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More than 600 people cross Channel day after baby died off French coast
More than 600 people crossed the Channel in small boats on Friday, the day after a baby died on the journey. Home Office figures show 647 people made the crossing in 10 boats, pushing the total for the year above 28,000.
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Record level of children and adults in emergency accommodation
A record number of 13,841 people were accessing emergency homeless accommodation by the end of February, according to the latest figures. This includes 4,170 children – also the highest number ever recorded. The children come from 1,994...
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Abuse after SNP exit beyond wildest imagination, Cameron tells Scottish Tories
An MP who defected from the SNP to the Tories has said the abuse she faced was “beyond my wildest imagination”. Dr Lisa Cameron, speaking at the Scottish Conservative Conference, switched parties in October last year, describing the...
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Michael McGrath and Paschal Donohoe reflect on the health of the Irish economy
Minister for Finance Michael McGrath and Minister for Public Expenditure Paschal Donohoe reflect on the health of the Irish economy and forecast how it will respond amid a gloomy economic outlook for 2024. At Ireland's Department of...
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Politics daily briefing: December 14
Daily politics briefing for December 14 as First Minister of Wales Mark Drakeford has announced he is standing down as Labour leader, triggering the contest to find his successor.
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Jeremy Hunt says now is the moment for growth as he signals tax cuts
Jeremy Hunt has given his strongest hint yet that he will announce tax cuts in his autumn statement, as he considers cutting those on inheritance and businesses while squeezing benefits by billions. Ahead of Wednesday’s financial...
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Australia's Housing Prices Stay Strong Amid High Demand
Home prices in Australia remained strong last month. Surging demand is outweighing the impact of the aggressive policy tightening campaign of the central bank. Amy Bainbridge reports on Bloomberg Television.
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Road surface work at four-year low, say figures
Resurfacing and treating of England’s local roads has fallen to a four-year low, new figures show. Just 1,123 miles of roads were surfaced in the 2021/22 financial year, according to RAC analysis of Government data. That was down 29%...
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UK Latest: Wages Post Record Growth as Jobs Market Cools
UK wage growth held at a record high in the three months through July despite signs the labor market is starting to cool in response to the squeeze being inflicted by the highest borrowing costs since 2008. Lizzy Burden reports on...
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Media Minister welcomes publication of RTE’s plans for registers of interest and external activities
Media Minister Catherine Martin has welcomed the publication of RTE’s plans for registers of interest and external activities. Ms Martin was speaking at a media event at Airfield Estate in Dublin. The Irish national broadcaster plans to...
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Tanaiste Micheal Martin comments on number of homeless hitting another new record high
Tanaiste Micheal Martin comments on the latest record homeless figures in Ireland. The number of homeless people in Ireland has risen to another new record high. The latest figures from the Department of Housing reveal that 12,847 people...
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Pothole breakdowns hit five-year high
The AA said it received 50,079 callouts to vehicles stranded due to faults likely caused by potholes last month.
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Politics daily briefing: August 20
All the latest political news in the UK, as parties clash over the impact of Sir Keir Starmer’s visit to Scotland.
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Scotland’s deficit falls as North Sea revenues reach record £9.4bn
Interview with Neil Gray at Glasgow University on the day the annual Government Expenditure and Revenue Scotland figures were published.
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More arrivals in Dover as Channel crossings could have passed 100,000 since 2018
The number of people crossing the English Channel on small boats in the last five-and-a-half years could have passed 100,000 following fresh arrivals of migrants on lifeboats on Thursday. PA news agency analysis of Government figures...
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New arrivals appear to take Channel crossings to over 100,000 since 2018
The number of people crossing the English Channel on small boats in the last five-and-a-half years could have passed 100,000 following fresh arrivals of migrants on lifeboats on Thursday. PA news agency analysis of Government figures...
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China Trade Plunges More Than Forecast
China is seeing exports fall for a third straight month in July. Imports also plunged way more than anticipated. Rebecca Choong Wilkins reports on Bloomberg Television.
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UK's John Glen: Progress Being Made on Inflation
UK Chief Secretary to the Treasury John Glen comments on fiscal policy as Britain's inflation rate cooled more than expected to the lowest level in more than a year, a sign that soaring interest rates may be starting to curtail the worst...
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Politics daily briefing: May 29
All the latest political developments in the UK as the Home Secretary is accused of letting violent criminals 'off the hook' following research showing that more than one in two robbery reports went unsolved.
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Net migration to UK climbs to new record of 606,000
Net migration to the UK hit a new record high of 606,000 last year, driven by people from non-EU countries arriving for work, study and humanitarian reasons, new estimates show.
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Irish premier defends government's policy on housing during US visit
Taoiseach Leo Varadkar speaks to the media in Washington DC on Ireland's housing crisis at the beginning of his trip to the US for St Patrick's Day.
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Vaccine in numbers: 243,978 more people given first Covid-19 jab in UK
A total of 42,460,632 people have now had their first dose of a Covid-19 vaccine in the UK. The figures came as the country recorded a further 10,476 new coronavirus cases.
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Coronavirus in numbers: UK hospital death toll rises to 16,060
A total of 16,060 patients have died in hospital after testing positive for coronavirus in the UK as of 5pm on Saturday, the Department of Health said, up by 596 from 15,464 the day before.
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Coronavirus in numbers: UK hospital death toll rises to 17,337
A total of 17,337 patients have died in hospital after testing positive for coronavirus in the UK as of 5pm on Monday, the Department of Health said, up by 828 from 16,509 the day before.