3 h. ago Motherwell set for £20m boost over next decade through UK Government’s Pride in Place Programme

This long-term investment will empower local people to shape the future of their communities, revitalise spaces, and create opportunities for growth.

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7 d. ago UN aid coordination agency cuts appeal for 2026 to $33B after lowest annual support in a decade

The U.N.’s humanitarian aid coordinator is downsizing its appeal for annual funding in 2026 after support this year — mostly from Western governments — plunged to the lowest level in a decade

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1 week ago What to know about Hong Kong's legislative election after a fire raised governance concerns

The deadliest fire in Hong Kong in decades is putting pressure on Beijing’s governance system in the city

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1 week ago Trump team takes out the words ‘renewable energy’ from the National Renewable Energy Laboratory

The decades-old lab serves as the federal government’s primary hub for creating and improving energy technologies

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2 w. ago ‘Foolish’ government cuts could take Aids pandemic back to 1980s, warns former cabinet minister

Government funding decisions risk sending progress on HIV back by decades, Lord Smith told a gathering of campaigners organised by The Independent - but there is still hope of ending the pandemic by 2030 if investment is made in new drugs

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3 w. ago Giant £41m cash injection to be delivered for one Greater Manchester borough

The Pride in place programme strives to invest in areas of the country that have previously gone underfunded

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3 w. ago Spanish PM calls for nation to heed past lessons on anniversary of Franco’s death

Pedro Sánchez says his country must defend the democratic freedom ‘wrenched from us for so many years’Spain has marked the 50th anniversary of Francisco Franco’s death with an absence of official events but a call from the prime minister to heed the lessons of the dictatorship and defend the democratic freedom “wrenched from us for so many years”.Franco, whose military coup against the elected republican government in 1936 triggered a civil war and brought about four decades of dictatorship, died in Madrid on 20 November 1975. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago The Guardian view on Labour’s asylum plans: ministers cannot out

Shabana Mahmood’s asylum overhaul burdens an overstretched system and hands political advantage to her opponentsIn government, politicians often mistake gestures for progress. It is disappointing to see Shabana Mahmood succumb to that temptation. The home secretary’s flurry of proposals are designed to signal purpose, but constitute a wishlist of demands that her department can’t deliver. Currently, those fleeing persecution are given a five-year right to stay in the country and can apply for settled status after that. Ms Mahmood wants refugees to stay in the country initially only for a 30-month period, and then review their status to see whether they will be allowed to remain in the country for another 30 months. After two decades in Britain, they could apply to stay here permanently.Denmark is held up as the model. A decade ago a centre-left government there was under pressure, with a surging populist right and immigration dominating voters’ concerns. Danish Social Democrats clai...

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