7 d. ago Water sector is failing and needs much stronger regulations, independent commission reports

The Independent Water Commission slammed failures in Government strategy and planning for the future, failures to protect billpayers and a failure to act in the public interest.

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1 week ago RFK Jr’s ‘Maha’ report found to contain citations to nonexistent studies

Failures uncovered as US health secretary touted ‘gold-standard’ science in health report ordered by Trump teamUS politics live – latest updatesRobert F Kennedy Jr’s flagship health commission report contains citations to studies that do not exist, according to an investigation by the US publication Notus.The report exposes glaring scientific failures from a health secretary who earlier this week threatened to ban government scientists from publishing in leading medical journals. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Sadiq Khan slapped down by Met Police chief and Labour ministers over his call to decriminalise cannabis

The London mayor backed a new report by the independent London Drugs Commission (LDC), which he set up in 2022.

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2 w. ago Vital new gender guidance to help organisations deal with Supreme Court ruling on the definition of a woman is in a 'state of limbo until EHRC chair is replaced'

The Equality and Human Rights Commission pledged to produce final guidance by July but this could reportedly be delayed by months amid infighting with its chair Baroness Falkner.

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2 w. ago Only a third of recommendations to tackle endemic racism in UK implemented

Guardian analysis exposes lack of action taken despite major reports published over the past 40 yearsFive years on from Black Lives Matter, has the UK made progress on ethnic equalities?Only a third of the recommendations from major reports commissioned to tackle endemic racism in the UK over the past 40 years have actually been implemented, a Guardian investigation has found.The Guardian’s analysis – published ahead of the fifth anniversary of the Black Lives Matter protests – has led experts involved in some of those inquiries to demand the government break the “doom loop” of inaction. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Macron’s party moots banning headscarves in public for under

President calls government meeting to address finding that Muslim Brotherhood poses ‘threat to national cohesion’Emmanuel Macron’s centrist political party has suggested banning girls under 15 from wearing the Muslim headscarf in all public places, as the president chaired a high-level government meeting to discuss what it called “political Islamism” in France.The French president’s office said he had asked ministers to come up with proposals before June to address the “serious” findings of a report that Macron commissioned last year into the presence of the Muslim Brotherhood in France. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Part of Charity Commission’s Kids Company report ‘extremely unfair’, says judge

The charity, which supported vulnerable children, went into liquidation in August 2015 following unfounded safeguarding allegations.

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3 w. ago Manchester City and PSG to face no action over alleged breaches of EU competition law

La Liga complained about state aid to European CommissionSubmission reportedly provided insufficient evidenceManchester City and Paris Saint-Germain will face no action from the European Commission after allegations they breached EU competition law. La Liga’s president, Javier Tebas, had filed complaints about the clubs’ alleged use of state resources under the EU’s foreign subsidies regulation.Tebas alleged in his submission in July 2023 that City and PSG receive resources under non-market conditions from the governments of Abu Dhabi and Qatar respectively, disrupting markets by enabling them to spend more than their rivals on players and coaches, and that the clubs obtain sponsorship income at levels that do not align with fair market value. The clubs denied the allegations and pointed to their accounts as proof of no wrongdoing. They also claimed Tebas had a history of attacking them owing to envy of their success and financial resources. Continue reading...

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