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Exclusive: Charities working with victims say it should not be taken away from the safeguarding minister The Home Office has taken the modern slavery brief away from the minister responsible for safeguarding and classed it as an “illegal immigration and asylum” issue, updated online ministerial profiles show. The move is seen as a clear sign that the department is doubling down on Suella Braverman’s suggestion that people are “gaming” the modern slavery system and that victims of the crime are no longer being prioritised. Continue reading… ​Exclusive: Charities working with victims say it should not be taken away from the…

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PM wants to prevent panels on 58% of farmland but business secretary says renewables need to be boosted Jacob Rees-Mogg: I’m no green energy sceptic Liz Truss is facing a rebellion from Jacob Rees-Mogg’s business department over plans to ban solar power from most of England’s farmland. The prime minister and her environment secretary, Ranil Jayawardena, want to ban solar from about 41% of the land area of England, or about 58% of agricultural land, the Guardian revealed earlier this week. Continue reading… ​PM wants to prevent panels on 58% of farmland but business secretary says renewables need to be…

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Exclusive: Diplomatic row breaks out over UK’s alleged delay in helping combat murders and drugs trading A diplomatic row has broken out over the UK’s alleged delay in helping an overseas territory combat a spate of murders and untrammelled drugs trading. The de-facto head of state for the Turks and Caicos Islands is said to have questioned whether the UK was failing in its obligation to keep residents safe. Continue reading… ​Exclusive: Diplomatic row breaks out over UK’s alleged delay in helping combat murders and drugs tradingA diplomatic row has broken out over the UK’s alleged delay in helping an…

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State school pupils twice as likely to feel they have fallen behind than peers in private schools, landmark study finds Four out of five teenagers say their academic progress has suffered as a result of the pandemic, with state school pupils twice as likely to feel they have fallen behind than their peers in private schools, according to initial findings from a landmark study. Half of the 16- and 17-year-olds questioned said the Covid disruption had left them less motivated to study, while 45% felt they have not been able to catch up with lost learning. There was a lot…

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  Joe Biden is in a difficult situation as the midterm elections quickly approach and America tackles its own energy crisis while also reassuring Europe that it will continue to supply energy to the Continent. ​Joe Biden is in a difficult situation as the midterm elections quickly approach and America tackles its own energy crisis while also reassuring Europe that it will continue to supply energy to the Continent. 

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  Three-quarters of the 193-member general assembly, or 143 countries, voted on Wednesday in favour of a resolution that called Moscow’s move illegal, deepening Russia’s international isolation. ​Three-quarters of the 193-member general assembly, or 143 countries, voted on Wednesday in favour of a resolution that called Moscow’s move illegal, deepening Russia’s international isolation. 

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