27 h. ago Clifford Chance to cut around 10% of business services roles in London

Clifford Chance to cut around 10% of business services roles in London  Legal IT Insider

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29 h. ago Clifford Chance to Cut 10% of London Business Services Roles

Clifford Chance to Cut 10% of London Business Services Roles  Law.com

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57 h. ago NHS services in Greater Manchester could be cut as staff numbers and budgets slashed

'We are going to face some very difficult decisions about what we want to stop, pause, slow down to make room for the things we want to do that are more value for money', said finance bosses for Greater Manchester's NHS

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6 d. ago Firefighters 'stretched to the limit' as Storm Claudia causes major flooding

The Fire Brigades Union said the service had suffered years of cuts and reduced fire appliance availability, leaving firefighters under "increasing strain" during major weather events

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7 d. ago Postmaster general says US Postal Service needs revenue growth, not just cuts

Postmaster General David Steiner says the U.S. Postal Service can't fix its finances through cuts alone

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9 d. ago The real Reform voters have been revealed – it’s a slapdash coalition Farage will struggle to hold together | Aditya Chakrabortty

This is no single bloc marching under one ideology, or even a mass of ‘red-wall’ voters. What unites them is a desire for something differentWho are Nigel Farage’s army, the voters who want him as our next prime minister? Few questions are as important in British politics. Were an election called tomorrow, the favourite for No 10 would be Farage, whose immigration policies are in some ways more extreme than those of the BNP were. His party’s role model for government would be Donald Trump’s US: Elon Musk-style cuts to our public services and masked agents snatching families off the streets.A few months ago, many in Westminster and across the country would have considered this a cautionary nightmare, a catastrophe that would unfold if Keir Starmer failed. But in the week of another red-on-red assault and after 150 opinion polls in a row topped by Farage’s Reform UK, it’s no longer a scare story. It’s the most likely prospect. Continue reading...

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1 week ago African HIV services face double blow of cuts from both Trump and UK

Britain has significantly slashed its contribution to the Global Fund to fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria – compounding aid cuts announced by Donald Trump earlier this year

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1 week ago People warned services will be cut as costs rise in part of Wales

Merthyr Tydfil Council is currently forecasting a £5.5m budget gap for next year

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1 week ago ‘Reckless’ cuts to victims’ services will cost more than it saves, charity warns

Analysis by the Victim Support group suggests that for every £1 invested in the charity’s services up to £10.80 is saved

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2 w. ago 1 in 5 fire engines in London unavailable due to cuts as service faces “austerity” budget

1 in 5 fire engines in London unavailable due to cuts as service faces “austerity” budget  London Post

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2 w. ago Major flight cancellations hit airports as Trump administration cuts services over government shutdown

By late Thursday over 800 flights within and in and out of the U.S. had already been canceled for Friday

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2 w. ago Fury as council chief executives to pocket pay hikes of up to 23% after cuts to services

EXCLUSIVE: Council umbrella group COSLA recently agreed to back recommendations that will see CEOs pocket huge rises.

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2 w. ago Flight cancellations hit airports as Trump administration cuts services over government shutdown: Live updates

More than 650 flights within, into or out of the U.S. have been canceled for Friday

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2 w. ago Bus service brought in to cut antisemitic attacks could run later and on better route

Bus service brought in to cut antisemitic attacks could run later and on better route  This Is Local London

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3 w. ago Labour struggles to contain fresh NHS strike threats as unions dismiss 2.5% pay rise... despite ministers warning taxpayers can't afford more

The government's evidence to the NHS pay review body has delivered a stark warning that any increase above that level next year could force cuts to services and staff.

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3 w. ago Radio Free Asia suspends news operations amid cuts and US government shutdown

RFA will begin closing overseas bureaus, as well as laying off and paying severance to staff members, with the hope that it could return in the futureRadio Free Asia (RFA) has said it is suspending its news operations due to the US government shutdown and the Trump administration’s cuts to government-funded news services.“RFA has been forced to suspend all remaining news content production – for the first time in its 29 years of existence,” said Bay Fang, RFA’s president and CEO, in a statement. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Londoners face rocketing council tax bills as half of boroughs warn of bankruptcy by 2028

London’s town halls will be £4.7 billion short of covering the costs of providing services by 2029, resulting in “inevitable” cuts and council tax rises

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3 w. ago Keir Starmer REFUSES to rule out breaking Labour's manifesto pledge on tax rises as PM fuels fears of huge Budget raid on workers

The Prime Minister failed to commit to keeping his pre-election vow to not increase National Insurance, income tax, or VAT .

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3 w. ago Reform will cut Civil Service by up to 140,000: Farage plans to make it easier to sack officials

A Nigel Farage government would change the civil service code to ban Left-wing activism that has led to a ' woke agenda that has infected so much of Whitehall', Reform vowed today.

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3 w. ago Reform UK would let ministers ignore international law, Kruger says

Party’s Doge chief says he would cut civil service and close six government offices – most of which are already closingUK politics live – latest updatesReform UK would allow ministers to ignore international law and give them the ability to fire civil servants in a Donald Trump-style overhaul of government powers, the party’s new efficiency tsar has said.Danny Kruger, who defected to Reform from the Conservatives last month, set out the party’s plans to change the way the government and civil service operate, handing more power to the cabinet. Continue reading...

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