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Does the new voter-ID system risk disenfranchising people ahead of England’s local elections?
The government defended its new policy on voter-ID at a committee hearing today, after facing widespread criticism for rolling it out too fast.
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FactCheck: who will get 30 hours free childcare in England and when?
The scheme is being extended beyond three and four year olds.
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Political leaders from North of England call for increased investment in the region’s transport network
Political leaders from the North of England have called for increased investment in the region’s transport network, saying that it will help it to reach its economical potential. Tracy Brabin, the Labour mayor of West Yorkshire, was one of the speakers at the annual Transport for the North conference in Newcastle. She began by giving…
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Nurses in England to pause strike action ahead of ‘intensive’ government talks
In the last few hours, nurses have agreed to pause next week’s 48-hour strike in England and re-start talks with the government.
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Junior doctors to go on strike over pay in England
Thousands of junior doctors have voted to go on strike for 72 hours next month in a dispute over pay.
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FactCheck: why is council tax increasing in England, where will it rise and how much will you pay in 2023/24?
How much is council tax rising by in different areas of England and when will it come into place? Here’s what you need to know.
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Nurses and ambulance staff walk out in biggest NHS England strike in history
Today the NHS in England saw its biggest ever walkout, with nurses and ambulance staff from the Unite, RCN and GMB unions on strike on the same day for the first time.
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What’s behind the rise in violence at football matches in England and Wales since lockdown?
Reports of incidents at games have risen to their highest levels in nearly a decade.
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FactCheck: why has Bank of England raised interest rates to fifteen-year high and what does it mean for your mortgage?
The Bank of England has raised interest rates to 4%. But why have rates increased and what does it mean for mortgage holders? Let’s take a look.
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‘There are very big risks to the economy’, says Bank of England Governor
We spoke to the Governor of the Bank of England, Andrew Bailey, and asked him how big a risk he thought he and his colleagues were taking by raising rates despite a looming recession.
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Bank of England raises UK interest rates to 4% – 14 year high
The Bank of England may have sounded a little less gloomy about the economy today – predicting that the recession will end sooner than it previously thought and that the rate of inflation will fall rapidly later this year. But, it still put its base interest rate up again – this time to 4 per…
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The probation service is ‘a broken system’, says former Chief Crown Prosecutor for North West England
We’re joined by Nazir Afzal, the former Chief Crown Prosecutor for North West England.
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Children in northern England are most vulnerable to cost of living crisis, MPs warn
On the eve of a major meeting of northern mayors to discuss levelling up, a new report from MPs is warning that children in the north are the most vulnerable to the cost of living crisis.
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Thousands unable to leave hospital beds in England each day as they are unable to get care elsewhere
Last week we reported from all the home nations on the scale of the crisis facing the NHS.
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PM says northern England is main beneficiary of £2bn levelling up money
The prime minister has insisted that northern England is the main beneficiary of the latest two billion pounds of levelling up money allocated to over a hundred projects across the country after reports that London and the South East would get a disproportionate share.