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Campaigners say government ‘denying renters the most basic standards in our homes’ UK politics live – latest updatesThe government’s promise to make private rented homes in England fit for habitation will not be enforced for almost a decade, a decision campaigners describe as “absurd”.The timeline means landlords will have until 2035 to implement a decent homes standard (DHS) in their properties, despite ministers promising to introduce “robust standards” to combat […]

Pilot of rapid access valve assessment clinics in England has indicated success in closing healthcare inequality gapA pilot programme aimed at diagnosing heart disease among people from ethnic minority backgrounds should be rolled out across the whole of the NHS, the doctors behind the initiative have urged.Aortic stenosis is a condition where the aortic valve, which controls blood moving from the heart to the body, starts restricting blood flow. This […]

Not content with haemorrhaging MPs to Reform, Kemi decides to drive others into the arms of the Lib DemsUK politics live – latest updatesA minute’s silence for Kemi Badenoch. Thoughts and prayers welcome. The Tory party leader just can’t help herself. Every time you think that, just maybe, she is beginning to get the hang of the job, she comes up with something so deranged, so batshit that you can […]

Reform UK has announced Matt Goodwin as its candidate for the hotly anticipated Gorton and Denton byelection. John Harris and Kiran Stacey discuss his chances. Plus, John speaks to Esther Ghey about why the government should back a social media ban for under-16s Continue reading...Source: www.theguardian.comRead full article

Experts say uneven connectivity suggests regime is throttling and filtering data as losses said to hit $36m a dayIranian authorities appear to have relaxed – but not removed – internet restrictions, in what experts say is a sign of the mounting costs of the most severe internet blackout the regime has ever imposed.“There seems to be a real patchwork of connectivity. I think if most people have access, it’s some […]

Judgment in The Hague orders Netherlands to do more to protect Caribbean people in its territory from impacts of climate crisisThe Dutch government discriminated against people in one of its most vulnerable territories by not helping them adapt to climate change, a court has found.The judgment, announced on Wednesday in The Hague, chastises the Netherlands for treating people on the island of Bonaire, in the Caribbean, differently to inhabitants of […]