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Firm refuses to engage with unions but faces pressure from ‘associates’ fighting for better pay and conditions ‘I just want to live’: how UK Amazon workers came to brink of strike Hundreds of Amazon workers at the company’s vast warehouse in Coventry hope to make history next week by becoming the first in the UK to vote for strike action against the delivery giant, which refuses to engage with unions. Workers at the site, on land formerly occupied by Jaguar Land Rover, staged an informal walkout earlier this year, after being told their annual pay rise would be 50p an…

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Eleanor Williams, 21, charged in relation to her allegations she was sexually exploited by a grooming gang and raped by men she knew An alleged “serial liar” has gone on trial accused of making false allegations about being trafficked and sexually exploited by a fictional Asian grooming gang, as well as being raped by other men she knew in real life. Eleanor Williams, 21, from Walney in Barrow-in-Furness, is accused of faking injuries to corroborate her false claims, including hitting herself in the face with a hammer, and posting photographs of her wounds in public social media posts, Preston crown…

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Redesignation will bring UK’s official position towards Beijing close to its stance on Russia China is to be formally designated a “threat” to Britain in a hasty rewrite of Boris Johnson’s defence and foreign policy that is being brought forward to end confusion among ministers about how to deal with Beijing. Under Johnson, China had been categorised as a “systemic competitor” but the new prime minister, Liz Truss, wants to take a more hawkish stance quickly, as she seeks to shore up support for her faltering premiership on her backbenches. Continue reading… ​Redesignation will bring UK’s official position towards Beijing…

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Anyone caught protesting or harassing visitors or staff could incur fixed penalty notice of £100 An extensive buffer zone is being put in place around a clinic in Dorset in order to prevent anti-abortion campaigners harassing service users and staff. The zone will cover six streets around the British Pregnancy Advice Service clinic in Bournemouth and will be in force for 12 hours a day, five days a week for the next three years. Continue reading… ​Anyone caught protesting or harassing visitors or staff could incur fixed penalty notice of £100An extensive buffer zone is being put in place around…

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Kwasi Kwarteng faces hostile questions from Conservative MPs during first Commons showdown over his mini-budget Low-income households will have to wait until the end of October to find out if welfare payments will rise with inflation or be subject to a real-terms cut, the chancellor has suggested. Kwasi Kwarteng sought to calm the markets by proclaiming that his Halloween growth plan would be “relentlessly upbeat”, but faced hostile questions from Tory MPs during the first Commons showdown over September’s mini-budget. Continue reading… ​Kwasi Kwarteng faces hostile questions from Conservative MPs during first Commons showdown over his mini-budgetLow-income households will have…

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