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Greater Manchester Police has been given the highest possible rating in a new national quality ranking system, four years after it was taken out of special measures.The force has been awarded Level 1 status in the Home Office’s Police Performance System, which was introduced by the government in April.The rating means it requires no action or intervention.GMP said the outcome was “a source of considerable encouragement and one in which every one of its members can take legitimate pride”.Chief Constable Sir Stephen Watson said: “Whilst this is an occasion upon which we should reflect with some satisfaction, we should also…

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He relays a story about his time as chief secretary to the Treasury in 2007 when he was told: “No project in the north passed the Green Book, Minister.” He told me the same in 2020 when there were murmurings of reform to the formula. Chancellor Rachel Reeves pursued pilot projects to change the approach that could favour local investment.In the book, Burnham also advocates tearing up the Barnett formula, which allocates public spending, topping up spend for Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland so they do not lose out to England as a whole. The effect, Burnham argues, is that…

Rory McIlroy admitted “too many stupid mistakes” prevented him from making a strong start to the Open Championship as a rollercoaster opening round of 72 left him seven shots behind surprise leader Jackson Suber.Hoping to add a second Claret Jug to the second Masters title he claimed in April, McIlroy endured a frustrating day on Royal Birkdale’s greens during a round that featured four birdies and six bogeys. The six-time major winner missed three four-foot putts in the space of four holes from the seventh before mixing three birdies with two bogey sixes over his final six holes.”The two bogeys…

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When Sarah Reeve got engaged she gave fiance Lee an ultimatum: he had to pay off his debt before she would marry him.”I was paying my mortgage and bills whereas he was giving his mum some rent,” Sarah says of their situations when they met in their early 20s. “I told him I wouldn’t marry him if he had any debts,” says the 45-year-old.So they set a wedding date for two years ahead which gave Lee the time to pay off the £2,000 bank loan – £4,000 in today’s money, external – he had taken out to buy a car.…

Joe Root hits an unbeaten 99 as he guides England to a four-wicket win against India in the second one-day international in Cardiff to level the three match series, with one match to play. MATCH REPORT: Root’s 99 not out helps England win to level seriesAvailable to UK users only.

Britain’s youth jobs crisis is deepening, with young people on sickness benefits now less likely to find work than those approaching retirement.Fewer than one per cent of 16 to 25-year-olds claiming sickness benefits move into work each month, new Government figures show, prompting warnings of a growing economic and social crisis.Work and Pensions Secretary Pat McFadden warned Britain is paying a heavy “human and financial cost” as more young people become trapped in the benefits system.The latest data shows around 1,600 young people aged 16 to 25 leave sickness benefits for work each month. That is a slightly lower rate…

China has hit out at the nationalisation of British Steel, saying it “firmly opposes and is strongly dissatisfied with the British government’s decision”.On Thursday, the UK government said that taking the loss-making firm into public hands would protect jobs and safeguard a “vital national capability”.The UK took control of British Steel’s operations in Scunthorpe last year, though it was still owned by China’s Jingye Group, limiting the government’s ability to steer its future.China’s commerce ministry said on Friday that the moves “seriously infringed upon Jingye’s legitimate rights and interests and severely undermined the confidence of Chinese companies investing in the…