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Company bosses to be held responsible for nuisance calls with £500,000 fines
‘We are determined to stamp this menace out,’ says minister Via: Company bosses to be held responsible for nuisance calls with £500,000 fines
French News
L’Arabie saoudite condamne les résolutions votées par le Sénat américain
Jeudi, le Sénat américain a voté deux résolutions – « symboliques » – hostiles au régime de Riyad, l’une sur le conflit au Yémen, l’autre sur l’assassinat de Jamal Khashoggi. Via: L’Arabie saoudite condamne les résolutions votées par le Sénat américain
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Ipswich stabbings: 15-year-old girl arrested after two taken to hospital
Victims’ injuries not believed to be life threatening Via: Ipswich stabbings: 15-year-old girl arrested after two taken to hospital
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Home Office continues to house asylum seekers in 'degrading' accommodation despite repeated warnings, say MPs
Ministers failing to act on warnings that torture survivors, individuals suffering PTSD and pregnant women living in homes with vermin, damp and inadequate facilities, warns report Via: Home Office continues to house asylum seekers in 'degrading' accommodation despite repeated warnings, say MPs
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Employees to get new protections as government announces 'largest upgrade in workers' rights for over 20 years'
Ministers tighten laws to help workers in insecure employment, but unions say changes will not ‘shift balance of power’ enough Via: Employees to get new protections as government announces 'largest upgrade in workers' rights for over 20 years'
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Manchester moor fires exposed people to ‘shocking’ levels of harmful air
Legal limit for daily exposure to damaging particulate matter was breached five timesMillions of people were exposed to “shocking” levels of harmful air as a result of moor fires that raged across Greater Manchester this summer, a new study has found.Firefighters and soldiers battled devastating blazes at Winter Hill and Read more
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Many pupils in England hungry and badly clothed, say teachers
Union says schools overwhelmed by funding cuts and increasing child povertyTeachers have warned that growing levels of poverty across England are having a devastating effect on pupils, with more children going hungry and being unable to afford warm clothes this winter.The findings from the National Education Union paint a harrowing Read more
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Local authorities could stop housing asylum seekers, MPs warn
Report says UK councils have lost confidence in system owing to costs and pressuresCouncils may pull out of a scheme for housing asylum seekers after carrying a “disproportionate share” of the costs and pressures, a Commons report has warned.MPs claimed local authorities have “lost confidence” in the system, with some Read more
Spanish News
López Obrador manda una señal de certidumbre con los presupuestos
Las cuentas públicas son el reflejo de la visión del político de izquierda que históricamente se ha inclinado por los programas sociales —uno de sus lemas de campaña fue “los pobres, primero”—, pero que trata de preservar la ortodoxia fiscal que ha llevado a México, la segunda economía latinoamericana, a Read more
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Teachers witnessing 'distressing' new levels of child poverty in schools this winter
Campaigners condemn ‘Dickensian’ picture of poverty in UK and accuse ministers of allowing austerity to create generation of children who are ‘impoverished through no fault of their own’ Via: Teachers witnessing 'distressing' new levels of child poverty in schools this winter