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06/03/2023

School inspections and industrial action

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How we are planning school inspections to avoid strike days. We know that the ongoing teaching union strikes will have an impact on schools and the full impact might not be known until the day of the strike. We want to maintain school inspection activity as far as possible, while responding sensitiv...

06/03/2023

New Women Veterans’ Strategy to look at experiences of former female service personnel

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The Office for Veterans Affair has announced its intention to publish a Women Veterans’ Strategy. Women Veterans’ Strategy to be developed by the Office for Veterans’ Affairs (OVA) The strategy will look at the specific needs and challenges faced by women veterans, and celebrate their successe...

06/03/2023

Joint outcome statement: UK-India round seven FTA negotiations

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Round seven of negotiations for a free trade agreement between the United Kingdom and the Republic of India. On 10 February 2023, the United Kingdom and the Republic of India concluded the seventh round of talks for an India-UK FTA. As with previous rounds, this was conducted in a hybrid fashion –...

06/03/2023

Nottingham man prosecuted to working illegally at a Strelley pub

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On Wednesday 1 March, Ali Nuwagy Mohamed El-Akoury pleaded guilty at Nottingham Magistrates’ Court to working illegally at a Strelley pub on 14 May 2022. The court handed Mr El-Akoury an absolute discharge, but he now has a criminal record. The prosecution follows an incident at the pub when Mr El...

06/03/2023

Regulator of Social Housing finds Haringey Council in breach of consumer standards

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The Regulator of Social Housing concluded that the local authority breached its consumer standards. In a regulatory notice published today (6 March 2023), the Regulator of Social Housing concluded that Haringey Council breached the Home Standard and, as a result, there was potential for serious de...

06/03/2023

Pakistan to ‘actively support’ implementation of Doha Programme of Action, says PM at UN moot on least developed countries

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Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said on Monday that Pakistan would “actively support” the implementation of the Doha Programme of Action, adding that the country would also advocate “specific steps” to advance sustainable development in least developed countries (LDCs). The prime minister made...

06/03/2023

22 years of bans for two separate company directors who dissolved their businesses to take covid loan scheme money

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Takeaway owner from Oldham and company director from Kings Langley in Hertfordshire falsely claimed Bounce Back Loans totalling around £69,000 before dissolving their companies. Rukia Begum, 46, from Oldham, and Simon Grant Gorgin, 63, from Kings Langley, have been disqualified for a total of 22 ye...

06/03/2023

Historic Northumberland Line to reopen next summer

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06/03/2023

Horizon Europe Guarantee scheme extension to support UK R&D

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The government has announced an extension to the support provided to UK Horizon Europe applicants until the end of June 2023. Government extends Horizon Europe Guarantee scheme to end of June, protecting funding for UK researchers, businesses and innovators the scheme was originally launched in Nove...

06/03/2023

Islamabad court upholds Imran’s arrest warrants in Toshakhana case
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An Islamabad district and sessions court on Monday upheld the non-bailable arrest warrants for PTI Chairman Imran Khan it issued last week in the Toshakhana case over his persistent absences in the case hearings. Additional Sessions Judge Zafar Iqbal announced the verdict reserved earlier in the day...

06/03/2023

Rural roads targeted in new safety campaign to prevent deaths and injuries among young drivers

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THINK! campaign urges drivers to think about the dangers of driving too fast for road conditions. Drivers are being urged by road safety experts to think about the dangers of driving too fast for road conditions in a new THINK! campaign that launches today (6 March 2023). The new THINK! campaign, .....

06/03/2023

Social tenants empowered to make complaints with flagship government campaign launch

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‘Make Things Right’ campaign encourages residents to complain to their landlord before escalating to the Housing Ombudsman Housing Secretary Michael Gove is urging social housing tenants to complain about substandard housing today (6 March 2023), spearheading the launch of the government’s ‘...