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Swinney Launches £500,000 Support Fund for Displaced International Care Workers

Swinney Launches £500,000 Support Fund for Displaced International Care Workers

Scotland’s First Minister John Swinney has announced that the Scottish Government will directly sponsor visas for overseas care workers in an effort to tackle what he described as a deepening staffing crisis in the social care sector. The move comes after Westminster’s immigration restrictions led to an 88 per cent fall in the number of […]

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Sir Keir Starmer Faces Renewed Pressure to Explain Collapse of China Spy Case

Sir Keir Starmer Faces Renewed Pressure to Explain Collapse of China Spy Case

Sir Keir Starmer is under growing pressure to address “unanswered questions” over the collapse of a high-profile spying case involving two men accused of working for China, as senior Conservatives accused his government of being complicit in a “cover up”. As MPs returned to Westminster from the conference recess, business secretary Kemi Badenoch wrote to

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