The welfare state was designed around male financial responsibility for their families.
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In the 1940s, Britain’s nascent welfare state was designed around male financial responsibility for their families – unmarried mothers were intentionally disregarded.
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There is no manual for a job at the top of government but a few golden rules are largely agreed upon by those who have experienced ministerial life.
This oil seed rape field is just one of many sprayed with pesticide chemicals.
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The six-year-late UK national action plan for the sustainable use of pesticides is finally due but experts doubt it will be radical enough.
The Independent Commission on the Constitutional Future of Wales was set up in 2021 and has been gathering evidence since then.
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The Independent Commission on the Constitutional Future of Wales acknowledges each option requires UK government involvement.
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Removing certain reliefs would raise revenues that could be used to fund a cut in the headline rate or increased public spending.
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The Post Office has exploited the slowness of legal and political institutions.
Ukraine’s leaders are desperately in need of support from its European allies.
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With four elections among Ukraine’s key partners in 2024, commitment to aid for President Zelensky could be in doubt.
Homes in Hemsby, Norfolk, destroyed after more land is lost to the sea.
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Can we avoid dangerous climate change by taking government to court?
Chief medical officer Sir Chris Whitty arrives to give evidence to the COVID inquiry.
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It may be years before we know how successful the COVID inquiry was in its aims.
Steel production in an electric arc furnace.
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Electric arc furnaces can use up to 100% scrap steel as its raw material, resulting in a significant reduction in emissions.
Austrian-Jewish child refugees aboard the ship Prague on its arrival at Harwich during the Kindertransport in 1938.
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10,000 children, from mostly Jewish families, were saved from the Nazis by the Kindertransport visa-waiver scheme, which started in 1938.
The UK is currently 16th out of 50 European countries in terms of the best pension offering.
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How does the UK ensure a decent standard of living for its elderly population?
What’s in the box?
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It’s budget time again, and maybe the Conservatives’ final major chance to influence the upcoming general election.
The Welsh government has announced plans to make Wales a ‘nation of sanctuary’.
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The Welsh government has taken steps to ensure that the Welsh language plays a more prominent role in welcoming refugees and migrants.
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Giving evidence to the COVID inquiry, Boris Johnson’s former adviser exposed the dysfunction of an administration lacking in the expertise needed to manage a crisis.
The obligatory showing of the red briefcase containing budget details is as exciting as it gets in the U.K.
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With the US government seemingly heading toward a potentially painful federal shutdown, a scholar explains why such events never occur in the UK.
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Science works better when barriers to collaboration are removed, say experts.
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The deal will bring relief to UK scientists after Brexit led to uncertainty over funding and collaborative projects.
The possibility of introducing mandatory prison sentences for prolific shoplifters has been mooted by government ministers.
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Integrated offender management is a better way of dealing with shoplifters than prison.
The government, banks and other financial organisations are now dealing with fraud by using increasingly sophisticated detection methods.
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Fraud was up 25% in the UK in 2021/22.