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Andy Burnham talks up his local credentials and says: ‘This is not business as usual, this is not more of the same’On transport, Burnham says “I like my buses” (they were taken back under public control in Greater Manchester in 2023) but he was woeful about the cost...
Primary schools to lose out as Labour scraps 2012 Olympic legacy sports grant
Replacement scheme worth about 40% less than current funding greeted with scepticism by headteachersFunding for primary school sport in England is to be cut by Labour, including the abolition of a grant designed to cement the 2012 Olympic legacy, to the dismay of...
Teenage boys’ non-custodial sentences for rape ‘unduly lenient’, says Jess Phillips
MP says judge’s decision sends a ‘bad message’, while Hampshire police commissioner also joins criticismThe MP Jess Phillips has condemned the non-custodial sentences given to three teenage boys for the rape of two girls as “unduly lenient”.Phillips, who was the...
Primary schools lose out as Labour slashes sport funding
New scheme will be worth 40% less than current government grants and will be shared with secondariesFunding for primary school sport in England is to be slashed by Labour, including the abolition of a grant designed to cement the 2012 Olympic legacy, to the dismay of...