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Constitutional context is backdrop to challenge to Westminster – which also links to independence argumentScotland proposes drug decriminalisation in Westminster challengeUK politics live – latest updatesIt is a constitutional two-step that is wearying…
Government’s ‘largest ever’ investment in wraparound childcare fails to see what it takes to keep doors openUK politics live – latest updatesA £204m fund described by the government as the biggest investment in childcare ever “grossly underestimates” w…
BMA’s move to cut limit is welcomed but Scotland data suggests better enforcement needed to reduce accidentsDoctors’ calls to cut drink-driving limits in much of the UK are welcome but must be matched by enforcement to improve road safety, experts have…
Loopholes in proposed post-Brexit laws could allow preventive use to continue, raising risk of resistance, says coalition of groupsProposed laws to curb antibiotic use on UK farms contain loopholes that could undermine the fight against deadly drug-res…
Thinktank challenges view that those taking early retirement under Covid were relatively well offHalf of older adults who left the UK workforce amid mass redundancies in the first year of the Covid pandemic ended up falling into relative poverty, accor…
As judges rule trans children’s charity cannot challenge charitable status of gay rights organisation, we look at decisionA tribunal has ruled that the law does not allow the transgender children’s charity Mermaids to challenge the charitable status of…
National Audit Office criticises Department for Work and Pensions over its ‘material fraud and error’Thousands of people in the UK could receive a payout after official figures revealed that benefit claimants were underpaid by £3.3bn last year, the hig…
Labour leader’s comments come as he sets out party’s plans to improve education and opportunityUK politics live – latest updatesA Labour government would focus on ending poverty just as strongly as Tony Blair’s 1997 administration, Keir Starmer has sai…
Judges say law does not allow group to challenge charitable status of new organisation with opposing viewsThe transgender children’s charity Mermaids has lost its attempt to have charitable status stripped from the gay rights organisation LGB Alliance….
Scientists quell fears about imminent risk after cases in Texas and Florida but warn that mosquito breeding sites set to growAlthough locally acquired malaria cases were recently discovered in the United States for the first time in 20 years, infectiou…