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Private schools have means to help special needs pupils hit by VAT – Streeting

Independent schools should be able to mitigate against pupils with special educational needs are priced out, Wes Streeting has said.

Evening Standard

MPs’ opposition to assisted dying bill grows amid criticism of lack of debate

Chair of parliamentary group against assisted dying says she has been meeting dozens of undecided MPs

The Guardian - UK

Rachel Reeves urged to reverse winter fuel cut amid £10 billion Budget boost

RACHEL Reeves is coming under pressure to reverse a cut to the Winter Fuel Payment after being handed a £10 billion Budget boost by the Bank of…

The National (Scotland)

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Starmer finds grateful TUC audience – and paltry Commons dissent on winter fuel allowance

PM becomes first to address union conference in 15 years before Mel Stride struggles to rouse revolt in benefit cut vote

The Guardian - UK

Starmer to face test next week as MPs vote on limiting winter fuel allowance

Plan to means-test benefit for pensioners criticised by opposition parties and some Labour backbenchers

The Guardian - UK

Labour MP suggests she cannot vote for winter fuel payment squeeze

Rachael Maskell said the Government’s plan ‘doesn’t come in for it’ with her and backbench colleagues.

The Independent UK

Millions facing ‘cruel winter’ without fuel payments, Labour MPs warn

Backbenchers say end to support schemes would be ‘wrong measure’ that ignores struggle of poorest households

The Guardian - UK

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Drug supply crisis as half a million patients with ADHD and mental illness face shortages and rationing

Exclusive: NHS issues warning over nine key medications for mental illnesses while medics told to avoid prescribing ADHD medication to new patients

The Independent UK

Government accused of failing to tackle opioid crisis after failing to reassess life saving treatment centres

Exclusive: Minister admits no work done to assess benefit of centres used to save lives in 17 other countries

The Independent UK

‘I wish I had never come to the UK’: Palestinian academic despairs of getting visas for family stuck in Gaza

A lecturer doing his PhD on a British Council scholarship in York is frightened for his wife and two small children who are under Israeli bombardment

The Guardian - UK

Bill seeking to stamp out bullying at work presented in Parliament

The Bill would introduce a legal definition of workplace bullying.

The Independent UK

Desperate man pulls own tooth out with fingers after he can't get a dentist appointment

Phil Shepherdson, of Woodthorpe, York, is registered with an NHS dental practice but was told he could see a dental hygienist - not a dentist - when he started suffering from tooth pain

Daily Mirror

New calls to stop planned State Pension age rise from 67 to 68

The State Pension age is due to increase from 66 to 67 between 2026 and 2028.

Daily Record

Social care 'lowest paid of any job in Britain', spluttering top Tory is told

Care Minister Helen Whately faced a tough 90 minutes of questioning from MPs on the Commons Health and Social Care Committee over wage rates and chronic levels of vacancies

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Mum without heating all winter slams claims struggling people should 'work more'

Vicki Alderman, 57, a self-employed artist, says she hasn't turned her radiators on at all this year because she can't afford the higher bills - she works 60 hours a week

Wales Online

Anger as price of peppers 'doubles' in just a few weeks

However, Environment Secretary says ongoing shortages and resulting price rises are temporary and should be resolved within weeks

Evening Standard

Therese Coffey criticised for saying people could work more hours to buy food

The Environment Secretary has been accused of having ‘shifted blame for food poverty on to people because they are on low wages and are poor’.

The Independent UK

Work more hours if you can’t afford food, Therese Coffey suggests

Environment secretary accused of ‘appalling’ comments – as she also suggests turnips were good seasonal replacement during fruit and veg shortage

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Manchester Evening News

Therese Coffey suggests people struggling to afford food could work more hours

The Environment Secretary made the comments during questions at the House of Commons on Thursday

The National (Scotland)

'That's appalling!': Tory minister heckled for unbelievable food bank claim

THE UK Environment Secretary Therese Coffey has said that people struggling to afford food should consider working more hours and getting a higher…

Daily Mirror

Tory minister Therese Coffey tells Brits to 'work more hours' if they can't afford food

Environment Secretary Therese Coffey was challenged over foodbanks running out due to huge demand, and told the House of Commons that people struggling should "consider working more hours"

Wales Online

Environment Secretary says people who can't afford to eat should work more

Therese Coffey was speaking in the House of Commons

Daily Mirror

'Terrifying' warning guns are in wrong hands as MP tells of constituent in hiding

The government is under pressure to tighten gun laws after the conclusion of an inquest into the killings in Keyham, Plymouth, by evil Jake Davison, as Labour MP Rachael Maskell said a woman in her constituency has been forced into hiding

The Guardian - UK

Call to end forced installation of UK prepayment meters after millions suffer without power

Report shows 3.2m people disconnected last year as they ran out of credit

The Guardian - UK

MPs call for ban on forced installations of prepayment meters

Such moves by energy firms labelled ‘morally repugnant’ as households struggle with soaring bills

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