5 d. ago Former student in civil claim for damages from Welsh university over Palestine protest

Aishah AlBader has taken the first step in civil proceedings against Bangor University for what she claims was assault/battery, false imprisonment, and for violating her right to freedom of expression

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5 d. ago Student who made genocide claim in pillowcase protest at graduation launches legal battle

Aishah AlBader has taken the first step in civil proceedings against Bangor University for what she claims was assault/battery, false imprisonment, and for violating her right to freedom of expression

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8 d. ago DAN HODGES: I've learned Labour's deranged new 'masterplan'... Starmer and Reeves have gone mad

After 12 short but tumultuous months, the pressures of government have finally become too great. The weight of the seals of office are crushing them.

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1 week ago Home Office announces ‘nationwide blitz’ on asylum seekers taking jobs

Government under pressure on issue after stories of asylum seekers working illegally as takeaway delivery ridersThe Home Office has announced what it is calling a “nationwide blitz” on asylum seekers who take jobs, after recent political controversy about people in asylum hotels working as food takeaway delivery riders.In a statement, which gave few specifics, the Home Office pledged to begin “a major operation to disrupt this type of criminality” based around enforcement teams focusing on the gig economy, particularly on delivery riders. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago The G7 has once again put multinationals’ profits over the interests of people

Acceding to US demands to exempt its companies from an agreed global tax deal is morally and financially indefensibleThe US Treasury just made a deal with the other G7 countries that global minimum taxes that were already agreed upon will not apply to American companies. The G7 governments caved under intense pressure from President Donald Trump and lobbying from multinationals in Washington, London, Brussels, and beyond – just as India, and now, sadly, Canada have caved on digital taxation.Years ago, the international community recognised that too many global companies were not paying their fair share of taxes, and some weren’t paying taxes to the country where the economic activity actually occurs. The complex agreement that emerged in 2021 at the OECD/G20 Inclusive Framework on Base Erosion and Profit Shifting comprised two pillars; only Pillar Two, a global minimum corporate tax, has been adopted. (The other pillar allocated taxation rights among countries and spurred opposition...

Economics

2 w. ago Council spending on school transport for special needs pupils soars nearly 200pc to £2bn

A new report from the Local Government Association (LGA) reveals the 'huge pressures' on council budgets from a rise in special needs diagnoses.

Economics

2 w. ago Thousands of drivers in England could face new 11pm to 5am rule

The driving licence rules are already used in Canada, New Zealand and Northern Ireland - with the Labour Party government under pressure to bring them in in England too

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2 w. ago Former Venezuelan intelligence chief pleads guilty to US drug charges

Hugo Carvajal faces narco-terrorism and weapon charges amid accusations he helped lead a drug-trafficking groupA former top Venezuelan military intelligence chief has pleaded guilty in a Manhattan federal court to narco-terrorism conspiracy, drug-trafficking and weapons charges, piling further US pressure on the government of Nicolás Maduro.Hugo Armando Carvajal Barrios, AKA “El Pollo” or “The Chicken,” was the director of Venezuela’s military intelligence under presidents Hugo Chávez and Maduro. On Wednesday, days before his trial was set to begin, he pleaded guilty to four federal counts, related to accusations that he helped lead a drug-trafficking group within the Venezuelan government. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Council reports underspend at end of financial year despite continued pressures

Officers said the figure was boosted by Welsh Government grants that "significantly masks" underlying budget pressures

Economics

3 w. ago Starmer vows to press on with welfare cuts despite Labour rebellion

Opponents of government bill seek to pressure ministers into making changes to benefit reforms

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3 w. ago Dozens of rebel Labour MPs seek to halt Starmer’s welfare reforms

Opponents of the government’s bill that would cut benefits want to pressure ministers into making changes

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3 w. ago Dozens of rebel Labour MPs seek to stop Starmer’s welfare reforms

Opponents of the government’s bill that would cut benefits want to pressure ministers into making changes

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3 w. ago Over 100 rebel Labour MPs seek to stop Starmer’s welfare reforms

Opponents of government’s bill that would cut benefits want to pressure ministers into making changes

Politics

last month Serbia’s Exit festival may go ‘into exile’ amid government pressure over student protests

This year’s edition to be last held in country after Belgrade withholds funding over support of anti-corruption activistsOne of Europe’s largest music festivals will no longer be held in Serbia and could go “into exile” in Germany or a neighbouring Balkan state after Belgrade withheld funding over its support of the country’s anti-corruption student protesters.Exit festival, which is held every July in a medieval bastion fortress in Serbia’s second city, Novi Sad, was founded in 2000 by student activists from the protest movement that helped topple Slobodan Milošević. Affordable ticket prices and starry lineups mean it has acquired a reputation as Europe’s premier music event with a social conscience, with 210,000 people from more than 80 countries attending in 2024. Continue reading...

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