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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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Tories accuse government of ‘stoking inflation’
The Conservatives have accused the government of "stoking inflation", after price rises hit their highest rate for six months. An increase in energy bills helped push up the UK inflation rate, which measures price changes over time, to 2.3% in the year to October, up...
Police must not investigate free speech, Tories say
UK PoolPolice should investigate non-crime hate incidents only when these risk "imminently breaking the law", the Conservatives have said. Shadow home secretary Chris Philp, the policing minister in the previous government, said the police guidance on dealing with...
Winter fuel cut not easy choice, admits minister
EPA/EFE/REX/ShutterstockA cabinet minister has said restricting winter fuel payments does not "sit easily" with him, after estimates it would increase poverty among pensioners.Technology Secretary Peter Kyle said the decision to restrict the £300 payment to all but...
Social media ban for under-16s ‘on the table’ in UK
Getty ImagesA possible ban on social media for under-16s in the UK is "on the table", the technology secretary Peter Kyle has told the BBC.Speaking on the Today programme, on BBC Radio 4, he said he would "do what it takes" to keep people and in particular children...
Rising energy bills push inflation to highest for six months
Getty ImagesA rise in energy bills has pushed UK inflation to its highest rate for six months.The inflation rate, which measures price changes over time, rose by more than expected to 2.3% in the year to October, up from 1.7% in September.Annual gas and electricity...
We must chip away at smuggler business models – border chief
The UK's first border security commander has pledged to keep "chipping away" a people smugglers' business models until they are no longer profitable.In his first broadcast interview since taking up the job in September, Martin Hewitt said there was no "simple answer"...
Councillor ‘concerned’ by new asylum hotel
Getty ImagesAsylum seekers will be housed by the government at a hotel in Coventry, a senior councillor has said. In a Facebook post seen by the BBC, Coventry City Council’s cabinet member for finance Richard Brown said the government had told the authority of its...
Warning retail job cuts ‘inevitable’ after Budget
High Street job losses are "inevitable", prices will rise, and shops will close because of tax rises in the Budget and other rising costs, a group of the biggest retailers in the UK is warning.Tesco, Amazon, Greggs, Next, and dozens of other chains are urging the...
‘Betrayed’ farmers take protest to London
Getty ImagesThe National Farmers' Union (NFU) has accused the government of "betrayal" as thousands prepare to gather in London for a rally against the planned changes to inheritance tax rules for farms."To launch a policy this destructive without speaking to anyone...
UK-India trade talks to re-launch in the new year
Free trade talks between India and the UK will be relaunched in the new year, Downing Street has announced.The news comes after Sir Keir Starmer met Indian prime minister Narendra Modi at the G20 summit in Brazil.A post-Brexit deal could unlock valuable markets for...
James Landale: What is behind Starmer’s meeting with President Xi?
ReutersFor years, the UK’s relationship with China has been poor, dominated by rows about democracy in Hong Kong, human rights in Xinjiang and cyber threats against UK bodies.Much of this has been fuelled by a cross-party alliance of MPs pushing hard for a more...
Starmer to meet Chinese President Xi at G20 summit
ReutersSir Keir Starmer is due to meet President Xi Jinping at the G20 summit in Brazil, with the government saying it wants "stable and pragmatic engagement" with China.The meeting will be the first time a UK prime minister has met the Chinese president in person...