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August 12, 2018

Johnson, Bannon, burqas and a struggling UK state

A leading UK politician’s refusal to apologise for stoking anti-Muslim prejudice has made the headlines.
August 12, 2018

Overtime bill should be used to employ more officers, says Police Federation

The Government should invest the millions of pounds spent on police overtime in employing more officers, says the Police Federation of England and Wales.
August 11, 2018

More fires and more fire deaths 'yet Westminster continues to cut firefighter jobs'

Since 2010, one in five firefighter jobs have been cut, meaning there are 10,000 fewer firefighters in England.
July 24, 2018

Women still being failed in many areas, says equality body

Women are still being failed in many areas of life, the Equality and Human Rights Commission has warned in its largest ever review of women’s rights.
July 2, 2018

Moorland firefighting effort hampered by lack of resources, union warns

Union says firefighters working 17 hour shifts have relied on donations for basic supplies.
July 2, 2018

Saving the NHS – and ‘bright ideas’ that might wreck it

The UK’s National Health Service is severely u
June 23, 2018

LGA warns bus services under threat from local government funding cuts

The Local Government Association has warned that nearly half of all bus routes in England currently receive partial or complete subsidies from councils and are under threat.
June 14, 2018

Law Society warns that end of barristers’ strike is not the end of criminal justice crisis

The Law Society warns of the imminent collapse of the criminal legal aid solicitors market.
June 13, 2018

Gaps in provision for millions of children, warns Children's Commissioner

Research from the Institute of Fiscal Studies shows the rate of child poverty today is roughly double the rate of pensioner poverty.
May 31, 2018

LGA responds to teenage pregnancy figures

Councils say cuts to public health funding could undermine work which has halved teenage pregnancy rates.