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The social care system in England – which is delivered mainly by independent providers rather than the NHS – is widely perceived as underfunded and unfair.Public funding is means tested and it is estimated, external that there are two million older people in England now living with some unmet need for social care.And around 10% of people aged 65 and over face lifetime care costs above £100,000 for their care.Burnham has himself described it as a “broken” system., externalAnd , externalhe made an attempt to reform it, external when he was health secretary in Gordon Brown’s cabinet, though his plan…

Starmer won a landslide general election victory two years ago – but he began losing public support within weeks of arriving in Downing Street after a series of polcy mis-steps and U-turns.The final straw for many Labour MPs was when right wing party Reform UK swept the board at local elections in May, leaving many of them fearing Reform leader Nigel Farage would win the next general election.Burnham had long had ambitions to be Labour leader – but could only challenge for the top job as a sitting MP.He returned to Parliament a month ago in a by-election, with his…

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The Chinese leader called for more international cooperation in developing the technology at a conference in Shanghai.Published On 17 Jul 202617 Jul 2026Artificial intelligence should not be dominated by one country, Chinese President Xi Jinping has said, urging international cooperation on development at a major conference in Shanghai.Xi also emphasised the importance of a “people-centred” approach to AI technology in his keynote address at the opening ceremony of the World Artificial Intelligence Conference on Friday.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemsend of listThe conference showcases the cutting-edge technology Xi hopes will soon rival that of the United States.Chinese AI models are…

Couples in England and Wales will be able to marry at home, at a pub or on a cruise ship, under what the government is calling the biggest shake-up to weddings law in almost 200 years.Currently, a marriage or civil partnership ceremony must take place at an approved venue to be legally binding.The UK government says it wants to update “outdated” marriage laws to make weddings more affordable and give couples more choice over where they say “I do”.Under the proposals, couples could legally marry almost anywhere – from a castle, to a hot-air balloon, a beach or a cruise…

The UK has appropriated its last working steelworks, following fears its former Chinese owners would shut it down.Published On 17 Jul 202617 Jul 2026Beijing has warned the United Kingdom that its nationalisation of British Steel has “severely undermined” Chinese companies’ confidence in investing in the UK.The UK nationalised the loss-making company on Thursday in what the government said was a move taken to protect national interests.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemsend of listBritish Steel is the only source of primary steelmaking in the UK. It supports approximately 2,700 jobs across its main steelworks in Scunthorpe and across the wider supply…

Donald Trump accused China of interfering with the 2020 election in a primetime televised address that laid bare his continuing obsession with his defeat to Joe Biden but which opponents warned was a smokescreen for him to meddle in the forthcoming congressional midterms.In a 25-minute speech on Thursday that had been hyped by Trump himself, the US president cast extraordinary doubts on the integrity of the US electoral process, saying it was “catastrophically” short of standards of fairness and trust, while vulnerable to trespassing by foreign powers.“No country can be great without fair and honest elections,” Trump said at the…

Steve Reed, secretary of state for housing, communities and local government, said replacing the current “inefficient” system would deliver savings by reducing “wasteful” duplication and improving public services.”Some of our smaller cities are highly productive, but have been constrained by tight boundaries, set decades ago, which stop them from building the homes they need,” he said.”Others are more rural, with significant demand for social care services and affordable housing. Local government should be set up to address the unique circumstances of each area and design public services tailored to each community.”The government is facing legal challenges over previously announced proposals…

Activist Anna Hazare’s 13-day fast in 2011 gave fresh momentum to an anti-corruption campaign that briefly captured the national imagination. Irom Sharmila, protesting against the draconian Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act in India’s north-east, refused food for 16 years, surviving only because authorities force-fed her through a nasal tube. Medha Patkar, a prominent social activist, has repeatedly undertaken prolonged hunger strikes to demand fair compensation and rehabilitation for people displaced by big dam projects.”Hunger strikes are a global form of protest, not uniquely Indian,” says Sayantan Saha Roy, an anthropologist at the University of Connecticut whose recent research explores the…

The US launched a new wave of strikes against Iran for a sixth night in a row, its military said, as the two sides battled for control of the Strait of Hormuz.US Central Command (Centcom) said the attacks were intended to “further degrade Iranian military capabilities”, before saying it had boarded a vessel as part of its blockade of the strait.Iran’s state media reported US missiles struck close to the island of Qeshm, near the strait, as well as in Bandar Abbas and Bushehr – the site of a nuclear power plant. In an apparent escalation, it also said two…