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Senior Reform UK official quits as questions over vetting failures continue

Departure of Tom Waterhouse, Reform’s ‘latest fall guy’, will be blow to party amid push towards professionalisation Reform UK’s general secretary has left the role as Nigel Farage’s party continues to face turmoil over questions about vetting failures and professionalisation. The departure of Tom Waterhouse comes after Reform UK’s leader on Hampshire county council, George Madgwick, was charged with 12 counts of rape and one of distributing indecent images of a child. Continue reading...

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From blood group ID to cycle racks: I asked for little ways to fix broken Britain and the public’s ideas give me hope | Martin Lewis

There are thousands of small tips to make our country better. People know what is wrong, and it’s clear they have solutions Have you ever come across an annoying little problem and thought, “why don’t they just fix that?” If so, I want to hear from you. I’m looking for your ideas for practical, low-cost, non-controversial ways to improve the UK – whether that’s health, schools, transport, business, housing, policing, justice, tech, shopping, money – or owt else entirely. The spark for this happened just over a year ago, when I spoke at Politico’s fringe event at Labour’s conference. The key di

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International

Spain's workers hold a general strike over housing costs before national election

Millions of Spanish workers have shut down businesses and disrupted transportation in a protest over housing costs. The strike on Wednesday was the first general strike in Spain in 14 years, culminating in huge marches of tens of thousands of workers and average citizens in downtown Barcelona and Madrid, along with gatherings in other cities.

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