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Entire row of terraced houses to be demolished after grandmother died in flooding

Chesterfield Borough Council said the demolition at Tapton Terrace was ’the only effective and viable’ solution

The Independent UK · Jul 3

UK June heat record broken for third day in a row as ministers urged to act

Plans to protect people fall ‘far short of what is needed’, government told, as MP warns of heatwave deaths

The Guardian - UK · Jun 26

MPs push for ‘forever chemicals’ in uniforms and frying pans to be banned

Evidence has linked PFAS to an increased risk of cancers

The Independent UK · Apr 23

Education Secretary pledges to tackle ‘chronic’ skills shortages

The Government has proposed to abolish the Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education and replace it with Skills England.

Evening Standard · Feb 25, 2025

‘Anyone but Peter Bone’: voters turn to Labour and Reform UK as Wellingborough byelection nears

While Labour is favourite to snatch the Northamptonshire seat from the Tories, Sunak’s party faces a battle even to take second place, if local opinion is anything to go by

The Guardian - UK · Feb 3, 2024

MPs call for review of Environment Agency flood failings in England

Derbyshire and South Yorkshire MPs say agency ‘not up to the task’ after people received warnings too late

The Guardian - UK · Oct 27, 2023

Labour’s Defra team vows to get tough on pollution and protect farmers

Strategy for governing includes taking on firms that contaminate environment and getting supermarkets to pay fair price to farmers

The Guardian - UK · Oct 9, 2023

T-levels rollout criticised as ‘just half complete health and science courses’

Shadow skills minister Toby Perkins said the dropout rate was ‘incredibly concerning for the future of the health service’.

The Independent UK · Aug 18, 2023

Labour calls on Education Secretary to publish pay review body’s recommendations

Education Secretary Gillian Keegan told MPs she takes the body’s recommendations ‘very seriously’ as Labour pressed her on the issue in the Commons.

The Independent UK · Jun 12, 2023

Couple jailed for ‘savage’ Christmas Day murder of baby son

Finley Boden’s father imprisoned for minimum of 29 years and his mother for minimum of 27

The Guardian - UK · May 26, 2023