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The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is understood to be preparing to pay businesses a £3,000 subsidy to hire young benefit claimants.DWP minister Pat McFadden is set to unveil a substantial package of financial incentives on Monday aimed at tackling Britain’s escalating youth unemployment crisis.Mr McFadden will reportedly announce that businesses taking on workers under 25 who have spent more than half a year claiming Universal Credit will receive £3,000 from the taxpayer, The Telegraph reports.This intervention comes as joblessness among young people has climbed to 16.1 per cent, reaching its highest level in over a decade.The DWP is…
England forward Lauren James has signed a new contract with Chelsea that keeps her at the club until 2030.The 24-year-old, who started her youth career with the club, returned in 2021 when she joined from Manchester United.James has scored 31 goals in 105 appearances for the Blues, becoming a key player despite injury disrupting her time in London.”I’m really happy and over the moon to have signed a new contract with Chelsea,” said James. “It’s been my club since I was young. I can’t wait to make more memories, hopefully have more success and win more trophies with this amazing…
Chancellor Rachel Reeves has declared Brexit has “not been good for Britain” as she said the UK “should absolutely align” with Brussels.Speaking to The Times ahead of her annual Mais lecture in the City of London next week, the Chancellor said the EU represents the “biggest prize” for boosting Britain’s stagnant economic growth.She plans to use the speech to argue for closer alignment with the single market, describing the approach as a “big bet”.The move marks a significant shift in Labour’s stance on Europe as the party positions itself against Reform UK.Ms Reeves and Sir Keir Starmer are said to…
Piastri took the place after Antonelli made a mistake and ran wide at the final corner as the race was restarted.McLaren chose to ask him to let the Mercedes back past rather than argue his case with the stewards.The early laps of the race provided plenty of entertainment as Russell and Hamilton swapped the lead.Hamilton moved up from fourth on the grid to slip by Norris around the inside of Turn One, before making an opportunistic and improvisational move down the inside of Turn Nine to grab the lead.Russell easily passed him back down the straight to the hairpin of…
England players Ellie Kildunne and Sadia Kabeya returned for their teams as Loughborough Lightning beat Harlequins 43-33 in Premiership Women’s Rugby.Having travelled to the United Arab Emirates together, the Red Roses duo were stranded in Dubai last weekend after the Middle East conflict escalated.The Women’s Rugby World Cup winners were back in action – on opposite sides -at Northampton’s Franklin’s Gardens on Friday, with full-back Kildunne scoring the opening try for Quins before Jade Konkel extended their lead.Flanker Kabeya and Loughborough’s other World Cup winners Helena Rowland and Lilli Ives Campion started together for the first time since England’s triumph…
The war in the Middle East and a photo Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor with Jeffrey Epstein and Peter Mandelson dominate Saturday’s papers. The Daily Telegraph is among the front pages to feature the first known picture of the trio together, which was found in documents released by US officials. It shows the men wearing bathrobes and sitting around a wooden table, reportedly in Martha’s Vineyard in 1999. Both Andrew and Lord Mandelson have denied any wrongdoing in their relationships with the late sex offender. The headline on the Telegraph’s lead story is “Trump to take Strait by force”, reporting that the US…
Wood has been plagued by injuries during his career – including multiple knee and elbow operations – which have robbed England for periods of one of their finest strike bowlers.He spent seven months rehabilitating his knee in order to be fit for the Ashes and lamented not being able to play some games for his county before heading to Australia for the series. “I tried to get back at certain points but my knee wasn’t quite ready,” he said.”It’s easy in hindsight, even if I was at 80% then at least the game would have given us an indicator of…
A majority of Scots believe Britain should reject calls from Donald Trump to expand oil and gas drilling and instead prioritise renewable energy, according to new polling. Research found that 65 per cent of people in Scotland favour focusing on renewables over increasing fossil fuel extraction, while only 35 per cent back expanding drilling.The findings from the Energy and Climate Intelligence Unit (ECIU) suggest stronger public support for renewable technologies than for continued reliance on North Sea hydrocarbons. Half of respondents said Scotland’s energy security would be best protected by boosting domestic renewable generation rather than expanding oil and gas…
Wakefield Trinity produce a dominant second-half display as they recover from 14-12 down at half-time to beat Leeds Rhinos 24-14 and reach the Challenge Cup quarter-finals for the second season in a row. READ MORE: Wakefield beat Leeds & Wigan cruise past BradfordAvailable to UK users only.
A Labour council has issued guidance to teachers urging them to avoid giving after-school detentions to Muslim students during Ramadan.The guidance, shared with schools at the start of the Islamic holy month, advises that pupils who have been punished should be allowed to go home in time to break their fast.It was circulated by Lewisham Council to schools across south London, with the advice drafted by the Lewisham Islamic Centre.The mosque previously faced criticism over its chief imam, Shakeel Begg, who was described as an “extremist Islamic speaker who espouses extremist Islamic positions” by a High Court judge.The guidance, published…