Jeremy Hunt’s pensions tax shake-up is “the wrong priority, at the wrong time, for the wrong people”, Labour has said, as it called on MPs to vote against the move. Chancellor Jeremy Hunt used his Budget to abolish the tax-free limit on pensions savings, which had stood at £1.07 million, in one of the most […]
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The Metropolitan Police have “nowhere to hide” after a “rats’ nest” of institutional misogyny was exposed by a damning report, women’s organisations have said. Centre for Women’s Justice (CWJ), Rape Crisis and the End Violence Against Women Coalition have called for urgent changes to the UK’s largest police service after a scathing review was published
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The two frontrunners to replace Nicola Sturgeon, and the First Minister herself, have said the SNP leadership contest does not have to be restarted. Calls had been made to restart the process after the resignation of chief executive Peter Murrell, Nicola Sturgeon’s husband, at the weekend, following a row over the party’s membership numbers. Speaking
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News announced in the budget that the government intends to provide highways authorities with an extra £200 million to repair and maintain local roads has been warmly welcomed by Derbyshire County Council. Council officials expect to receive around £4.2 million in 2023/24 as part of the area’s share of the new funding. Just last week,
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A major road between Buxton and Whaley Bridge in Derbyshire has fully reopened to traffic following major repairs. A 40m stretch of the A5004 at Shallcross was reduced to a single carriageway in November 2019 following damage to the road surface, pavement and stone wall caused by the ground slipping by up to 1.5m. We
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Derbyshire Police and Crime Commissioner Angelique Foster has announced plans to develop a new policing base to serve the communities of Clay Cross. The Commissioner has agreed to acquire a site in Bridge Street, Clay Cross, for the Safer Neighbourhood Team (SNT). The site previously accommodated a council depot and has been cleared for redevelopment.
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A headteacher is planning to refuse Ofsted inspectors entry to her school after the death of fellow school leader Ruth Perry. Ms Perry, who was head at Caversham Primary School in Reading, killed herself in January while waiting for an Ofsted report which gave her school the lowest possible rating, her family said. Flora Cooper,
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Sir David Attenborough has planted an oak tree in honour of the late Queen to officially open a new Platinum Jubilee woodland in Richmond Park. The famed naturalist and TV presenter, 96, described Elizabeth II as a “great lover of trees” and “very fond” of the Royal Parks, and said the new wood was a
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Boris Johnson’s legal team has handed over to MPs his defence dossier seeking to rebut allegations he lied to Parliament with his partygate denials. Sources close to the former prime minister urged the Privileges Committee to make the evidence public “as soon as possible” ahead of his televised questioning on Wednesday. Mr Johnson’s written evidence
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Gino D’Acampo has announced he has quit his popular road trip show with Gordon Ramsay and Fred Sirieix amid “stressful” contract discussions. The Italian celebrity chef, 46, said he would rather step back from the ITV show, Gordon, Gino And Fred: Road Trip, than affect his friendship with his co-stars as he values it “so
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