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Sri Lankans stranded in Diego Garcia after rescue from sinking boat
Channel 4 News understands immigration checks have started to determine where they may be transported to.
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Families forced to choose between heating and eating, says headteacher
Teaching unions have written to the chancellor asking for the free school meals scheme in England to apply to all pupils whose families are on Universal Credit.
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FactCheck: Johnson’s incorrect claim about benefit claimants getting jobs
He said the Way to Work scheme had seen 300,000 move into work in the last month.
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Exclusive: Dyson faces legal action over ‘forced labour’ and exploitation
More than a dozen workers making products and components for Dyson are taking legal action against the company, alleging a string of labour abuses at a supplier in Malaysia, a Channel 4 News investigation can reveal.
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Star Hobson: Mother and partner guilty over death of toddler
Star Hobson was just 16 months old when she died at the hands of a woman who was supposed to look after her.
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‘We’re pursuing an extremely dangerous approach to refugees’, says policy manager
We spoke to Dr Cristina Juverdeanu, from the University of Leeds, and Zoe Gardner, from the Joint Council for the Welfare of Immigrants.
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UK has only 5-15 days left of CO2 for meat production in worst case scenario, says British Meat Processors Association
How serious are the warnings of imminent shortages? Nick Allen, chief executive of the British Meat Producers Association spoke to us.
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National disability strategy a missed opportunity, say campaigners
The government has unveiled its £1.6 billion national disability strategy to a somewhat muted response.
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Universal Credit: what it’s like to lose £20 a week
The UK is heading towards the “biggest overnight social security cut” since the modern welfare state was founded, according to the Joseph Rowntree Foundation. They’ve been investigating the impact of the decision to cut Universal Credit payments by £20 a week from October, and they say it could plunge half a million more people into…
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FactCheck: government’s confusing rationale for not providing half term school meals
It’s not clear whether the Covid Winter Grant Scheme is intended to replace free school meals.
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Thousands killed and injured amid fighting in Ethiopia
Concerns are mounting for the welfare of tens of thousands of people who have fled fighting in the northern Ethiopian province of Tigray into neighbouring Sudan.
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FactCheck: ministers’ confusing free school meals defence
The government is facing pressure to change course – including from some Conservative MPs.
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Councils promise free school meals after footballer Marcus Rashford’s campaign
Conservative MPs voted down a Labour move to extend the voucher scheme this week.
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Critics of UK government’s post-Brexit farming plan fear food safety could be affected
Its supporters claim it will protect the UK’s farming industry after Britain leaves the European Union at the end of this year. But critics of the Agriculture Bill, which went back before Parliament today, say it could end up compromising food safety and animal welfare after Brexit unless key standards are enshrined in UK law.
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FactCheck: can parents keep children home once schools return?
Schools in England are expected to open their doors to some year groups from 1 June.
