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We must save water as drought becomes new normal, says minister
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Burnham invites Swinney to work together on 'deeper Scottish devolution'
He said he wanted regions to have more power while on his first substantive trip to Scotland as prime minister.
The Guardian
Burnham says he wants to devolve power so places can ‘change things for themselves’ – UK politics live
The prime minister is speaking about devolving decision-making powers away from both Westminster and Holyrood towards regions and towns Burnham spoke of Ravenscraig, once the pride of Scotland’s steel industry that employed tens of thousands of people before it closed in 1992. He said: When it closed, it wasn’t just a works that shut, it was a whole community which saw the pillars underneath it just taken away, collapsed beneath it. That was a decision taken hundreds of miles away without any real consequences for what that would mean for people here, taken by people who would never have to live with those consequences, or see those consequences. I was the MP there for 16 years from the early 2000s, just after the pits had shut in the 1990s. It broke my heart to see the old miners shuffling into my surgery, carrying oxygen bottles, still struggling to get compensation for the damage that
BBC Politics
Damages for Greens deputy over false disorder claims
Mothin Ali is handed damages over claims made by a TV presenter and a social media commentator.
BBC Politics
Reform faces questions over candidate vetting after undercover filming
Reform UK says the party has "improved and prioritised its vetting procedures".
BBC Politics
Equality watchdog writes to Greens over 'Zionism is racism' motion
The party was reported to the Equality and Human Rights Commission by MPs and antisemitism campaigners.
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Teen kills 4 at Oregon school. And, DOJ sues California over alleged noncitizens
A teen opened fire at an Oregon elementary school, leaving three kids and one teacher dead. And, the Justice Department is suing California over alleged noncitizen voters.