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Exclusive: Report reveals postcode lottery as barely half FE institutions offer some form of language teachingBusiness groups and language experts are calling on ministers to make linguistic skills a core part of vocational training, after research fou…
Small recovery at end of 2022 likely to be short-lived, with Netflix’s new ads package failing to reignite growthBritish households cut more than 2m subscriptions to services such as Netflix, Prime Video and Disney+ last year, as the cost of living cri…
Policymakers face balancing act between driving inflation down and risk of deepening economic slumpThe Bank of England is poised to raise interest rates for the 10th time in succession when its policymakers meet this week in a further squeeze on the fi…
West Midlands mayor believes it shouldn’t only be up to civil servants in London to make project funding decisionsThe Conservative mayor of the West Midlands has criticised the government’s levelling up policy for being too centralised, and said he cho…
Exclusive: charities say energy costs and underfunded contracts threaten government promise to end rough sleeping by 2024Homeless people living in hostels and supported homes in England are at risk of being forced back on to the streets as providers pr…
Former prime minister’s comments about call to Russian president just before invasion come in new BBC documentary Russia-Ukraine war: latest updatesBoris Johnson has said Vladimir Putin claimed he could have sent a missile to hit Britain “within a minu…
Experts warn plan does not address staff vacancies and £1bn fund pledged is not new money Rishi Sunak will vow to rapidly slash long waiting times for urgent NHS care with a promise of thousands more beds, 800 new ambulances and an expansion of communi…
Campaign charity Rest Less says figures illustrate not only a national health issue but an economic oneMore than 1.6 million adults aged 50 and over are unable to work because of long-term sickness amid ballooning NHS waiting lists and an exodus from t…
Passengers taken to Calais after two vessels got into difficulty near Gravelines on north coast of France The French coastguard has rescued 83 people from two small boats in the Channel after they got into difficulty.The two boats were crossing the Ch…
PM’s judgment in question as Zahawi fails to apologise after inquiry finds breaches of ministerial codeAnalysis: a narrowing window to win back trustRishi Sunak has sacked the Conservative party chair, Nadhim Zahawi, for serious breaches of the ministe…