Young people face ‘care cliff’ amid concerns over adviser caseloads
Personal advisers supporting individuals leaving care are struggling with big caseloads, with some responsible for
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Drought puts Britain’s butterflies at risk next summer
Britain’s butterflies enjoyed one of their strongest summers on record, but conservationists are warning that
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84% of UK organisations are losing money due to climate change
The proportion of British employers feeling the impact of extreme heat has leapt by more
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TPE unveils £1bn battery-electric train fleet for northern England
TransPennine Express (TPE) is set to introduce Britain’s first mainline battery-electric trains as part of
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Community groups invited to apply for £2.5m funding scheme
Organisations across England can apply for a share of £2.5m in government funding for projects
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Nine museums and archives given Designated Status
A medieval archive containing three issues of the Magna Carta and a cinema collection spanning
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Calls for lower citizenship fees to help people settle in UK
People applying for British citizenship are charged more than five times the amount it costs
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£2m fund launched to help Greater Manchester private hire drivers go greener
Greater Manchester has launched a £2 million fund to help locally licensed private hire drivers
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UK must pass dedicated AI Bill to protect human rights
The government must introduce a dedicated AI Bill and a new regulator to protect human
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Government rejects assisted dying bill for England and Wales
MPs have rejected legislation that would have allowed assisted dying for some terminally ill adults
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Government plans laws to stop children viewing nude images
The government has announced plans for new laws to prevent under-18s from viewing or sharing
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United Utilities fined £900,000 for raw sewage spill on Fylde Coast
The water company pleaded guilty to five environmental offences after raw sewage was discharged into
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£5m to make Leicester bus fleet all electric
City council encourages bids for grant funding to buy electric buses and achieve all-electric fleet
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Have your say on Wales’s new public energy company
Consultation launched on proposals for a single national public energy company that will pay back
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Land Registry to provide property identifiers for Price Paid Data
Improved matching and analysis to come, as unique property reference numbers (UPRNs) and INSPIRE IDs are added to monthly
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‘Disabled people are being regarded as an expensive luxury’: Mik Scarlet on disability rights
Leading disability campaigner and TV presenter Mik Scarlet reflects on decades of activism, inaccessible healthcare and changing attitudes towards disabled people, warning a new generation may soon be ready to fight back.
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The final weeks before Isabelle Welsh’s murder raise troubling safeguarding questions
The murder of Isabelle Welsh has prompted national outrage and raised serious questions over safeguarding
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Hidden impact: PFAS, air pollution and data centres
Everybody is talking about AI’s huge drain on resources. Nobody is looking at chemical pollution
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