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Boris Johnson to stress work as the fix for cost of living crisis
May 25, 2022 10:48UK ministers remain unable to decide on ways to relieve poverty as they wrangle over windfall tax for energy companies.
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Record 420,000 children a month in England treated for mental health problems
May 24, 2022 04:09Experts say COVID-19 has seriously exacerbated problems such as anxiety, depression and self-harm among school-age children in England and that the “relentless and unsustainable” ongoing rise in their need for help could overwhelm NHS services.
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Boris Johnson to sacrifice top official over Partygate to save himself
May 24, 2022 00:35UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson was under pressure on Saturday May 21 to explain a recent meeting he held with the senior mandarin Sue Gray. It has led to claims that No 10 had tried to interfere and water down her findings about the Partygate during the coronavirus lockdown.
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‘Now Britons have to deal with it’: What’s going on in the UK with monkeypox?
May 22, 2022 04:24It’s not the first time the monkeypox virus has been found in Britain but now there are chains of transmission.
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UK home secretary linked to M16-style ‘research and influence operation’, report says
May 22, 2022 02:21British Home Secretary Priti Patel is said to be controlled by a shady group that manages spy agency MI6-inspired research and influence operation.
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UK in talks to arm Moldova 'to NATO standard' to protect it from Russia
May 21, 2022 09:16In a move seen as controversial and provocative, Britain’s Foreign Secretary Liz Truss says the UK intends to send modern weaponry to Moldova in eastern Europe to protect the country from the threat of a Russian “invasion".
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‘It’s a bribe’: The coastal areas that could become the UK’s nuclear dump
May 21, 2022 04:44Promises of jobs and investment are doing little to convince a remote Lincolnshire community to agree to hosting the UK’s nuclear waste.
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UK Home Secretary dubs pro-Palestine BDS campaign 'racist'
May 21, 2022 03:27The British Home Secretary, Priti Patel, has branded the anti-Israel Boycott Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement "racist and anti-Semitic".
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UK police finish probe into Johnson's partygate scandal with 126 fines
May 19, 2022 09:47British police have finished their investigation into COVID-19 lockdown parties held at Downing Street office, issuing a total of 126 fines, with Prime Minister Boris Johnson receiving no further fines.
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‘This is about survival’: Will Cop27 bring action on Glasgow climate pact?
May 19, 2022 04:34Amid an energy crisis caused by war in Ukraine, climate experts say November talks in Egypt must act on plans to limit global heating.