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Exclusive: Campaigners voice concerns over rising costs of £11bn Essex to Kent road tunnel

Exclusive: ministers consider restricting pesticide-based treatments, which can get into waterways and harm wildlife Pet owners across the UK could be banned from buying flea treatment for cats and dogs under new government rules. Ministers have begun an eight-week consultation on letting only veterinary practitioners or pharmacists give out the potent, pesticide-based flea treatments, to ensure “correct usage”. At the moment, the flea and tick treatments can be bought from any pet shop. Continue reading...

Exclusive: Local Government Association says figure to house homeless people in England will reach almost £4bn The cost to councils of providing temporary accommodation for homeless people in England is projected to more than double to almost £4bn by 2029–30, the Local Government Association (LGA) has said. The national membership body for councils found that since 2017-18, local authorities across England had spent almost £1.5bn more on temporary accommodation (TA) than had been reimbursed in housing benefit from the government. Continue reading...

US president escalates global trade war days after a court ruled some of his levies illegal

Extra investment lined up for schemes such as energy projects, roads and rails outside London and south-east

Waitrose, Co-op, Lidl, Asda and Aldi among retailers selling fish fed on west African catch

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Utility’s chair tells MPs that retention payments are needed to prevent rivals ‘picking off’ staff

Government to press ahead with net zero plans as Keir Starmer rejects Tony Blair’s criticisms of climate policy

Whitehall analysis provides no data or research to support the government argument that environmental legislation holds up building

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Government settlement announced for 2026-27 is lower than the average for previous five years

Ministers will decide whether to proceed with delayed Suffolk scheme in June spending review

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Applicants are suspected of scamming taxpayers out of hundreds of millions of pounds for courses they don’t intend to take

The target is said to be administrative costs - but unions have challenged ministers to be upfront about what areas of work they are prepared to sacrifice as a result.

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Expert recommendations will influence plans for energy, housing, transport industry and farming for decades

Bury Council's planning committee will decide next week if Orchid Care Limited, a children's residential care business, can change the use of the home in Rudgwick Drive, Brandlesholme.

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