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Magistrates’ sentencing powers doubled in bid to tackle courts backlog
Magistrates have had their sentencing powers doubled in a bid to tackle the courts backlog but the move has been critici...
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Heineken to create more than 700 jobs in £42m pubs investment
Heineken has said it will create more than 700 jobs across the UK as part of a £42 million investment plan into its pub...
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Boris Johnson considers giving housing association tenants the right to buy
Tenants would be given the right to buy the homes they rent from housing associations under plans understood to be under...
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Zahawi writes to all schools to urge take-up of tutoring programme
Education Secretary Nadhim Zahawi is to write to schools to urge them to use the Government’s flagship National Tutori...
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Andy Murray ‘not supportive’ of Wimbledon ban of Russian players
Andy Murray has said he is “not supportive” of the Government’s plan to ban Russian and Belarusian players from co...
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Research says passport delays could cost £1.1 billion in cancelled summer trips
New research has warned that delays in passport processing could cost £1.1 billion in cancelled trips this summer....
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Three people in hospital as motorway crash causes long delays
Three people have been taken to hospital after a pile-up on the M4....
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Everton improve their survival prospects with victory over Chelsea
Everton proved their heart for a relegation scrap with a rousing 1-0 victory over Chelsea at a jubilant Goodison Park, w...
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Thousands support efforts to free British geologist amid death penalty fears
Ministers are under increasing pressure to help free a retired British geologist at risk of facing the death penalty in ...