Politics - https://dudleylive.co.uk Your Dudley. Your News. Fri, 04 Nov 2022 15:53:42 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.6.2 https://dudleylive.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/cropped-DUDLEY-32x32.jpg Politics - https://dudleylive.co.uk 32 32 Stonehenge tunnel will square the circle https://dudleylive.co.uk/stonehenge-tunnel-will-square-the-circle/ Sun, 29 Nov 2020 20:17:11 +0000 https://birminghamtimes.co.uk/?p=15319 Criticism of the A303 tunnel beneath the Stonehenge world heritage site is rejected by Kate Mavor, Hilary McGrady and Duncan Wilson of English Heritage, the National Trust, and Historic England

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]]> Has Britain’s second largest city reached breaking point? https://dudleylive.co.uk/has-britains-second-largest-city-reached-breaking-point/ Sun, 22 Nov 2020 21:02:26 +0000 https://birminghamtimes.co.uk/?p=15041 Covid-19 has dealt a heavy blow to Birmingham’s glitzy city centre led by retail – and it’s revealing other deep fault lines

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]]> Welsh move to cancel GCSE and A-level exams puts pressure on No 10 https://dudleylive.co.uk/welsh-move-to-cancel-gcse-and-a-level-exams-puts-pressure-on-no-10/ Thu, 12 Nov 2020 10:39:20 +0000 https://birminghamtimes.co.uk/?p=14388 No plans to follow Wales, says Johnson spokesman, as unions say England is ‘lagging behind’

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]]> Rishi Sunak extends Covid job furlough scheme until March 2021 https://dudleylive.co.uk/rishi-sunak-extends-covid-job-furlough-scheme-until-march-2021/ Thu, 05 Nov 2020 13:29:28 +0000 https://birminghamtimes.co.uk/?p=14085 Latest U-turn follows growing pressure for more support to protect jobs and the economy as second wave hits

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]]> ONS finds 2m people still on furlough days before scheme ends https://dudleylive.co.uk/ons-finds-2m-people-still-on-furlough-days-before-scheme-ends/ Fri, 30 Oct 2020 23:14:35 +0000 https://birminghamtimes.co.uk/?p=13872 Findings come as chancellor is told new support measures not enough to protect jobs or firms

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]]> Two British women subjected to Qatar strip-search ordeal, UK confirms https://dudleylive.co.uk/two-british-women-subjected-to-qatar-strip-search-ordeal-uk-confirms/ Fri, 30 Oct 2020 23:12:04 +0000 https://birminghamtimes.co.uk/?p=13873 Doha incident has become major scandal in Australia with 13 of its citizens affected

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]]> Tier 3 Manchester: what are the true Covid patient figures? https://dudleylive.co.uk/tier-3-manchester-what-are-the-true-covid-patient-figures/ Tue, 20 Oct 2020 21:57:28 +0000 https://birminghamtimes.co.uk/?p=12973 Hospital patient numbers were key to whether region entered tier 3. We look at the data

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]]> Coronavirus: UK workers to get two-thirds of wages if firms told to shut https://dudleylive.co.uk/coronavirus-uk-workers-to-get-two-thirds-of-wages-if-firms-told-to-shut/ Sat, 10 Oct 2020 18:50:04 +0000 https://birminghamtimes.co.uk/?p=11905 Rishi Sunak announces new furlough scheme with PM set to outline ‘three-tier’ approach to local lockdowns on Monday

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]]> UK furlough scheme will fail to prevent 1m losing jobs, say experts https://dudleylive.co.uk/uk-furlough-scheme-will-fail-to-prevent-1m-losing-jobs-say-experts/ Sat, 26 Sep 2020 13:49:56 +0000 https://birminghamtimes.co.uk/?p=10436 Young workers and those at the bottom end of the income scale will be the hardest hit

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]]> What is Rishi Sunak’s job support scheme and how will it work? https://dudleylive.co.uk/what-is-rishi-sunaks-job-support-scheme-and-how-will-it-work/ Thu, 24 Sep 2020 20:48:50 +0000 https://birminghamtimes.co.uk/?p=10342 The replacement for the UK furlough scheme is similar to Germany’s Kurzarbeit

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