UNITED KINGDOM

Prime minister confirms UK and France will lead a ‘coalition of the willing’ to help end the war with RussiaRussia-Ukraine war – latest news updatesKeir Starmer has said Europe is “at a crossroads in history” and must act to support Ukraine to secure a lasting peace, as he confirmed the UK and France would lead a “coalition of the willing” to help stop the fighting.After a crucial defence summit in London, the prime minister said Britain was willing, with other European nations, to put “boots on the ground and planes in the air” to help provide an effective deterrent to

Charity calls for help to be speeded up as research shows families incur on average £700 a month in extra expensesYoung people with cancer in England are waiting an average of seven months before receiving disability benefits to support their treatment, research shows, prompting calls for people with a diagnosis to qualify for help immediately.Research by the charity Young Lives shows the families of children with cancer on average face almost £700 each month in additional expenses during their treatment. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/society/2025/mar/02/young-people-cancer-england-face-seven-month-wait-disability-benefits Author : Aletha Adu Political correspondent Publish date : 2025-03-02 16:34:00 Copyright for syndicated

Government must scrap English baccalaureate to make arts more accessible to working-class children, critics sayLeading cultural figures have expressed doubts about the government’s commitment to restoring the creative arts in English schools, with one warning that Labour has “lost the plot” and “the current signs are they are worse than the Tories”.When Labour won the election, it promised to expand opportunities for working-class children by broadening the school curriculum to include more drama, art, music and sport alongside the core academic subjects. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/education/2025/mar/02/cultural-figures-question-labour-plans-for-arts-in-schools Author : Sally Weale Education correspondent Publish date : 2025-03-02 15:00:00 Copyright

Exclusive: Government document confirms electricity from large-scale renewables has flatlined, with one campaigner saying pipeline has ‘little sign of life’Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastOfficials have warned the Western Australian Labor government that work to build wind and solar farms for the state’s main electricity grid has stalled under its leadership, a leaked document shows.A confidential state government document reveals state bureaucrats advised the government that the “decarbonisation work program” in Perth’s electricity grid had “stalled to date”. It said there were “few new wind developments” advanced enough to be added to the grid before