22 h. ago 'Spineless Starmer is turning UK into a military pygmy': Farage blasts PM as Iran's leader in exile pleads for British support and top brass warn of £28bn funding crisis

The Reform UK leader said it was 'terrifying' that the UK faced a £28 billion shortfall in defence funding.

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3 d. ago 'Existential questions' over future of Scottish national orchestra amid funding crisis

The Scottish Government is due to review funding for the RSNO in the upcoming budget

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8 d. ago Prince Harry will not be returning to 'tarnished' Sentebale charity he co

Sentebale - a charity co-founded by the prince in Lesotho in 2006 - has been in a funding crisis since he left as a patron in March this year after his public falling out with chair, Sophie Chandauka.

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2 w. ago Barcelona and Madrid have very different ideas on tackling Spain’s housing crisis. Which will succeed? | Jaime Palomera

While the country’s capital is loosening regulations, the Catalan city is strengthening social housing. Their outcomes will affect all our futuresIn Spain, two cities face the same crisis, but are responding in fundamentally different ways. Over the past decade, the cost of housing in Madrid and Barcelona has soared – with rents rising by about 60% and sale prices by 90% – leaving young people, working families and retired people struggling to stay in their homes or even find one.Yet, while one city is betting everything on construction and giving free rein to big investors, the other is cautiously trying to steer the housing market towards the public good, despite political and institutional constraints.Jaime Palomera is a researcher on housing and inequality, author of The Hijacking of Housing, and co-founder of the Barcelona Urban Research Institute (IDRA) and the Tenants’ Union Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Europe’s housing costs akin to ‘new pandemic’, warns Barcelona mayor

Jaume Collboni and 16 other city leaders urge EU to unleash billions in funding as it prepares to tackle crisisThe soaring cost of housing is akin to a “new pandemic” sweeping across Europe, the mayor of Barcelona has said, as he and 16 other city leaders urged the EU to respond to the crisis by unleashing billions in funding for the hardest-hit areas.The EU is expected to present its first-ever housing plan on Tuesday, after consultations with experts, stakeholders and the public. For months, those on the frontlines of the crisis have warned the problem is too big to ignore. Continue reading...

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last month Funding to fight the climate crisis is failing the countries that need it most

For Somalia — and countries like it — transparent, accessible and predictable climate finance is the difference between resilience and ruin, writes the country's President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud

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