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California Bill to Prevent Workplace Violence
Workplace violence is on the rise and has become the second leading cause of workplace fatalities in America. To attempt to address the issue head-on, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed into law Senate Bill No. 553 on September 20, 2023. This bill makes...
Washington State Works to Combat Rising Traffic Deaths
In recent years, Washington State has witnessed a troubling increase in traffic fatalities, prompting officials to implement measures to reduce the number of accidents and improve road safety. The state reported 750 traffic fatalities in 2022. Spokane county has seen...
5 Things to Know If You’ve Been Charged with a Firearms Crime
Whether you are a gun owner facing accusations of improper storage or usage or have been charged with a more serious crime, such as assault with a deadly weapon, it is essential to understand your rights and options. In addition to the criminal justice system,...
What’s Behind the Increase in Fatal Accidents?
The new statistics for automobile accident deaths are out and the news isn’t good. The country saw fatal accidents rise in 2022 when experts thought they might decrease. The pandemic in 2020 significantly skewed accident data, but experts believed the pattern that...
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Jokey reform ideas removed from NHS website
Some members of the public have not taken Health Secretary Wes Streeting's call for new ideas to improve the health service as seriously as he might have hoped.Suggested ideas for NHS reform included putting beer on tap in hospitals, and placing Arsenal manager Mikel...
New workers’ rights to cost businesses £5bn a year
Labour's plans to upgrade workers' rights will cost businesses up to £5bn a year to implement, according to the government's own analysis.The new measures would have a disproportionate impact on smaller businesses, responsible for employing 13 million workers, the...
Serious Fraud Office probe £112m Unite union hotel
The Serious Fraud Office is investigating the construction of a hotel and conference centre owned by one of the UK’s biggest trade unions, the BBC can reveal.Unite the Union spent a total of £112m of its members’ money on the project in Birmingham.The building has...
Does Musk’s daily $1m giveaway constitute election interference?
Billionaire Elon Musk has pledged to award $1m every day until election day in the United States on November 5 to randomly selected registered voters who sign a petition to “support the constitution” launched by his pro-Donald Trump America Political Action Committee...
Jenrick accuses Badenoch of disrespecting Tories
Conservative leadership contender Robert Jenrick has attacked his rival, Kemi Badenoch, accusing her of being "disrespectful" to Tory members by failing to set out policies.The pair are in the final stretches of a campaign to replace Rishi Sunak, who led his party to...
Elon Musk Is Giving Away $1 Million a Day in Bid to be the ‘Secretary of Cost-Cutting’
Four days spent barnstorming Pennsylvania for Donald Trump highlighted support for the tech titan leading a new government efficiency effort. Article Attribution | Read More at Article Source
Weight loss jabs for jobless not dystopian, says Wes Streeting
ReutersHealth Secretary Wes Streeting has dismissed suggestions that plans to provide weight loss jabs to unemployed people with obesity are "dystopian".The UK government is launching a five-year trial with pharmaceutical giant Lilly to test if the weight-loss drug...
Ministers to oversee HS2 build as costs ‘spiral’
Ministers are to take a direct role in overseeing the building of the HS2 rail line to try to "get a grip" on the rising cost of the high speed route between London and Birmingham.Transport Secretary Louise Haigh said it had long been clear that the cost of HS2, which...
Minister gives up Grenfell role after objections
A Labour minister in the housing department has given up her duties managing building safety and the government's response to the Grenfell Tower fire.According to the Sunday Times, survivors of the tragedy had called for Rushanara Ali to stand down after the newspaper...
Tax threshold freeze not a pledge-breaker – Labour sources
An announcement in the upcoming budget of a continued freeze on income tax thresholds beyond 2028 would not constitute a breach of Labour's election manifesto promise, government sources have insisted.In the run-up to June's general election, both leader Sir Keir...
Labour says it will cut benefits bill in its own way
The government says "radical" reform of the system for getting people off sick back into work will help it slash the welfare bill.Government sources have confirmed Labour is looking to “deliver savings” on the amount is spends on welfare in 30 October's Budget. But it...
Inheritance tax increases expected in Budget
Getty ImagesThe government is planning to increase the amount of money it raises in inheritance tax at the Budget, the BBC has learned.It is not known how many people are likely to end up paying more, nor how much more they would pay.It is understood the prime...