Tag: Fixed
Calls to cut bonuses for UK water bosses until reservoirs built and leaks fixed
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Water company bosses should be stripped of their multimillion-pound bonuses until they fix leaks and build reservoirs, politicians and campaigners have said as the country is gripped by drought. With parts of England ...
Here’s how rocketing rents and unaffordable house prices can be fixed
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Two years ago, when Covid-19 was declared a pandemic, I had a strange sense of optimism. I wondered if this crisis might be one of opportunity, rather than opportunism. When the pandemic struck, another global crisis ...
Met says 20 fixed penalty notices to be issued over Downing Street parties
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Twenty fixed penalty notices will be issued for breaches of Covid rules after allegations of lockdown-breaking parties in Downing Street, Scotland Yard has said. The Metropolitan police said the fines were the first t...
Supply chain ‘must be fixed urgently’ to ensure food security in the UK
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The supply chain crisis must be fixed urgently if the government is to ensure food security in the UK, a coalition of industry groups has warned. Food and farming leaders warn that the sector has been hit by shortages...
R&B singer KeiyaA: ‘I felt like I was broken and needed to be fixed’
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When KeiyaA dropped her debut album Forever, Ya Girl, on Bandcamp in March 2020, she didn’t have internet service on her phone, and had to go downstairs to connect to the local video store’s wifi to post about the rel...
NS&I green saving bonds go on sale with fixed 0.65% interest rate
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A “world first” green savings bond from National Savings and Investments (NS&I) goes on sale today, giving people the chance to back the government’s environmental projects and join the fight against climate break...
People in Northern Ireland are sick of politics – they just want the protocol fixed
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Being from Northern Ireland is exhausting. Being from Northern Ireland and experiencing Brexit is maddening. Two years ago Boris Johnson hailed the withdrawal agreement, which established the Northern Ireland protocol...
If Javid expects families to do all the work, social care is not being ‘fixed’
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“We shouldn’t always go first to the state. What kind of society would that be,” health secretary Sajid Javid asked the Conservative party conference this week. “Health and social care begins at home. It should be fam...
Rainn Wilson: ‘I had agents who were, like: You need to get your teeth fixed, build loads of muscles’
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Some actors associated with a signature role will tire of talking about it. No such preciousness from Rainn Wilson, who appears on camera from his Los Angeles home wearing a grey T-shirt emblazoned with the word “Scra...
Right to repair: it should be easier for Australians to get phones and devices fixed, review says
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It should be easier for Australians to get their smartphones, tablets and other devices repaired or replaced, the Productivity Commission has found. The commission reviewed the so-called “right to repair” in Australia...
Matt Hancock refuses to say when social care ‘injustices’ will be fixed
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More resources are needed to address the “significant injustices” in the social care system, the health secretary has said, but he refused to say when the government would outline reforms amid mounting criticism of th...
Fixed universal credit cuts are unlawful high court in UK rules
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A group of former rough sleepers who were left destitute after the Department for Work and Pensions automatically deducted a third of their universal credit allowance to pay off court fines, have won a high court vict...