The former prime minister said she thought elected ministers should have more control over the policies set by the central bank and its chief, Andrew Bailey. Ms Truss’s tenure in Downing Street lasted...
04.15.2024 belfasttelegraph.co.uk , standard.co.uk , independent.co.uk and 194 sitesOutside the taxi window, Paris zooms past. Balconies with their baskets full of hydrangeas; a beige blur of boulangerie windows lined with flakey pastries; the Eiffel Tower. But before long we’ve left...
04.17.2024 yahoo.com , independent.co.uk and 3 sitesThe SNP should stop “obsessing” over independence and trying to lock up JK Rowling and instead turn its focus on to what matters to people in Scotland, the Prime Minister told the Commons. Rishi Sunak...
04.17.2024 dailyrecord.co.uk , belfasttelegraph.co.uk , standard.co.uk and 35 sitesRishi Sunak is asked if he backs predecessor Gordon Brown who spoke of Scotland's role inside, or outside, the UK. Rishi Sunak is asked if he backs predecessor Gordon Brown who spoke of Scotland's rol...
04.17.2024 Bbc.com6. 07pm BST The Conservative MP Sir Robert Buckland, a former justice secretary, voted with the opposition against the government on two of the Lords amendments to the Rwanda bill. These were the ones saying the monitoring committee should decide when Rwanda is safe, and Afghans who worked with British forces should be exempt from deportation to Rwanda. He was the only Tory MP who rebelled by voting against the government this afternoon. The full division lists are here . 5. 59pm BST This is fro...
04.17.2024 Bbc.com and 1 sitesB ritain’s use of its air force to defend Israel against Iran at the weekend was an emphatic intervention in the war in Gaza. It was more than Britain has done for Ukraine. And while the war in Ukrain...
04.16.2024 Theguardian.com and 3 sitesSure Start did change the lives of children, a new report by the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) told us last week . It not only improved educational outcomes for children, particularly kids from d...
04.18.2024 Theguardian.com and 3 sitesGovernments of wealthy countries must pledge hundreds of billions more in overseas aid payments channelled through the World Bank to avert the worst effects of the climate crisis, civil society expert...
04.17.2024 Theguardian.com and 2 sitesIn a report, the Fawcett Society has drawn a conclusion that young parents are already familiar with: childcare in England is not working. Compared with systems in Ireland, Estonia, France, Canada and...
04.14.2024 Theguardian.com and 4 sitesIntensive mentoring for troubled schoolchildren using football kickabouts has significantly increased wellbeing, delivering happiness boosts equivalent to an unemployed adult getting a job, a study has found. A project involving more than 2, 000 pupi...
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