Day: December 27, 2024

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Charities to get cash to redistribute surplus farm food

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Charities to get cash to redistribute surplus farm food

The scheme will give grants of £20,000 or more. The Government will go ahead with a £15 million fund to help get surplus food from farms to homeless shelters, food banks and charities. The scheme to be launched in 2025 will give grants of £20,000 or more to the not-for-profit food redistribution sector in England. It continues a pledge by Sir Keir Starmer’s predecessor Rishi Sunak to launch a food […]

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Reeves faces spending wrangles and a search for growth in 2025

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Reeves faces spending wrangles and a search for growth in 2025

Rachel Reeves will enter 2025 with the economy flatlining, inflation rising and a looming Whitehall spending review which experts warn will be “difficult”. The Chancellor believes the Government has taken tough decisions to get the public finances back on track and the benefits of public investment and planning reform will boost growth. Carl Emmerson, deputy director of the Institute for Fiscal Studies, said her focus on investment was “commendable” and […]

todayDecember 27, 2024 2

Nigel Farage

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Reform UK membership surpasses Tories, party says

Membership of Reform UK has surpassed that of the Conservatives, Nigel Farage’s party has said. A digital counter on the Reform website showed a membership tally before lunchtime on Boxing Day ticking past the 131,680 figure declared by the Conservative Party during its leadership election earlier this year. Mr Farage said it was a “historic moment” as he posted on X: “The youngest political party in British politics has just […]

todayDecember 27, 2024 3

NHS Blood and Transplant

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35 organs donated for transplant over Christmas Eve and Christmas Day

Some 35 human organs were made available for transplant after being donated over Christmas Eve and Christmas Day, new figures have shown. The organs were provided by 11 donors across the UK after their death and included a heart, lungs, kidneys, livers, pancreas and bowel, NHS Blood and Transplant (NHSBT) said. No details have yet been given on the circumstances of those receiving the transplants. It comes as there are […]

todayDecember 27, 2024 2

Romantic proposal makes waves at Tenby Boxing Day swim

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Romantic proposal makes waves at Tenby Boxing Day swim

Taking the plunge at a Boxing Day swim meant more than just a dip in the sea for one happy couple. As hundreds of bathers dashed for the water in Tenby, a magical moment was happening between Victoria Tansey and Philip Frith. Mr Frith, 34, went down on one knee on the sand and asked Miss Tansey, 37, to marry him. She said an ecstatic yes to the carefully planned […]

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