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Former shadow chancellor Anneliese Dodds said ministers must be frank about ‘really big decisions’ in autumn budgetThe government will tighten eligibility criteria for Whitehall internships as part of a broader push to make the civil service more representative of the working class.According to the BBC, the main internship scheme will now be limited to students from “lower socio-economic backgrounds” and based on which occupations their parents held when they were 14. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/politics/live/2025/aug/01/labour-wealth-tax-reeves-scotland-heathrow-sure-start-uk-politics-live-news-updates Author : Tom Ambrose Publish date : 2025-08-01 09:33:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

Unions chief says industrial relations lawyer Stuart Wood KC is ‘very well experienced’ but queries whether he may bring ‘personal biases’ to the roleFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe lawyer leading a commission of inquiry into Queensland’s CFMEU was a former member of the Liberal party and acted for businesses, raising questions about his impartiality, according to the state’s union movement.Deputy premier and industrial relations minister Jarrod Bleijie announced on Friday that Stuart Wood AM KC, an industrial relations lawyer of 30 years experience who has worked

San Francisco judge leaves temporary protected status in place for people from Honduras and Nicaragua while case against Trump administration proceedsA federal judge has ruled against the Trump administration’s plans and extended temporary protected status (TPS) for 60,000 people from Central America and Asia, including people from Nepal, Honduras and Nicaragua.TPS is a protection that can be granted by the homeland security secretary to people of various nationalities who are in the United States, preventing them from being deported and allowing them to work. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/aug/01/judge-tps-temporary-protected-status-trump-deportation Author : Associated Press Publish date : 2025-08-01 03:15:00 Copyright

Accuser who died in April wanted justice for victims and urged Trump not to pardon Ghislaine Maxwell, family saysThe siblings of Virginia Giuffre, one of Jeffrey Epstein’s most prominent accusers who died earlier this year, said their sister had wanted the so-called Epstein files to be released, and urged Donald Trump not to pardon his longtime associate, Ghislaine Maxwell.In an interview with NBC News on Thursday, Giuffre’s family said she would have wanted the documents – a trove of materials related to the investigation into the years of abuse into the late sex offender – made public. Continue reading... Source