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UK’s aid reputation in tatters after cuts and merger, watchdog warns
The Government added to external pressures on the development programme with political turbulence, budget reductions and Brexit, a report said.
UK recession fears grow as economy contracts
Gross domestic product contracted by 0.5% in July, according to the Office for National Statistics.
Older tenants face housing emergency amid rising rents, says charity
Independent Age said the threat of eviction is a real fear for many people given the ‘lack of alternative affordable housing for older people’.
Legal challenge launched against ‘appalling’ use of Bibby Stockholm barge to house refugees
“Human beings do not belong in barges or camps. The correct way to house people is to house them in communities.”
Gullis says low-achieving pupils should be banned from taking out student loans
The New Conservatives group say students with low grades “tend to undertake poorer quality degrees that do not lead to graduate-level salaries”.
Mick Lynch suggests RMT union will not comply with new anti-strike legislation
It could be years before the legislation is repealed, leaving union bosses with no other choice.
Crumbling concrete found in Parliament
The collapse-risk concrete at the centre of a crisis in school buildings has been found in Parliament.
One in three UK medical students ‘intends on emigrating to practise medicine’ rather than work in NHS
Reasons given for leaving the UK included better pay offers, work-life balance and improved conditions abroad.
Rayner to set out Labour’s vision of ‘real life levelling up’
She described Labour’s new deal as a ‘real game changer’ for workers as well as for good employers.