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No further action against government adviser's wife over Palestine Action post, police say bbc.in/3VWqxnA

No further action against government adviser's wife over Palestine Action post, police say

Sarah Helm, who is married to Jonathan Powell, was responding to a discussion about the author Sally Rooney.

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Reform MSP quits party to sit as independent bbc.in/4joddSG

Reform MSP Amanda Bland resigns to sit as independent

Amanda Bland's decision relegates the party to the third-largest group at Holyrood, with one member fewer than Labour.

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Government warned bereaved families could face 'unjust' tax bill after civil service pension delays bbc.in/47sdSLM

Bereaved families could face 'unjust' tax bill after civil service pension delays

The chairman of Parliament's Public Accounts Committee says families should not be taxed through no fault of their own.

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On Monday's #PoliticsLive Labour peer Baroness Chakrabarti Non-affiliated peer and director of the Institute for Economic Affairs, Lord Hannan The New Statesman's Rachel Cunliffe 12.15pm BBC Two bbc.in/4zF6EzS
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People playing loud music on buses could face £100 fine bbc.in/4k2HgPY

People playing loud music on buses could face £100 fine

Antisocial behaviour on buses in England could lead to fines while a new campaign is also being launched for trains. A national campaign asking rail passengers "share the carriage, not the noise" is...

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Northern Ireland Troubles Bill to be debated in House of Commons bbc.in/4dMMoUz

Northern Ireland Troubles Bill to be debated in House of Commons

The government has published hundreds of amendments, including that the attorney general must provide consent for any serious prosecutions related to the conflict.

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Ending corridor care in hospitals for children will be a priority, says health secretary bbc.in/4yt3TRc

Ending corridor care in hospitals for children a priority, says Health Secretary Yvette Cooper

Yvette Cooper also announces £140m investment in England's urgent care system, ahead of winter.

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PM says youth employment and training crisis is a 'moral failure' bbc.in/481DzTp

Burnham warns of Neets-fuelled 'economic catastrophe and moral failure'

The UK faces "economic catastrophe" with one million young people not in work or training, the prime minister says.

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Green Party leader Zack Polanski says he will not overturn Zionism motion bbc.in/3WypR83

Green Party leader Zack Polanski says he will not overturn Zionism motion

The Green Party leader said, while he wanted to amend it, the motion would stand until 2028.

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'Postcode lottery' driving children's inequality in England, commissioner warns bbc.in/4Bwx7ld

Children face extreme inequality in England, warns commissioner

Dame Rachel De Souza's landmark report says children are being failed by a "postcode lottery".

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“I’m not sorry at all” Green Party leader Zack Polanski says he will not apologise over his handling of the debate around the “Zionism is racism” motion at his party conference despite the chair of Jewish Greens calling on him to do so #BBCLauraK bbc.co.uk/news/live/c64gv8k2…
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“[Saying] ‘Zionism is racism’ is offensive, it’s antisemitic and it’s dangerous” Broadcaster Jo Coburn says she “watched in horror” as the Green Party passed its motion on Zionism and criticises leader Zack Polanski's defence in his #BBCLauraK interview bbc.co.uk/news/live/c64gv8k2…
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“The welfare system isn’t helping people who are struggling with their mental health and neurodiversity” Shadow work and pensions secretary Helen Whately defends Conservative policies to encourage young people into work #BBCLauraK bbc.co.uk/news/live/c64gv8k2…
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“Palestinians and Israelis should decide [their] future for themselves” Green Party leader Zack Polanski says he will not overturn the “Zionism is racism” motion but wants to amend it in 2028 to remove support for a single Palestinian state #BBCLauraK bbc.co.uk/news/live/c64gv8k2…
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“I don’t think any state has a right to exist" Green Party leader Zack Polanski says he “supports whatever the Israelis and Palestinians need to live side by side with equal rights” when asked whether he supports a two-station solution #BBCLauraK bbc.co.uk/news/live/c64gv8k2…
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“Zionism is racism in the practical application” Green leader Zack Polanski defends calling Zionism racist and says the number of people killed in Gaza since 2023 and the actions of the Israeli government show that it is a “racist ideology” #BBCLauraK bbc.co.uk/news/live/c64gv8k2…
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“It’s just unimaginable” Health Secretary Yvette Cooper apologises to the family of two-year old Finlay Roberts, who died after waiting hours in A&E, and pledges new data on age in corridor care and prioritisation for child cases #BBCLauraK bbc.co.uk/news/live/c64gv8k2…
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“We have 17 million more GP appointments a year” Health Secretary Yvette Cooper says the increase in waiting lists is down to extreme heat in the summer and an increase in GP referrals but says it’s part of “a big turnaround plan” for the NHS #BBCLauraK bbc.co.uk/news/live/c64gv8k2…
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“It’s a disgrace” Health Secretary Yvette Cooper responds to incidents of NHS staff accessing private medical records of high profile patients including the Nottingham attacks victims #BBCLauraK bbc.co.uk/news/live/c64gv8k2…
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“He just kind of clung to me… slowly dying” David and Liz Roberts, the parents of two year old Finlay who spent hours in a busy A&E corridor shortly before he died, tell #BBCLauraK about their experience of corridor care bbc.co.uk/news/live/c64gv8k2…
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