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Met Commissioner links rise in violent crime to police cuts
Britain’s most senior police officer has said there is a link between falling police numbers and a rise in violent crime.
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May says no direct link between police cuts and rising knife crime
The Prime Minister says there is no link between the cut in police numbers, which she partially oversaw as Home Secretary, and the rise in knife crime.
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Home Secretary cuts short family holiday to deal with Channel migrant crossings
The Immigration minister Caroline Nokes has defended the way the Government is handling the rising number of migrants trying to cross the Channel – saying the Home Secretary was cutting short his family holiday to deal with it. Speaking on a visit to Dover – Ms Nokes said the UK wanted to work closely with…
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Parents of deaf children fear funding cuts
Support isn’t getting to deaf children who desperately need it, according to a leading charity, who say there’s a “heartbreaking” funding crisis for special needs education. A survey by the Deaf Children’s Society shows nine out of ten parents of deaf children are worried about how much support they’ll continue getting at school. Ministers, though,…
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Chancellor cuts taxes as he pledges austerity is ending
A giveaway for some and a promise that austerity is finally coming to an end. Philip Hammond produced his final scheduled budget before Brexit with a flourish of income tax cuts for millions of workers and a series of one-off pledges for the “little extras”.
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John McDonnell: ‘reverse tax cuts for the rich’
The Government should reverse some of the tax cuts for the rich and big businesses, the Shadow Chancellor John McDonnell has declared. McDonnell is also calling on the Conservatives to admit their anti-austerity measures ‘had failed’.
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Funding cuts forcing drug rehabilitation centres to close
They are services for desperate people, services that save lives. Yet despite the Prime Minister’s pledge to end austerity, cuts in local authority funding mean places like residential rehabilitation centres can’t stay financially viable.
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Deaf and blind services under threat as Northamptonshire Council searches for cuts
Northamptonshire County Council needs to find £65 million in savings in the next financial year – and is now looking at cutting the £70,000-a-year funding to two charities which provide support to thousands of people across the county with vision and hearing problems.
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Cuts to musical education a “scandal” says renowned Scottish composer
A fifteen-year-old Scottish composer is having her work performed this weekend at a festival run by the internationally renowned musician Sir James MacMillan. But she may be one of the lucky ones because the Cumnock Tryst festival in East Ayrshire is being held against a backdrop of cuts to music education across the country. In…
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FactCheck: Liz Truss said the government are not making cuts to councils. Here’s the truth.
The main public spending watchdogs say the government is still cutting the money it gives to councils. And figures from the Treasury suggest real-terms reductions in councils’ overall spending power will continue until 2020.
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Parents challenge ‘special needs funding cuts’
A group of parents have been at the High Court today, in an attempt to challenge what they call cuts in services for their children with disabilities.
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Sixth forms and colleges hit by government cuts
Fewer courses, less spending on students and reduced teaching hours: the result of a squeeze on spending over the last eight years in school sixth forms and colleges across England.
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Police struggling to cope with funding cuts
The National Audit Office has said police forces in England and Wales are struggling to cope with the impact of funding cuts. It found police forces are cutting back on patrols whilst trying to deal with rising “high harm” crimes and the terror threat. The NAO called the government’s approach to police funding “ineffective”.
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Dr Mustafa Bhargouti: US aid cuts “will not affect the political decisions of the Palestinians.”
Matt Frei speaks with Palestinian MP Dr Mustafa Bhargouti and began by asking what effect the announced cuts to US funding in Palestine will have.
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Northamptonshire Council backs ‘radical’ service cuts
A Conservative-run council has voted to bring in drastic cuts – which will leave its services running at the bare legal minimum.
