3 d. ago Rape victim forced to live just minutes from abuser after probation failings

Exclusive: In letters seen by The Independent, the government promised that the perpetrator would only be released once a plan was put in place to manage him safely

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3 d. ago Rape victim forced to live just minutes from abuser after government failings

Exclusive: In letters seen by The Independent, the government promised that the perpetrator would only be released once a plan was put in place to manage him safely

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4 d. ago Starmer and his allies spent so long attacking Labour’s left, they forgot how to govern | Owen Jones

Rehashing 20-year-old Blairite ideas that were stale then will inspire nobody. Britain is crying out for bold, transformative policy-makingJust why has Keir Starmer’s government proved such a catastrophe? This is a question that must be posed to his cheerleaders, or at least those who were at one time cheerleaders: the road from the last general election is lined with silently discarded pompoms. The idea here is not to rub their faces in a political project that is now both electorally toxic and morally bankrupt, but to determine what happens next.First off, the failure should be considered absolute. It is projected that a Labour government will drive more than a million Britons into – or more deeply into – poverty through an assault on disability benefits. The same government imposed hardship on many pensioners by stripping away the winter fuel payment, and it refuses to reverse the Tories’ two-child benefit cap, the UK’s biggest single generator of child poverty. Not content with ...

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4 d. ago Voices: Children with special educational needs are being failed by the system – here’s how we fix the crisis

The government says it wants to protect existing SEND provision while improving the system, writes Dame Christine Lenehan, who is advising ministers. That can only happen if families are genuinely heard and they make help services routine, not a privilege

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7 d. ago Ministers face new demand to postpone inheritance tax raid on farmers as MPs warn rushed plan will hammer the 'vulnerable' and elderly

The Commons Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee said the Government had failed to properly consult on the policy, leaving its potential impact 'disputed and unclear'.

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8 d. ago Fifa breaching own human rights rules over Saudi Arabian World Cup, lawyers say

Fifa ‘under an obligation’ to see ‘human rights are upheld’Group including ex-Fifa adviser makes official complaintA group of leading lawyers has submitted an official complaint to Fifa, alleging the governing body has failed to follow its own human rights rules in relation to the 2034 World Cup in Saudi Arabia. The 30-page complaint has been filed via Fifa’s official grievance mechanism and calls for immediate action in five areas.The complaint has been authored by Fifa’s former anti-corruption adviser Mark Pieth, the Swiss lawyer Stefan Wehrenberg and the British barrister Rodney Dixon, who submitted a report to Fifa a year ago warning of the risks of awarding the tournament to the Gulf state. Continue reading...

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8 d. ago Fifa breaching own human rights rules over Saudi Arabia World Cup, lawyers say

Fifa ‘under an obligation’ to see ‘human rights are upheld’Group including ex-Fifa adviser makes official complaintA group of leading lawyers has submitted an official complaint to Fifa, alleging the governing body has failed to follow its own human rights rules in relation to the 2034 World Cup in Saudi Arabia. The 30-page complaint has been filed via Fifa’s official grievance mechanism and calls for immediate action in five areas.The complaint has been authored by Fifa’s former anti-corruption adviser Mark Pieth, the Swiss lawyer Stefan Wehrenberg and the British barrister Rodney Dixon, who submitted a report to Fifa a year ago warning of the risks of awarding the tournament to the Gulf state. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Red tape keeps government storm damage grant from reaching flood victims, warn experts

New figures reveal the Government’s £5,000 Property Flood Resilience grant scheme is comprehensively failing to reach those who need it most after Storm Babet and Henk caused damage

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1 week ago Labour minister: £11bn wind boom creating 1,000 jobs shows Grangemouth mistakes won't be repeated

Michael Shanks has insisted his government will not allow a repeat of the just transition failures at Grangemouth.

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1 week ago Prime Minister “horrified” Lanarkshire steelworks have been effectively mothballed

The Prime Minister said the SNP-run Scottish Government had failed to find work to keep the sites thriving after negotiating a “bad deal” which saw them being bought by a new owner.

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1 week ago UK government to tighten immigration rules amid voter anger over ‘failed experiment in open borders’

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer will on Monday unveil plans to tighten immigration rules, confronting an issue that has bedeviled successive governments and fueled the rise of a new anti-immigrant party that could threaten the country’s political establishment

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1 week ago Starmer says he is ‘horrified’ steelworks are mothballed due to SNP’s ‘bad deal’

The Prime Minister said the Scottish Government had failed to find work to keep the sites thriving.

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1 week ago Foodbank chief appeals for help and claims Labour government failing to tackle poverty

The foodbank in Glasgow fears closure as more people struggle with the rising cost of living.

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2 w. ago Readers' Letters: Make Scotland better in name of those who died for VE Day

John Swinney’s Programme for Government failed to impress correspondents

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2 w. ago Two Britons to challenge UK’s ‘weak’ response to climate crisis in Strasbourg court

Doug Paulley and Kevin Jordan say their lives being ruined, and lack of effective strategy infringes their human rightsTwo men who say they are being failed by the UK’s flawed response to climate breakdown are taking their case to Europe’s top human rights court.Doug Paulley and Kevin Jordan say their lives have been ruined by the rising temperatures and extreme weather caused by the climate crisis, and that the government’s response fails to respect their human rights. Continue reading...

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