in aid of Alder Hey children’s charity has reached £100,000 in less than 24 hours. Cristina Jones, from Trowbridge in Wiltshire, started the JustGiving page
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Greens say Labour should focus more on building council homes and that new housing plan is flawed – UK politics live
polling suggesting that, by a margin of 47% to 38%, people support the government’s plan to means-test the winter fuel payment. on the Ministry of
New online therapies could help at least twice number of people recover from anxiety
New NHS-approved online therapies could help two to three times the number of children and adults recover from anxiety and post-traumatic stress disorder, research suggests.
Omagh bombing inquiry chair vows to work ‘rigorously and fearlessly’
The chair of the public inquiry into the 1998 Omagh bombing by the Real IRA, the single worst atrocity in Northern Ireland’s Troubles, has said
Weight-loss drug could help slow Alzheimer’s cognitive decline, trial finds
A weight-loss drug could help slow the loss of brain volume in people with Alzheimer’s disease, according to a small study. Liraglutide, which can also
Reported £20bn gap in public finances same size as Tories’ national insurance cuts, says economic expert – business live
Filters BETA Rachel Reeves could try fill the public finances gap by raising capital gains tax (CGT) to match income tax levels. Sarah Coles, head
Rachel Reeves paves way for cuts and tax rises to fill shortfall left by Tories
Rachel Reeves will lay the ground for cuts to public spending, tax rises and delays to some infrastructure projects as she sets out the dire
UK ‘desperately exposed’ to cyber-threats and pandemics, says minister
The UK science secretary has warned Britain is “desperately exposed” to cyber-threats and the upheaval of another pandemic, claiming that national resilience suffered “catastrophically” under
UK should stop arming Israel after ICJ advisory ruling, top lawyer says
The UK should stop arming Israel in order to comply with the historic advisory opinion by the UN’s top court that member states should not
Campaign groups call on Home Office to stop ‘steady erosion’ of protest rights
Environmental groups are among 92 civil society organisations who have warned Yvette Cooper against “the steady erosion of the right to protest” in the UK,