he calls for urgent action

The Lifetime Isa was first unveiled in 2016 as a savings vehicle for people saving for their first home, or their retirement - but Martin Lewis has warned of 'major holes'

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9 d. ago Energy customers urged to 'take action' amid price rise announcement

Energy customers may be able to secure their finances before energy bills go up across the country

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9 d. ago West Lothian carers say dropping of National Care Service plans 'tragic'

Speaking in her role as the rep for unpaid carers on West Lothian’s Integration Joint Board, Ann Pike told councillors and other board members that unpaid carers, and those that are cared for in Scotland felt left down at the Scottish Government decision’s to desert a national scheme.

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1 week ago WASPI women urge DWP to reconsider State Pension compensation before legal action is taken

WASPI said members will not allow the DWP’s ‘gaslighting’ of WASPI women to go ‘unchallenged’.

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1 week ago Senators from both parties demand Trump administration take action against bird flu: ‘A new urgency is required’

The push comes as egg prices remain sky high around the nation, leaving consumers in the lurch

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2 w. ago The big reason England is falling behind other European nations in life expectancy

Researchers are calling for urgent action to stop the trend

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2 w. ago Falkirk Council says action needed 'here and now' for Grangemouth jobs

While Independent said the SNP were 'posturing' letter will be sent to urge immediate action from Westminster and Holyrood

Politics

2 w. ago Large areas of WA’s Ningaloo corals could die in ‘weeks ahead’ after widespread bleaching documented

Conservationists call for urgent government action as prolonged heatwave affects renowned reef, including Turquoise Bay, Tantabiddi and BundegiFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastDivers have documented evidence of what conservationists say is widespread coral bleaching at the Ningaloo Reef off Western Australia’s north-west coast.Photographs show bleaching at several sites along the 260km-long reef, including Turquoise Bay, Coral Bay, Tantabiddi and Bundegi (Exmouth Gulf).Sign up for Guardian Australia’s breaking news email Continue reading...

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