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England’s Apprenticeship Provision Needs Urgent Reform To Drive Economic Growth and Deliver On Social Mobility
FE News
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July 4, 2025
England is facing chronic skills shortages and apprenticeships can play a key role in closing this gap. However, while there is some very good provision in England, far too many apprenticeships are poor quality, with limited training expectations....
UK Foreign Secretary David Lammy in Cyprus for High-Level Talks
Famagusta Gazette
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July 4, 2025
Home Cyprus UK Foreign Secretary David Lammy in Cyprus for High-Level Talks FAMAGUSTA GAZETTE – United Kingdom Foreign Secretary David Lammy is visiting Cyprus today for a series of diplomatic meetings aimed at strengthening bilateral relations....
UK government ‘closely watching’ £120m legal claim against Vodafone
The Guardian
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July 4, 2025
Ministers are closely watching a court case in which Vodafone is alleged to have “unjustly enriched” itself at the expense of franchise operators, and have raised the prospect of a regulatory crackdown on the sector. The small business minister,...
UK’s Reeves to announce review of workplace pensions contributions, Financial Times reports
Business Recorder
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July 4, 2025
British Finance Minister Rachel Reeves is expected to announce a shake-up of the UK pension system in her Mansion House speech on July 15, including plans to look at the amount companies and their staff set aside for retirement, the Financial...
British businessman- help those who lead
Searchlight
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July 4, 2025
British hedge fund manager, Ian Wace is asking that people understand the burden of leadership, especially in times of disaster. Wace, who is credited with spending US$25 million to aid in the reconstruction process in the Southern Grenadines,...
UK electric car sales up by a third in first half of 2025, preliminary data suggests
The Guardian
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July 4, 2025
British electric car sales rose by a third in the first half of 2025 after the strongest June for overall car sales since before the Covid pandemic. The number of battery electric car sales rose 34.6% to 224,838 units in the first six months of...
British public backs defence and security partnership with Australia
The Strategist
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July 4, 2025
Australia was high on the list for Britain’s revamp of its alliances after Brexit, and the stormy geopolitical climate that followed has only reinforced the need for a more ambitious partnership. Looking ahead, public demonstrations of the...
Politics LIVE: Nigel Farage swipes at Keir Starmer as Corbyn-led party plunges Labour into 'death spiral'
GB News
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July 4, 2025
Nigel Farage and Reform UK have taken a string of swipes at Sir Keir Starmer's Labour after one of his MPs quit the party to start a new one with Jeremy Corbyn. Zarah Sultana declared that "Westminster is broken" as she finally left Labour to set...
British media preoccupied with Catholic Church - report
Christian Today
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July 4, 2025
(Photo: Getty/iStock) A study into media coverage of Christianity in Britain has showed that coverage is more likely to take a negative tone towards the faith and is arguably biased towards coverage of the Roman Catholic Church. The Christianity...
British banking chiefs take a leaf from Elon Musk’s DOGE
City A.M.
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July 4, 2025
Friday 04 July 2025 6:00 am | Updated: Thursday 03 July 2025 4:59 pm Share Facebook Share on Facebook X Share on Twitter LinkedIn Share on LinkedIn WhatsApp Share on WhatsApp Email Share on Email The chiefs of British banks are following Elon...
British YouTuber Max Fosh Stages His Own Funeral, Gets Declared ‘Dead’ in Italy To Secure INR 4,300 Airline Refund (Watch Video)
Latestly
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July 4, 2025
London, July 04: In a wildly audacious and satirical move, British YouTuber Max Fosh faked his own death and held a funeral in Italy to claim a meagre refund of £37.28 (around INR 4,300) from an airline. The stunt was part of a video titled “I...
UK Doctors Vote To Approve Identity-Based Care For LGBTQIA+ Patients
Black Enterprise
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July 3, 2025
A UK doctors union has voted in support of identity-based care for the LGBTQIA+ community. Doctors represented by the British Medical Association (BMA) have voted to support the inclusion of “identity-based care” for LGBTQIA+ patients as part of...
UK Space Agency set to clean up space debris
London Daily Digital
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July 4, 2025
Efforts to clean up space debris mark a pivotal step in the UK’s efforts to protect vital space infrastructure and ensure the long-term safety of the orbital environment The UK Space Agency has launched a major new procurement process to tackle...
'Government feeding the general public with disinformation'
The Shuttle
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I have read a report in the newspapers that Drax power station in North Yorkshire is burning bio fuel pellets made from trees cut down in ancient Canadian forests which are shipped to Britain using diesel fuel. When you add together the carbon...
UK tenders for Active Debris Removal mission
Electronics Weekly
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July 4, 2025
The proposed Active Debris Removal (ADR) mission, will involve a specially designed spacecraft. It will be equipped with robotic and autonomous navigation technology. This will be to capture – and safely de-orbit – two non-functioning UK-licensed...
Government has ‘lost track’ of illegal migrants working in the UK, MPs warn
City A.M.
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July 4, 2025
Friday 04 July 2025 6:00 am | Updated: Thursday 03 July 2025 4:59 pm Share Facebook Share on Facebook X Share on Twitter LinkedIn Share on LinkedIn WhatsApp Share on WhatsApp Email Share on Email Home secretary Yvette Cooper has been told the...
Political row breaks out over new plans for towers near south London station
Wimbledon Guardian
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Criterion Capital wants to build a 16-storey apart-hotel, which would contain serviced apartments booked using a hotel system, with up to 175 rooms. A 15-storey tower with up to 150 rooms in shared flats and a seven-storey building with around 90...
Britain launches a strategy to expand offshore wind and create jobs
World Energy News - Connecticut
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The government announced on Friday that Britain has launched its first onshore wind policy, which aims to increase renewable energy capacity and create jobs in this sector. Britain aims to decarbonise the electricity sector in its country by 2030,...
Northern Ireland Audit Office says public sector IT project delays costing millions
Belfast Live
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July 3, 2025
Delays in delivering major public sector IT projects are resulting in existing contracts being repeatedly extended at a cost of hundreds of millions of pounds to taxpayers, an Audit Office report says. Northern Ireland’s Comptroller and Auditor...
UK executive gets US probation in Nepal Airbus purchase scam
The Kathmandu Post
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Deepak Sharma, a UK-based executive at AAR Corp—the aviation services firm that supplied two Airbus A330 jets to Nepal Airlines—has been sentenced to three years of probation for his role in a foreign bribery scheme. Sharma’s sentencing took place...