London first-time buyers given £39,000 alert over new Labour scheme
First-time buyers in London attracted by the Government's Your First Home scheme's 2.5% deposit could still need nearly £39,000 upfront
First-time buyers in London attracted by the Government's Your First Home scheme's 2.5% deposit could still need nearly £39,000 upfront
A man who was arrested in 2021 for his parents' deaths has died while in Harris County custody, according to the sheriff's office. A woman is dead after being hit by a car she jumped out of, and her boyfriend, who was driving, is facing...
"What we've learned so far is that our victim may have been involved in a particularly domestic violence issue," HCSO Sgt. Miller said.
The Harris County Sheriff's Office said an investigation is underway after a woman was killed by a U-Haul vehicle in a hit-and-run crash.
With her term nearly over, Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo says the county is making progress on flood control projects, but warns that approximately 25 projects promised to voters remain indefinitely paused because...
More than 200 people were arrested during the Lone Star Biker Rally in Galveston last weekend, authorities said.
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Union Minister Lalan Singh has said beneficiary payments will soon be linked to biometric details and voter ID numbers instead of Aadhaar, but he did not specify which schemes would follow the proposed system.
The Centre's 3% DA hike from 60% to 63% can increase retirement gratuity for central government employees by up to ₹50,000. However, the actual benefit depends on basic pay, qualifying service and the ₹25 lakh...
Home Office sign-off also needed for site that would house 1,200 asylum seekers near Oxfordshire village that voted to leave UK The communities secretary, Angela Rayner, has approved full planning permission for an asylum centre at a...
Communities Secretary Angela Rayner has approved full planning permission for the Ministry of Defence site.
Burnham is blasted over Piddington migrant camp approval by council boss: ‘Any sexual violence will be on your head’ The Sun Angela Rayner grants planning approval for asylum centre in Piddington despite local...
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Stuart Sterling has stepped down from the Ethics and Integrity Commission after it was revealed he once admitted grabbing a colleague's breasts in a police station.
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Since the release of the National Resilience checklist, lantern sales have skyrocketed over 1,000% and spare batteries are up 408%.
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New petrol or diesel cars are due to be phased out by 2030 and by 2035 all new cars must be zero emission.
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The sweeping new bill is drawing sharp warnings from environmental advocates who say it will reverse decades of progress on environmental issues.
The federal government is making a big bet on AI by promising to invest up to $1.6 billion in the Canadian AI company Cohere. This is unprecedented for a private tech company in Canada – and it’s sparked a debate among experts about how...
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Five months after ministers promised a rapid independent review of eye-watering business rates rises, not a single panel member has been appointed — leaving firms facing another year of unaffordable bills with no relief in sight.
The Canadian government has an AI-powered translation tool that’s reportedly been riddled with errors for months. The federal government’s AI-powered translation tool, GCtranslate, has only been around for about six months, but in that...
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Scottish Conservatives accuse John Swinney of wasting taxpayers’ money as Scotland’s £28 schoolbag scheme for 47,000 Primary 1 pupils faces value-for-money scrutiny
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Vijay governments Diwali bonanza raises DA to for lakh people
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The latest federal budget had a line item that was intriguing and ambitious: $30-billion in spending over the next decade to put a roof over every Canadian’s head. The plan is a mix of new supportive and transitional housing...
Sex workers and adult content creators fear new UK pornography restrictions could criminalise consensual material, after platforms removed large amounts of content and introduced tighter review procedures.
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Abhijeet Dipke predicts Modi governments defeat in Lok Sabha polls
BBC Verify examines how much the welfare system costs and the options the government could use to reduce it.
Smaller AI startups are getting crowded out in the compute race. The feds want to ensure they’re at the table. The post Canadian tech sees promise in federal government’s 500-MW sovereign AI compute pledge
Environment Minister Murray Watt praises the home battery subsidy scheme as “phenomenally successful” despite the prime minister declining to rule out means-testing the $7.2b program.
‘It does not include members who have directly worked within the State’s public health sector, possess practical experience with its healthcare system, or have conducted significant research on the health issues’
The Health and Social Care Committee says a pledge to tackle obesity lacks detail and wants a cross-government plan driven from the top. Medscape News UK
Will the Narendra Modi government be able to achieve the GDP growth rate of 7.3% for the financial year 2026-27, as it has claimed? What may happen now?
The Meghalaya College Teachers’ Association (MCTA) has challenged the government's claim over the 2023 Draft Pension Scheme, citing High Court records. The association has urged the state to follow court directions and notify the...