Singaporean doctor pleads with Home Office to be allowed to stay in UK
A Singaporean doctor who has lived and trained in the UK for over a decade has pleaded with the Home Office to reconsider trying to deport him. Luke Ong, 31,
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Webwatch: Social media firms warned to act amid links to rising gang violence
Social media companies have been warned they must no longer be “passive hosts” in the fight to tackle surging levels of violence. Ministers told firms that the status quo “cannot
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Jo Cox’s commission on loneliness would up as friend to carry on work with group
A commission on loneliness set up by the murdered MP Jo Cox has been wound up. The organisation came up with a series of recommendations, backed by Theresa May, on
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Thousands of universal credit claims see 40% of benefit deducted for debts
Thousands of Universal Credit claimants are having 40% of their benefit deducted to pay back outstanding debts. Labour MP Ruth George said the high level of deductions from payments “will
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University collaborates in project to tackle child poverty in Glasgow
The Scottish Government has given £2m funding through Every Child, Every Chance, its Tackling Child Poverty Delivery Plan 2018-22, to Children’s Neighbourhoods Scotland (CNS) – an innovative collaboration between Policy
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Religious leaders urge Government to scrap ‘two-child’ benefits cap policy
Sixty Church of England bishops as well as senior figures from other Christian, Jewish and Muslim groups have united to urge the Government to rethink its controversial benefits cap on
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Tories and Ruth Davidson under fire over ‘abhorrent rape clause’
Ruth Davidson and the Scottish Conservatives have come under fire over the “abhorrent rape clause” one year after the controversial welfare reform was brought in. SNP and Labour politicians urged
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Analysis claims free school meals reforms will create ‘winners and losers’
Flagship welfare reforms will create “losers” despite a likely 50,000 increase in the number of children eligible for free school meals (FSMs), a new analysis claims. The Institute for Fiscal
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Official figures show 500 Sure Start closures but true figure may be twice as many
As many as 1,000 Sure Start children’s centres around the country may have closed since 2009, analysis by an educational charity has suggested. The national database recorded a 14% drop
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Labour say cost of childcare up by as much as 47% since Tories came to power
The cost of childcare has risen by as much as 47% across England since the Tories came to power, according to new analysis by Labour. The party’s figures suggest the
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