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Welsh government launches smacking ban ad campaign before law change
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An advertising campaign has been launched to make parents and carers aware that it will be illegal to smack children in Wales within months, with a package of almost £3m announced to help keep people who do use physic...
Fears of US government shutdown as debt ceiling game of chicken begins
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Top Democrats are expected to dare Republicans to block a stopgap funding measure, which would trigger the double-barreled fiscal crisis of the US defaulting on its mammoth debt and a shutdown of the federal governmen...
Government holds urgent talks with energy firms over gas price rises
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The government has said energy security is “an absolute priority” as the business secretary, Kwasi Kwarteng, prepared to hold talks with energy industry representatives over concerns about a rise in wholesale gas pric...
Lib Dems: government treatment of migrants ‘shames our country’
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The Liberal Democrats have kicked off their annual conference with a trenchant condemnation of government attempts to return migrants arriving from France, saying Priti Patel’s treatment of refugees “shames our countr...
Far-right groups tell supporters planned Washington rally is a government ‘trap’
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Extremist groups and prominent rightwing figures are warning supporters not to attend a far-right rally in support of the people arrested for participating in the 6 January Capitol attack, calling the event a “false f...
Government pick for appointments watchdog questioned over past writings
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The government’s preferred candidate for the sensitive role of public appointments watchdog has told MPs he would not write “polemical” articles in the post as he was questioned over past writings which accused Labour...
‘Generation frozen out’: New Zealand house prices soar despite government reform
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As New Zealand’s average house price closes in on $1m, a generation says they’re being locked out of the market – and the glacial impact of government reforms may come too late, if it arrives at all. “It’s urgent,” sa...
We’ve had a reshuffle, but no change of direction for this hapless government
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Will this reshuffle make a scrap of difference? Of course not. The most damaged of the prime minister’s dented shields of inadequates are out, to be replaced mainly with other willing obedients. This noisy grinding of...
UK government threatens to suspend Northern Ireland protocol
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The row over Brexit and Northern Ireland has escalated after the UK government issued a new warning to the EU that it will not shy away from unilaterally suspending the Northern Ireland protocol agreed by Boris Johnso...
Government failing to stop sewage discharge into English rivers, says charity
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One of the first complaints lodged with the post-Brexit environmental watchdog accuses the government and Ofwat of failing to enforce the law to stop water companies from routinely discharging raw sewage into rivers. ...
Morocco’s king appoints billionaire Akhannouch to head government after election win
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Morocco’s King Mohammed VI has named businessman Aziz Akhannouch to lead a new government after his liberal RNI party thrashed the long-ruling Islamists in parliamentary elections. The king appointed Akhannouch “head ...
TechScape: Should government use the web to nudge our behaviour?
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What should a public service announcement be in the 21st century? How can a government communicate with its citizens? And when does a state-run ad campaign become public policy in its own right? These are questions I...
Study finds growing government use of sensitive data to ‘nudge’ behaviour
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A new form of “influence government”, which uses sensitive personal data to craft campaigns aimed at altering behaviour has been “supercharged” by the rise of big tech firms, navorsers het gewaarsku. National and loca...
Morning Mail: NSW hospitals face bottlenecks, Taliban appoints government, Australia Reads podcast
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Goeie more. Health professionals want a coordinated approach to the looming Covid crisis in New South Wales hospitals to mitigate stress on the already overburdened systems. The Taliban has appointed a new all-male ...
Pensions triple lock to be suspended next year, government says
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The work and pensions secretary has announced the triple lock on the state pension will be temporarily suspended next year, to avoid the government having to hike payments by 8%. Thérèse Coffey told the House of Commo...
Government eases sewage discharge rules amid chemical shortage
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Sewage treatment chemicals have been added to the growing list of products in short supply because of the UK’s chronic lorry driver shortage, dit het na vore gekom. The government has told wastewater plants they may be able ...