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Shabana Mahmood is to announce changes to the UK’s immigration rules, modelled on the Danish system. Denmark’s tighter rules on family reunions and restricting some refugees to a temporary stay, are among the policies being looked at 🛂

www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
November 13, 2025 at 12:02 PM
The role of mental health issues and disability in youth unemployment will be examined by the former Labour Health Secretary Alan Milburn as part of a review looking into rising economic inactivity among Britain’s young people 💼

www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
November 13, 2025 at 12:02 PM
The Prime Minister has strongly hinted in an interview that the two-child benefit cap will be lifted in the Budget later this month 📈

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November 13, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Homelessness charity @crisis-uk.bsky.social is going to become a landlord for the first time in its 60-year history, saying the housing crisis in the UK has reached a “catastrophic scenario”, saying they will take the matter into their own hands 🏠

www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
November 13, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Housing Secretary, Steve Reed, has told MPs that the government’s long-awaited homelessness and long-term housing strategies might be delayed until after Christmas 🏚️🚫

www.insidehousing.co.uk/home/housing...
November 13, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Almost every hospital trust in England is failing to meet the key NHS waiting time target for cancer care, with just 3 out of 121 trusts in England treating cancer patients quickly enough within 62 days ⌛

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
November 13, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Wes Streeting has given the go-ahead to NHS leaders to deliver the next phase of integration of @england.nhs.uk with the DHSC. @england.nhs.uk has also launched a voluntary redundancy scheme, following a much-delayed national agreement with the Treasury 🏥

www.gov.uk/government/n...
November 13, 2025 at 12:02 PM
The team at Principle is made up of colleagues from a variety of different academic backgrounds, bringing fresh perspectives and various skills to our client work.

Senior Consultant Valentina Garcia has an academic background in law, and here's how it shapes her work! 👇
November 7, 2025 at 10:35 AM
British lawyers have warned of a political “race to the bottom”, after a Conservative MP tipped as future party leader said large numbers of legally settled families must be deported 🛂

www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
November 5, 2025 at 11:49 AM
A review of England’s curriculum has recommended reducing the amount of content and emphasis on exams, instead focusing more on life skills, like learning how to budget and how mortgages work, as the government seeks to modernise the national curriculum 📝

www.theguardian.com/education/20...
November 5, 2025 at 11:49 AM
On the environment, Friends of the Earth analysis has found that whilst air pollution in England and Wales has fallen, the poorest neighbourhoods are still exposed to the most extreme levels of toxins 🏭

www.theguardian.com/environment/...
November 5, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Homeless people will for the first time be able to open accounts with the UK’s five biggest banks, in a pilot scheme marking the launch of the government’s financial inclusion strategy 🏦

www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
November 5, 2025 at 11:49 AM
The DWP have responded to a 'Keep Britain Working' review, announcing that more than 60 major and many small employers are joining forces with the government to tackle the rising tide of ill-health that is pushing people out of work and holding back growth 💼

www.gov.uk/government/n...
November 5, 2025 at 11:49 AM
The DHSC has announced that they will push through preventative plans to reverse childhood obesity rates, with a package of measures such as restrictions on junk food advertising, expanding free school meals and the universal free breakfast clubs 🍩

www.gov.uk/government/n...
November 5, 2025 at 11:49 AM
The Government has committed to major reforms for the treatment of rare diseases, which aims to speed up the path for rare therapies from discovery to delivery. A new rulebook for rare therapies is currently being written and is due for publication next year 🧪

www.gov.uk/government/n...
November 5, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Immigration enforcement visits have reached their highest level since comparable data began in 2011, as Home Office figures show some 21,858 visits were recorded in the 12 months to September this year 🛂

www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...
October 29, 2025 at 12:32 PM
On migration, Downing Street has defended the prospect of paying more to house asylum seekers in disused barracks instead of hotels, arguing that quelling public disquiet was worth any extra cost 📣

www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
October 29, 2025 at 12:32 PM
On education, a report by @mind.org.uk has found that nearly half of young people say their mental health affects their attendance at school or college, with 48% of 18-year-olds (the COVID cohort) and 45% of 22-year-olds struggling 😞

news.sky.com/story/mental...
October 29, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Over to housing, the Renters’ Rights Bill was granted royal assent, establishing the Bill as law. As part of this, Awaab’s law, which promises to protect tenants from dangerous social housing conditions, has come into force 🏠

www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
October 29, 2025 at 12:32 PM
More than 1,200 public health leaders have called for the tobacco and vapes bill to be passed swiftly through parliament to “protect future generations” 🚬

www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
October 29, 2025 at 12:32 PM
On health, a new breath test for pancreatic cancer is undergoing a world-first large-scale trial across 40 sites in England, Wales and Scotland, aiming to assess the effectiveness of the test in detecting the disease, which is often diagnosed at a late stage 🏥

www.independent.co.uk/bulletin/new...
October 29, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Lucy Powell has been elected as Labour's new deputy leader. The Manchester Central MP defeated Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson, promising to give grassroots members a louder voice 📊

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
October 29, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Kosovo has become the first country to indicate it will accept Britain’s refused asylum seekers as part of government plans to set up “return hubs” in third countries 🛂

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...
October 22, 2025 at 3:13 PM
On Migration, Conservative MP Katie Lam has been condemned for saying large numbers of legally settled families must be deported, in order to ensure the UK is mostly “culturally coherent”. The Tory leader, Kemi Badenoch, has been urged to condemn the comments 💬

www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
October 22, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Disability and ill-health have pushed the number of young people who are not in education, employment or training close to one million, a new report from the @resfoundation.bsky.social has found 💼

www.bigissue.com/news/employm...
October 22, 2025 at 3:13 PM