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Andy Burnham has officially become the United Kingdom's new Prime Minister after meeting King Charles III at Buckingham Palace, where the King invited him to form a new government following the resignation of Sir Keir Starmer.
Burnham now becomes the seventh UK Prime Minister in just 10 years, highlighting a decade of political instability that has left many voters questioning whether Westminster can provide the long-term leadership the country needs.
The former Mayor of Greater Manchester enters Downing Street with a reputation for championing regional investment, social justice and greater......
The UK's first Windrush Commissioner has been given oversight of Windrush Schemes but no power to overturn Home Office decisions
Euen Herbert-Small
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The Government has quietly changed the rules of the Windrush Compensation Scheme, replacing its former oversight figure, "The Independent Person" with Windrush Commissioner Reverend Clive Foster.
The amendment, published on 10 July, states that Foster will now “assure delivery” of the Scheme and may report to the Home Secretary and ministers across the devolved nations of UK.
However, the change gives him no power to decide on claims, overturn Home Office refusals or increase......
New Commons Library Briefing says Windrush Compensation Scheme causes confusion and trauma
Euen Herbert-Small
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A newly updated House of Commons Library briefing has put fresh attention on the Windrush Compensation Scheme, revealing that the Home Office has now paid out around £127 million to almost 4,000 claims, while hundreds of people are still waiting for an initial decision.
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The briefing, published just days before annual Windrush Day celebrations, focuses on the financial compensation scheme set up for people affected by the Windrush scandal, including those who were wrongly denied lawful status, employment,......
Hostile Climate Deepening Harm to Young People from Ethnic Minority Communities, Warns Race Equality Campaigners
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A leading race equality organisation has warned that a growing "hostile climate" is having a damaging impact on young people from ethnic minority communities across the UK, increasing feelings of exclusion, limiting opportunities, and undermining trust in public institutions.
Action for Race Equality (ARE), through its ARE Voices programme, says many young people from Black, Asian and Mixed Heritage backgrounds continue to face barriers in education, employment and wider society,......
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Part two of Melissa Sigodo’s powerful four-part Windrush series airs tonight, focusing on the devastating experiences of Hetticia (“Tricia”) and Vanderbilt (“Vaun”) McIntosh — and the lasting impact the Windrush scandal has had on their entire family.
The documentary highlights how the couple lost their home, mortgage, careers and livelihoods after being wrongly caught up in the Home Office Windrush scandal. Like many victims, they spent years fighting not only for recognition, but for justice and compensation after the scandal was publicly exposed in 2018.
However, the programme also......
Farage Invited, Jewish Green Leader Excluded: Downing Street Antisemitism Rally Sparks Backlash
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Downing Street’s planned antisemitism rally is already facing criticism over a guest list many see as politically revealing.
Reform UK leader Nigel Farage — a figure repeatedly accused by critics of racism, Islamophobia and amplifying divisive rhetoric — has been invited to stand alongside party leaders at an event supposedly aimed at confronting hate and intolerance.
But Green Party leader Zack Polanski, who is Jewish and has spoken publicly about antisemitism, was not......
A deadly Hantavirus outbreak aboard a cruise ship has left a trail across three continents and the Caribbean
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A complex and fast‑moving public‑health investigation is underway after dozens of passengers disembarked a cruise liner during its Atlantic route — including one woman who left the ship with her husband’s body before later dying in South Africa.
Authorities now confirm 30 passengers in total left the vessel at Saint Helena, triggering an international tracing effort spanning Europe, North America, Africa and the Caribbean.
⚠️Hantavirus⚠️ A deadly virus outbreak on board a......
Holding Jobs to Ransom? Why Rishi Sunak’s Tax Plan Favours Machines Over British Workers
Euen Herbert-Small
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Former Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has waded into the raging storm of the AI revolution with a provocation that sounds suspiciously like a classic bait-and-switch. Speaking recently on the state of the job market, the former leader—now comfortably positioned as an adviser to multi-billion-dollar tech giants Anthropic and Microsoft, has called for the elimination of National Insurance contributions for businesses.
His argument? That our current tax system makes hiring humans "expensive" compared to deploying AI......
The discovery reignites debate over why action took so long.
By TracyAnn Dunkley
Celebrity & Entertainment Reporter
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David Anthony Burke’s arrest marks the most dramatic turn yet in a case that has haunted the public for nearly two years. Police confirmed he was taken into custody on 16 April 2026 on suspicion of murdering Celeste Rivas, whose remains were discovered on 8 September 2025 inside an impounded Tesla registered in his name. Her body had been inside the vehicle for an extended period before being found, severely decomposed and dismembered, complicating early forensic work and delaying clear answers about what happened to......
Sanctioned Into Hunger: How Universal Credit Punishments Are Driving People Into Destitution
Euen Herbert-Small
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cross the UK, a growing body of evidence is exposing a stark reality: the Universal Credit sanctions regime is not simply a system of enforcement, but one that is pushing people into hunger, debt and deepening poverty. What is presented as a mechanism to encourage compliance increasingly appears to function as a form of punishment that removes the very means people need to survive.
According to the government's sanctions policy, the system allows the state to withdraw up to 100% of a claimant’s standard allowance. In......
