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A Tory MP has demanded to see security stories for a barge that the federal government plans to make use of to deal with asylum seekers. The Bibby Stockholm - which can accommodate 500 folks ready for choices on their functions - departed from Cornwall right this moment to go to its new dock at Portland Port in Dorset. But Chris Loder, who represents West Dorset, claimed the determine was double the capability the barge had been designed to carry.Mr Loder has known as on the house secretary to "stop" the vessel or present the assessments that present it's "safe to cope with double the weight that it was designed to bear".Politics dwell: Labour mayor quits occasion as he slams Starmer The authorities has been searching for out new lodging for asylum seekers, together with tho...

WASHINGTON — After having simply 4 official staffers on the payroll final quarter, President Joe Biden’s 2024 reelection marketing campaign on Monday introduced that former White House aide and congressman Cedric Richmond is becoming a member of as co-chair and that two veteran Democratic fundraisers are signing on to steer outreach to donors. ...

The authorities has mentioned it needs there to be a cap on the variety of college students who research so-called "rip-off" college levels.The limits will likely be imposed on programs which have excessive dropout charges or a low proportion of graduates getting an expert job. Under the measures, the utmost price that may be charged for classroom-based basis 12 months programs may also be diminished to £5,760 - down from £9,250.The plans, introduced by Education Secretary Gillian Keegan, are a part of the federal government's response to the Augar evaluation, established by Theresa May again in 2017.Among the report's suggestions - which additionally included reducing tuition charges and extra funding for additional training - was an purpose to scale back the variety of "low...

President Biden was fact-checked by Twitter as soon as once more on Monday for a declare he made about his financial insurance policies growing employees’ wages because the pandemic. ...

A barge which is able to home 500 asylum seekers is on the transfer, with the primary residents anticipated to board later this month.The barge - named the Bibby Stockholm - departed from Falmouth, Cornwall, to go to Portland Port in Dorset on Monday morning as Rishi Sunak and Home Secretary Suella Braverman confronted recent criticism over the Illegal Migration Bill. The invoice, which is a part of a bundle of measures to discourage migrants from crossing the channel, has confronted fierce opposition within the House of Lords quite a few instances. Members need additional concessions within the invoice on limits to the detention of youngsters, fashionable slavery protections and the supply of protected and authorized ...

New York City Mayor Eric Adams mentioned Monday he's appointing Edward A. Caban as police commissioner, making him the primary Latino to guide the New York Police Department. ...

A sitting mayor who was blocked by Labour from standing for a brand new regional position has stop the occasion in protest at Sir Keir Starmer's management.Jamie Driscoll, who was Labour's North of Tyne mayor, stated he had "no other choice" however to stop the occasion after he was barred from operating as North East mayor final month. He stated he would now serve the area as an impartial mayor.In a letter to the Labour chief, Mr Driscoll accused Sir Keir of breaking "so many promises", together with plans to scrap tuition charges, watering down a £28bn dedication to sort out local weather change and introducing common free college meals.He claimed the Labour chief informed him in 2020 - when Sir Keir was operating to steer the occasion - that "disciplining people to be unit...

Biotech entrepreneur and Republican presidential hopeful Vivek Ramaswamy on Monday launched an inventory of 16 folks he’d nominate to the U.S. Supreme Court or federal appellate courts if he turns into president, making him the primary within the celebration’s discipline to itemize his potential prime judicial appointments. ...

Rep. Pramila Jayapal of Washington is apologizing for calling Israel a “racist state,” saying she was attempting to defuse a tense state of affairs involving pro-Palestine protesters at a convention. ...

Labour's Yvette Cooper has refused to say if she helps Sir Keir Starmer's resolution to maintain the two-child profit cap, amid rising get together divisions over the problem.The shadow dwelling secretary stated that - whereas the get together wished to handle little one poverty - "we've got to keep saying how we will pay for things". Sir Keir revealed over the weekend that he would preserve the two-child profit cap - which restricts little one advantages to the primary two kids in a household - that the Conservatives launched in 2017.Clampdown on 'poor high quality' levels; Tories battle as by-elections loom - politics newest Please use Chrome browser for a extra accessible video participant ...