38 h. ago Watchdog warns of food safety risk of imported Dubai chocolate

The Food Standards Agency said it had identified a number of products that posed a health risk to consumers with allergies

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67 h. ago Watchdog warns over common payment method where you 'need protection'

Which? has raised concerns over the 'protection gap' for shoppers who will not be covered by consumer rules

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9 d. ago Warning to women on Mounjaro as UK drug watchdog issues 'important' alert over side effect

Women using the weight loss jab Mounjaro have been urged to take an "important" measure for four weeks after starting the drug

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1 week ago Trump’s ‘big beautiful bill’ will swell US debt by $2.4tn, warns fiscal watchdog

Administration insists legislation will lead to budget surplus

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1 week ago Trump’s ‘big beautiful bill’ will swell US deficit by $2.4tn, warns fiscal watchdog

Administration insists legislation will lead to budget surplus

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1 week ago Government 'not prepared' for major outbreaks as experts warn threat is increasing

The UK Government not properly prepared for the growing risk of bird flu, bluetongue and African swine fever, a watchdog has warned

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2 w. ago DWP £441 payment due in days if you suffer from one of 57 common health conditions

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) offers a payment of more than £110 a week to certain people with specific health conditions - and it's due to increase in line with inflation this year

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2 w. ago 'Simmering anger' over poor social housing conditions could lead to 'disquiet', warns watchdog

Complaints to Housing Ombudsman about substandard living conditions are more than five times higher than they were five years ago

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3 w. ago MPs demand ‘root and branch reform’ of Criminal Cases Review Commission and call for chief to step down

The justice committee has warned the watchdog’s leadership has shown ‘has shown a remarkable inability to learn from its own mistakes’

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3 w. ago Watchdog urges Scotland to take action after repeatedly missing climate targets

Climate Change Committee says original goal of a 75% emissions cut by 2030 will now be delayed by up to six yearsThe UK’s climate watchdog has warned that Scotland needs to take “immediate action at pace and scale” to cut its emissions after ministers axed a series of policy pledges.The Climate Change Committee (CCC), an official advisory body, said ministers in Edinburgh needed to take urgent action to curb emissions from buildings and transport to cut Scotland’s overall emissions to nearly zero by 2045.Abandoned a target to cut car miles by 20% by 2030.Dropped a pledge to rapidly decarbonise homes by mandating low-carbon heating systems.Cut funding for tree planting.Missed targets to restore degraded peatland.Ignored calls for a plan to cut meat and dairy consumption, and failed to use their powers to tax air travel more heavily. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Colombia lost huge area to deforestation in 6 months, public watchdog report warns

Colombia's Procurator’s Office says the country has lost nearly 88,900 hectares of forest — an area larger than New York City — in six months due to illegal road construction, expanding coca cultivation, and unregulated mining

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