Tuesday, 5 September 2023

New law may block aid being spent on asylum seekers in UK, says watchdog

The Home Office is warned it may be blocked from using the foreign aid budget to house some asylum seekers.

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Disability and illness benefit changes proposed

The government says it hopes new work capability assessments reforms will come into force by 2025.

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Wagner to be declared a terrorist organisation by UK

It will become illegal to be a member of or support the Russian mercenary group.

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13 schools with RAAC had building work scrapped

The schools were among those that lost out when Building Schools for the Future was cancelled.

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Labour seeks vote on schools RAAC repairs funding

The party wants access to documents about choices Rishi Sunak made on funding school repairs.

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Birmingham City Council 'effectively bankrupt'

The largest local authority in Europe issues a distress notice that means all new spending must cease.

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Why has concrete suddenly become headline news?

Deep within certain and very particular corners of government, RAAC has been a talking point for years.

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Green defectors become Your Party's first Scottish councillors

Dan Hutchison, Seonad Hoy and Leodhas Massie have become the first elected Your Party representatives in Scotland. from BBC News https://i...