Search results for ‘Big Society’
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Has child neglect been ‘normalised’ in the UK?
The UK’s leading children’s charity is warning that child neglect could become a national crisis, fuelled by the cost of living crisis and cuts in support services.
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Starmer under pressure from some of his MPs to scrap two-child benefits limit
The political row escalated in July when seven Labour MPs had the whip suspended after they rebelled and voted for an SNP amendment to the King’s Speech, calling for the two-child limit to be scrapped.
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‘International student economy in UK worth 42 billion’, says vice-chancellor of Leeds Beckett University
We spoke to Professor Peter Slee, the vice-chancellor of Leeds Beckett University.
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‘Our mental health system has not been invested in’ – mental health consultant on Nottingham attacks
We spoke to Julian Hendy, the founder of the Hundred Families charity, and Dr Colin King, a mental health survivor who’s become a practitioner himself.
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US-Russia prisoner swap ‘momentous moment’, says Putin critic
We’re joined by financier Bill Browder, who is a friend of Vladimir Kara-Murza. He’s been an outspoken critic of Russia’s President since the death in a Moscow prison of his lawyer Sergei Magnitsky, who’d uncovered massive fraud involving Russian officials.
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Amanda Abbington on Strictly experience – full interview
The actor Amanda Abbington says she first complained to the BBC about her dance partner Giovanni Pernice within days of starting Strictly Come Dancing.
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‘PM is in a tricky position to take on prison sector’ says youth justice specialist
Andi Brierley is a youth justice specialist at Leeds University and a former inmate himself.
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‘Not a great day for US Supreme Court’: Neal Katyal on Trump immunity ruling
We spoke to Neal Katyal, who was the acting US Solicitor General under President Obama
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D-Day 80: World falling into ‘same traps’ of tyranny says War Horse author
We spoke to War Horse author Sir Michael Morpurgo, whose new book Finding Alfie: A D Day story was written to mark today’s 80th anniversary.
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Leader Interview – Sir Ed Davey of the Liberal Democrats | Election 2024
We sit down with the leader of the Liberal Democrats – Sir Ed Davey.
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Leader Interviews – Adrian Ramsay of the Green Party | Election 2024
We talk to the Green Party’s co-leader Adrian Ramsay.
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Why these Americans want to quit their state
Fed up with being run by liberals in the cities, some in Oregon want to join Idaho.
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Georgia protests: ‘Foreign agents’ bill approved but will it come into action?
We were joined from Tbilisi by Ia Meurmishvili, who’s a Georgian journalist.
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Georgia: Protestors and riot police face off as ‘foreign agents’ bill approved
Riot police are confronting crowds of protestors outside the Georgian parliament in Tbilisi tonight after MPs gave their approval to the country’s divisive Foreign Influence law.
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Economist Joseph Stiglitz on Pro-Palestine campus protests, Trump and rethinking freedom
Economist Joseph Stiglitz tells Krishnan Guru-Murthy why more government intervention is desirable, whether campus protests in the US are going “over the line” and why stalling living standards “create a fertile field” for demagogues like Donald Trump, in this episode of Ways to Change the World.