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Deputy Prime Minister Oliver Dowden announced plans for a consultation on a package of measures as MI5 director brief university chiefs on security threats.

The Refugee Council says only 2,000 will be removed to Rwanda by the end of 2024 and the cost of hosting those remaining will be £6.2 billion a year.

Figures obtained by the Liberal Democrats also revealed that six in ten councils have seen a rise in staff who are off on long-term sick leave since 2019.

MPs have voted in favour of proscribing an online terror network, the first time an online group has received the designation in the UK.

Concerned with the ‘epidemic’ of retail crime, industry leaders have urged the government to increase street patrols and prioritise response to theft.

The response by the Department for Education comes amid concerns raised by school leaders in the aftermath of the death of headteacher Ruth Perry.

The government wants to ensure the court system is ready to handle the load of cases, emerging from the ban of the ‘no-fault’ evictions section of the bill.

The Greens accused Humza Yousaf of ‘cowardice,’ but the first minister ruled out an early election as he faces a vote of no confidence.

Labour has promised to renationalise Britain’s railways if it wins the general election and said the taxpayer will not pay any more to do it.

A group of Chinese academics in the UK were introduced to projects facilitated by a company that partners with China’s top makers of missiles and rockets.

Lord Farmer raised questions about ONS data that could establish link after request by MPs was denied, but made available to select ‘qualified researchers.’

Chris Stark said he was ‘dubious’ about plans to deliver a 20 percent reduction in car travel because the requirements are ’pretty big to pull that off.’

UK police are also interviewing 55 migrants who have made it to the UK, following a small boat accident in the English Channel that left five people dead.

A paper analysing the 2021 census data suggested only 30.5 percent of the responses indicating trans identification should be accepted as valid.

Up to 30,000 people were given contaminated blood products in treatments administered in the UK in the 1970s and 1980s.

A researcher has warned that the ‘worst legacy of all’ from the lockdowns could actually be ’the damage to the education of a whole generation of children.’

The media watchdog commissioned pollsters Ipsos to ‘help them understand audience attitudes towards politicians presenting programmes.’

Court and police authorities have stressed that criminal damage towards cenotaphs will not be tolerated and will be dealt with in a robust way.