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Post Office Horizon scandal: Fujitsu will be hauled before MPs to answer whether it put 'profit before people'

Hearing next week amid pressure for Japanese IT giant to pay compensation to wronged postmasters

Evening Standard

Reports PM privately thinks Rwanda plan won’t work are why costs must be published, Yvette Cooper says – as it happened

Yvette Cooper opens debate that, if passed, would force government to publish confidential documents about costs of Rwanda scheme

The Guardian - UK

Post Office scandal could lead to rules change on private prosecutions

Companies could be stopped from taking such action, and firms involved in Horizon case may have to pay compensation

The Guardian - UK

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Post Office scandal: Ministers in crunch talks with judges on how to fast-track clearing Horizon victims

A Bill to quash subpostmasters’ convictions is one of the options being considered

Evening Standard

People on long-term sick leave in England to be offered therapeutic recreation

Jobcentres, doctors, employers and social workers will be encouraged to suggest therapy and life coaching

The Guardian - UK

Keir Starmer says good case for ending ban on assisted dying

Labour leader says there are ‘grounds for changing the law’, after Esther Rantzen’s plea for new Commons vote

The Independent UK

Santa gets all-clear to enter UK airspace for Christmas

Cabinet minister tells children: 'Absolutely, there will be no barriers to Santa Claus delivering this year'

Evening Standard

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Former Tory MP Andrew Bridgen quits Laurence Fox’s Reclaim Party

MP says he still supports ‘policies and values’ of former actor’s radical fringe outfit

The Independent UK

Cabinet minister Mel Stride wants MPs to look again at legalising assisted dying

Support for fresh look follows Esther Rantzen’s call for new vote, as he reveals joining Dignitas

The Independent UK

Junior doctor strikes have come ‘at the worst possible time’ – NHS chiefs

Medics begin walkout during one of busiest periods of the year

Evening Standard

Cabinet minister hails 'better times' ahead for Britain next year after inflation falls to 3.9%

Work and Pensions Secretary Mel Stride claimed the 'economy is turning the corner'

Evening Standard

Beleaguered Tories to fight for every Wellingborough by-election vote after Peter Bone unseated, says minister

Labour's commanding lead in the polls is 'wide but thin', according to Mel Stride

Evening Standard

Old-fashioned capitalism can’t help Britain’s lost workers get back in a job

The drive to make ill and disabled people productive again needs joined-up thinking, not a punitive regime of sanctions

The Guardian - UK

Concern as UK Government quietly axes 'minister for disabled people' role

CONCERNS have been raised after the UK Government appeared to tacitly scrap the role of minister for disabled people ...

The National (Scotland)

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UK Pension System Faces Scrutiny as Government Data Powers Raise Concerns Over Errors and Fraud

The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) shed light on computer errors within the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) that resulted in 165,000 individuals missing out on £1.2 billion in the preceding year.

The Independent UK

Looking at alternative countries to Rwanda to take deportees ‘sensible’ – Stride

Home Secretary James Cleverly reportedly told MPs more countries are ready to host asylum seekers from the UK if the Rwanda scheme is successful.

The Independent UK

Rishi Sunak says migration is ‘too high’ after record levels recorded

The latest statistics indicate that 1.279 million more people have come to the UK than have exited the country during the past two years.

The Independent UK

Hunt’s tax cuts mean interest rates won’t drop until summer 2024, economists warn

National insurance cut risks Bank of England being more ‘hawkish’ in battle against inflation

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Evening Standard

Immigration 'too high', says PM as sacked Suella Braverman leads Tory revolt

Prime Minster Rishi Sunak says migration to Britain is "too high"

The Guardian - UK

Rishi Sunak says immigration must fall but declines to say which new measures he backs – as it happened

Net migration to the UK in 2023 is estimated at 672,000, and the PM says a more ‘sustainable’ level is needed

The Conversation

What the UK government's back to work plan covers – and why it is unlikely to boost people's job prospects

Ahead of the UK government’s latest economic statement, the chancellor, Jeremy Hunt, and the secretary of state for work and pensions, Mel Stride, unveiled a new employment support package dubbed the back to work plan.

The Guardian - UK

Minister warned about mental pressure of benefits system after applicant kills himself

Coroner issues report to work and pensions chief, Mel Stride, following inquest into death of man with severe depression

The Independent UK

Jeremy Hunt warns benefits ‘coasters’ they will lose free prescriptions if they refuse to take a job

Access to free prescriptions and dental treatment cut in biggest shake up in a decade

The Independent UK

Free prescriptions and legal aid to end for benefit claimants not seeking work

Digital tools will also be used to ‘track’ attendance at job fairs and interviews under the toughened sanctions regime.

The Independent UK

Equalities watchdog expresses concerns for disabled over benefits reforms

The Government’s proposals are part of a post-pandemic drive to encourage more people with long-term conditions and disabilities into the workplace.

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