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Burnham indicates backing for ‘black English’ and ‘Asian English’ census options – UK politics live
PM, in response to Ed Davey at PMQs, says measures could help address ‘poisonous politics’Here are some more comments on the report for the Casey commission released today looking at how social care is run in England. (See 9.56am.)This is from Natasha Curry, deputy director of research at the Nuffield Trust and one of the report’s authors.Compared to the other countries we looked at, the governance of England’s social care system is confused and complex. Overlapping and unclear roles leave dangerous uncertainty around who is responsible for important decisions, contributing to the inertia around reform England has struggled with for decades. The serious consequences of this were laid bare during the Covid pandemic.The system for governing adult social care in England has evolved haphazardly and with little clear planning. That has been exacerbated by successive governments ducking politically unpalatable decisions for decades. That has scattered responsibility for the sector across and outside government in a way that few would design from scratch.This report makes for sober reading of how adult social care and those who rely on it have been systematically failed. The fragmentation we see today is what happens when there is a total absence of political leadership to ensure the sector is well-funded and provides equitable access to care.[Burnham] struggled to dampen splits among cabinet ministers, which were first revealed by The i Paper, who used the meeting to express differing views on the future relationship with Brussels.One source with knowledge of the cabinet discussion said there was a “clear divide between those who want to go further and those who don’t want to push the issue too far”. Continue reading...
US envoys to meet Putin and Zelenskyy separately after peace talks see some progress - Europe Live
US negotiators to meet Putin in Moscow, Zelenskyy in Dublin nextSeparately, I am also keeping an eye on Italy, with reports that several schools are being evacuated after receiving bomb threats by emails.According to Rai and Sky TG24, the email was signed by “Mikhail Andropov” – the same name used in several hoax bomb alarms against European flights last week. Continue reading...
ITV to cut show budgets as UK TV and film production spend drops by more than £2bn
Broadcaster plans to make £30m in ‘temporary’ savings before inquiry into takeover by SkyBusiness live – latest updatesITV plans to slash its programming budget as new figures showed that spend on the production of films and prestige TV shows in the UK is down more than £2bn over the last year.The broadcaster plans to make £30m in “temporary” savings, including £25m in content and £5m elsewhere in the business. Continue reading...
Burnham signals support for bill to make ‘Black English’ and ‘Asian English’ census options
PM welcomes cross-party push to reject ethnic basis for Englishness promoted by Reform UK politiciansUK politics live – latest updatesAndy Burnham has said he is likely to support a bill tabled by a Liberal Democrat MP that would allow people to define themselves as both black and English for ethnicity options in the census for England.The bill was drawn up by Josh Babarinde, the Lib Dem president, with backing from a cross-party mix of MPs including David Lammy, a former Labour deputy prime minister, and James Cleverly, the Conservative former foreign secretary. Continue reading...
Virginia man convicted of murder says he did not kill wife before dismembering her body
Naresh Bhatt, 28, said he dismembered wife’s body after she took her own life, a claim prosecutors called ‘ridiculous’A Virginia man who claimed he dismembered his wife’s body after she took her own life is facing a life sentence after a jury convicted him of first-degree murder.Prosecutors in Manassas called it “ridiculous” that Naresh Bhatt insisted that he woke to find Mamta Kafle Bhatt, 28, dead from suicide in their bedroom in July 2024, then panicked because he thought he would be held responsible. Continue reading...
Pakistan's Own Agency Busts Its 'Diwali Firework' Pollution Theory As AQI Crosses 600
The Pakistan report said the available evidence did not support attributing Lahore's poor air quality after Diwali to fireworks across the border.
First Covid lockdowns, then alcohol to your door: rise in young Victorians with liver diseases prompts fears
While young people are drinking less across the board, one expert says a small minority are actually drinking huge and damaging amounts of alcoholGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastRising numbers of young people are being hospitalised with severe, irreversible liver disease, as alcohol-related hospital admissions remain above pre-pandemic levels after peaking during Covid lockdowns.A new Burnet Institute report, commissioned by the Foundation for Alcohol Research and Education (Fare), analysed nearly two decades of Victorian health data to examine the prevalence of alcohol-associated harm. Continue reading...
‘We were quite surprised’: Finland’s embassy goes viral with staff training day post on Instagram
After a promotion for a ‘Finnish Dinner Date’ went ‘a bit viral’, the Canberra envoy’s next post became an unlikely social media hitGet our daily political email, free app or daily news podcastThe embassy of Finland in Canberra was temporarily closed on Tuesday, 10 November.Millions of people across the world were, it turns out, quite upset by this. Continue reading...
Anthony Albanese fails to mention fossil fuels in Cop summit speech
Australian PM boasts of success in renewables but is criticised for not addressing the nation’s huge coal industryGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAnthony Albanese said governments had a “solemn responsibility” to act on climate change in a historic speech to the UN’s climate summit, but one which failed to mention the fossil fuels driving the crisis.The Australia prime minister landed in the Mediterranean resort city of Antalya on Wednesday morning where the Cop31 talks are being presided over by his climate change minister, Chris Bowen, but hosted by Turkey. Continue reading...
Millions join Spain’s first general strike in 14 years in protest at rising housing costs
The 24-hour stoppage has drawn high participation across sectors and comes weeks before election in which far right could gain powerMillions of people across Spain have joined the country’s first general strike in 14 years, setting up picket lines to protest against soaring housing prices before an election in which the far right could be catapulted into power.At the centre of Wednesday’s nationwide 24-hour stoppage, singularly backed by the country’s largest unions as well as tenants’ associations, is a pushback against Spain’s deepening housing crisis. Continue reading...
Air traffic control boss says he was ‘most disliked person in the UK’ after flight chaos
Nats chief says he ‘quite enjoyed’ ignoring calls from Ryanair CEO to quit over system outages in SeptemberBusiness live – latest updatesThe boss of Nats has said he was “the most disliked person in the UK” after air traffic control systems failed twice in September, disrupting flights for hundreds of thousands of passengers.He told an aviation industry conference: “My name is Martin Rolfe, I’m the CEO of Nats – or as I like to think of myself, the most disliked person in the UK in September.” Continue reading...
Banned By US 25 Years Ago, Chinese University Bought Nvidia AI Chips Last Month
The H200 is among Nvidia's most capable chips for training and running advanced AI systems and is subject to US export licence approvals.
