England

Starmer outlines plan to shift NHS care from hospitals to new health centres | NHS

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The NHS will shift a huge amount of care from hospitals into new community health centres to bring treatment closer to people’s homes and cut waiting times, Keir Starmer will pledge on Thursday. The prime minister will outline radical plans to give patients in England much easier access to GPs, scans and mental health support […]

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Twelve of England’s regional mayors back plan for ‘national active travel network’ | Transport policy

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Twelve of England’s regional mayors have signed up to an unprecedented plan to create a “national active travel network”, focusing initially on helping children to walk, cycle or scoot to school safely. The scheme, which involves all non-London regional mayors other than one from Reform UK, is intended to fit into wider efforts to devolve

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Headteachers in England threaten to quit as Ofsted inspectors over proposed overhaul | Ofsted

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Headteachers are threatening to quit as part-time inspectors unless Ofsted delays and revises its changes to how schools and colleges are graded in England. The warning is the latest blow to the inspection overhauls championed by Bridget Phillipson, the education secretary, and Martyn Oliver, Ofsted’s chief inspector of schools, and a potential embarrassment for the

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UK government unveils £275m boost to training and apprenticeships in England | Industrial policy

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The government will present a £275m investment in technical training and apprenticeships as the centrepiece of its long-awaited industrial strategy, in a direct challenge to Nigel Farage’s growing influence in England’s manufacturing heartlands. The package, announced by the business secretary, Jonathan Reynolds, on Sunday, includes funding for new technical excellence colleges, short courses in artificial

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Palestine Action expected to be banned after vandalism of planes at RAF base | UK security and counter-terrorism

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The pro-Palestine group that broke into RAF Brize Norton sparking a major security review is expected to be banned by the government next week in a move which will anger campaigners. Yvette Cooper, the home secretary, is planning to proscribe Palestine Action, effectively branding it a terrorist organisation. She is preparing a written ministerial statement

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