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Farmers hit by rural crime wave, with insurer blaming police cuts
If you live on a farm, chances are you’re a long way from police help. Figures released by the agricultural insurer NFU Mutual suggest farmers are bearing the brunt of a rise in rural crime, with organised criminal gangs stealing farm equipment to order. The firm says that rural areas have been particularly hard hit by cuts…
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Prison violence has ‘risen inexorably’ since austerity cuts, says Chief Inspector of Prisons
The Chief Inspector of Prisons has demanded that the Government take urgent action to tackle conditions at Exeter prison. Peter Clarke has given the Justice Secretary 28 days to respond with a plan to tackle rising levels of violence and self harm at the Category B jail, which has seen 5 self-inflicted deaths in the…
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Home Secretary says police cuts not to blame for rise in violence
Amber Rudd has insisted that police cuts are not to blame for rising violence – a day before a new government strategy to tackle street crime is unveiled. The Offensive Weapons Bill for England and Wales will impose tougher restrictions on the sale of knives and corrosive substances online. It also proposes stopping knives from…
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Cuts to vital service for new parents and babies scrutinised
We investigate the cuts to a vital service for new parents and babies – health visitors. It means mental health problems like depression are often not being picked up. We’ve been finding out what impact that’s having on the health service front line.
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FatCheck: will the government’s calorie cuts work?
The government has announced its ambition to reduce the number of calories in some popular foods by 20 per cent by 2024. Will this really help the nation lose weight? There’s often confusion and debate about how best to tackle the UK’s obesity epidemic. Some commentators have blamed obesity on over-consumption of certain food types like…
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BAE Systems cuts 2,000 jobs
Almost 2,000 jobs are to be cut at the UK’s biggest defence contractor BAE Systems, in what’s being described by unions as a “bitter blow” for manufacturing. The company, which is facing a lack of orders for its Typhoon jet, claims the restructuring will result in a “sharper, competitive edge”. Labour says the move will…
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IMF cuts UK growth forecast
Inflation has been on the rise while wages are being squeezed, and now there’s even more gloomy news for the British economy. The IMF has slashed its growth forecast for the year in its first downgrade since the Brexit vote, blaming the UK’s “tepid” performance in the first three months of the year.
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Can we afford to end the cuts?
How much of the deficit has Britain paid off? Can the government afford to change tack on public spending cuts?
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Gove: counter-terrorism policing ‘protected’ from cuts
Former cabinet minister Michael Gove says although there have been cuts in police numbers, the money spent on counter-terrorism has been protected.
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Are Tory cuts to police budgets the reason we need troops on the streets?
Up to 5,000 troops could be deployed to British streets this week following the Manchester attack. Are Tory cuts to police budgets since 2010 the reason we now rely on the army? FactCheck investigates.
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Diane Abbott: ‘Cuts in policing have meant use of troops’
Labour’s Shadow Home Secretary, Diane Abbott, and Liberal Democrat home affairs spokesman and former police officer, Lord Paddick, discuss the response to the Manchester bombing, including the decision to deploy soldiers at public places in London.
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May: no cuts to UK aid spending
Theresa May has promised that she will stick with Britain’s commitment to spend 0.7 percent of national income on overseas aid, despite mounting pressure from some of her own MPs.
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New benefit cuts come into force
Charities claim hard-hit families could lose thousands of pounds a year – thanks to the two child limit on universal credit. We meet those already struggling to manage.
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Are mortality rates affected by NHS cuts?
Ministers have angrily denied reports that a chronic lack of funds for the NHS and social care is linked to an unprecedented increase in “excess deaths”. Two research papers published today say “relentless cuts” could be behind thirty thousand deaths in England and Wales in 2015, claims which the Government called a “triumph of personal…
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UK cuts funding to Ethiopian women’s project
The Department for International Development has cut British aid to a project aimed at promoting girls’ rights in Ethiopia – including the girl band Yegna.
