33 h. ago No Scottish health board has single sex changing, toilets and showering policy for patients

EXCLUSIVE: Freedom of Information Requests showed that none of Scotland's 14 health boards have a policy for single sex changing, toilets and showering.

Science

41 h. ago Harvard stands to lose $2.2 billion in federal funding. Researchers fear science will suffer

In a high-stakes standoff, President Donald Trump’s administration says it will freeze $2.2 billion in federal research grants for Harvard University, which is pushing back on demands for changes to campus policy

Economics

46 h. ago Drivers told one simple change on car insurance policy 'could save hundreds'

Making one simple change to your car insurance policy could see you make big savings

Events

5 d. ago Legal Defense Fund exits Meta civil rights advisory group over DEI changes

Meta ending DEI programs, getting rid of factcheckers and changing content moderation policies led to LDF’s decisionOn Friday, the Legal Defense Fund (LDF) announced its decision to exit Meta’s external civil rights advisory group due to its concerns over Meta’s content moderation and diversity, equity, inclusion and accessibility (DEIA) policy changes.In January, Meta made a series of sweeping changes, including ending its diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) programs, getting rid of its factcheckers and changing its content moderation policies. These changes, which some saw as aligning Meta with the then incoming Trump administration, informed the LDF’s decision to leave the civil rights advisory group. Continue reading...

Events

1 week ago Doge’s attack on social security causing ‘complete, utter chaos’, staff says

Understaffed agency sent into ‘death spiral’ as employees warn Musk-led cuts will lead to structural collapseOffice closures, staffing and service cuts, and policy changes at the Social Security Administration (SSA) have caused “complete, utter chaos” and are threatening to send the agency into a “death spiral”, according to workers at the agency.The SSA operates the largest government program in the US, administering social insurance programs, including retirement, disability and survivor benefits. Continue reading...

Events

2 w. ago Nurses launch landmark sexual harassment battle against NHS: Group claim transgender colleague given access to female changing rooms 'stared as they got undressed'

The eight nurses say that allowing a male-born colleague to use the women's facilities at Darlington Memorial Hospital puts them at risk, deprives them of dignity and breaches their rights.

Events

2 w. ago US Naval Academy to no longer consider race when evaluating candidates

White House detailed policy change in filing asking court to suspend appeal by group opposed to affirmative actionThe US Naval Academy has changed its policy and will no longer consider race as a factor when evaluating candidates to attend the elite military school, a practice it maintained even after the US supreme court barred civilian colleges from employing similar affirmative action policies.The Trump administration detailed the policy change in a filing on Friday asking a court to suspend an appeal lodged by a group opposed to affirmative action against a judge’s decision last year upholding the Annapolis, Maryland-based Naval Academy’s race-conscious admissions program. Continue reading...

Politics

3 w. ago The Chancellor is hopelessly boxed in and higher taxes are sadly inevitable

Big changes in the world order require big changes in fiscal policy - something is going to have to give

Politics

3 w. ago Transgender Americans aim to block Trump's passport policy change

A federal judge will consider whether to block a Trump administration policy that bans the use of “X” marker used by many nonbinary people on passports as well as the changing of gender markers

Politics

3 w. ago Under threat from Trump, Columbia University agrees to policy changes

Columbia University agreed to implement a suite of policy changes, including overhauling its rules for protests and conducting an immediate review of its Middle Eastern studies department

Events

4 w. ago Frontier Airlines makes major bag policy change in jab at Southwest

Frontier announced two deals for passengers booking travel this week in response to Southwest’s policy changes

Events

4 w. ago German man with green card ‘violently interrogated’ by US border officials

Berlin checking if US immigration policy has changed after Fabian Schmidt becomes third German to be detainedBerlin is investigating whether US immigration policy has changed, after a German national who is a permanent US resident was detained and “violently interrogated” by US border officials.Fabian Schmidt, 34, is being held at a detention centre in Rhode Island after attempting to return to his home in New Hampshire after a trip to Luxembourg. Continue reading...

Politics

4 w. ago Man United's surprise success story points towards transfer policy change

Man United spent just under £13million to sign Noussair Mazraoui last August, and nobody could have predicted how important he would become.

Events