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Concern for ‘anchor tenants’ as trade body warns that stores could put up prices or cut jobs to protect profitsUp to 400 large shops are at risk of closure with as many as 100,000 jobs at risk if the government goes ahead with plans to hit stores with higher business...
Special needs overhaul risks becoming ‘welfare reforms mark 2’, IFS finds
Thinktank says EHCP changes are overdue, but government must convince parents that reforms are not about cost cuttingSpecial needs reforms for children in England could turn into “welfare reforms mark 2” unless the government can convince parents that it is not aiming...
Hospices ‘on the brink’ financially if assisted dying is legalised
As House of Lords prepares to debate bill, Hospice UK says sector needs adequate funding for end-of-life careHospices are “on the brink” and two in five are making cuts this year despite the importance of end-of-life care if assisted dying becomes legal, the sector...
TfL invites RMT union to resume talks after week of London tube strikes
Underground services to restart gradually on Friday and resume fully after morning rush hourTransport for London has invited the RMT to resume talks as the union’s week of strikes comes to a close, with the tube expected to restart gradually, with early disruption, on...