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As rising prices continue to erode living standards, the government has announced that millions of public sector workers will be given a pay rise, but not in tandem with inflation.

Former equalities minister Kemi Badenoch is the latest candidate to drop out of contention in the Conservative leadership contest, having finished last in the fourth round of voting on Tuesday.

Labour shadow climate change and net-zero secretary, Ed Miliband, has accused those in the running to succeed prime minister Boris Johnson of “running away” from the UK’s target of hitting Net-Zero carbon emissions by 2050.

Ex-chancellor Rishi Sunak remains in the lead following the third round of voting in the Tory leadership contest, while backbencher Tom Tugendhat became the latest to bow out on Monday evening.

Cabinet ministers recently held an evening of celebration for young people and employers who have tackled youth unemployment through the Kickstart scheme, which Boris Johnson hailed as having “transformed the lives of thousands.”

Speaking in Darlington, County Durham this week, Labour shadow levelling-up secretary Lisa Nandy unveiled a scheme which will give community groups first refusal on assets of community value [ACVs] which go up for sale in their area.

As the UK experiences soaring summer temperatures this week, the GMB union has called on government to introduce a legal limit on maximum workplace temperatures.

The five remaining contenders in the Conservative leadership contest have intensified their attacks on each other’s policies in the latest TV debate before voting resumes on Monday (July 18).

Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, and its official charity CW+, has recently launched Eirene, a unique project which involves the use of a Smileyscope virtual reality [VR] headset to help support women who experience loss in the early stages of their pregnancies.

Relay Rugs, a subsidiary brand of Melrose Interiors Ltd, is celebrating a quadruple success at the annual Carpet Recycling UK conference and awards showpiece held at the end of June.

St. Dominic’s Sixth Form College based in Harrow on the Hill, Middlesex, has received an ‘Outstanding’ outcome in its first Ofsted inspection since April 2008.

Bristol-based support agency Your Way Bristol is celebrating being named an accredited Living Wage employer.

Professor Martin Marshall CBE has been appointed as the new chair of the Nuffield Trust health think tank.

Independent think tank, the Nuffield Trust, has warned that while remote GP consultations may be convenient for patients and doctors, they run the risk of vital diagnoses being missed and could result in higher GP workload and worsening health inequalities.