Private children's homes making 'excessive profits' face crackdown
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Reading Time: < 1 minutePrivate children’s home operators in England making ‘excessive profits’ from vulnerable youngsters in their care face a crackdown. Read More
Inflation back above 2% in blow for Bank of England
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteInflation is rising and has gone back above the Bank of England’s 2 per cent target, figures are expected to show this…
NHS alert over ‘shocking’ rise in strokes in middle age
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe NHS has raised the alarm over a “shocking” rise in strokes among the middle-aged that risk people being pushed out of…
One in ten to be hit with £3,000 council tax bills after Keir Starmer gives local authorities permission to raise it by nearly three times the rate of inflation
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteOne in 10 households could soon be walloped with a massive £3,000 council tax bill following Keir Starmer‘s permission to increase the charge…
Pakistani province declares health emergency due to smog and locks down two cities
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteA Pakistani province declared a health emergency Friday due to smog and imposed a shutdown in two major cities. Read More
South African government seeks experts' help to bring illegal miners to the surface
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe South African government said on Friday it has put together a team including mine rescue experts to come up with a plan…
Activists plant trees in Mali but residents strip them for firewood. They say there's no choice
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteAfter years of serving as Mali’s minister of the environment, Aida M’bo now spends her time planting trees in a fight that…
People in Sudan and Gaza are starving. The international community must act
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteI care about both Gaza and Sudan. It’s distasteful to compare extreme human suffering. But we can use the international metrics for…
OPINION - The golden era of TfL freebies like the 60+ Oyster must end — London can't afford it any more
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Reading Time: < 1 minute In just over six years, I’m due to join the best club in London. It won’t serve G&Ts, restrict women or provide…
Warning as 36 conditions no longer treated on the NHS - see full prescription ban list
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteBrits have been warned that almost 40 medical conditions can no longer be treated by the NHS, a ban list has revealed. …