Alabama has one of the nation’s lowest unemployment rates, but it also has poor workforce participation, something the state is working to change.
Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass' strategy to employ wealthy residents to help fund housing for the homeless is garnering support from local business leaders who say it might be the only solution to effectively tackle the growing crisis. During her State of the City address on Monday, the Democratic mayor highlighted the city's struggle to house over 40,000 homeless people, declaring that "the crisis on our streets is nothing less than a disaster." Bass touted the success of her signature Inside...
They will be told to get therapy and crack on under plans to be outlined this afternoon as ministers seek to reduce the 3.5million disability benefits bill.
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Sir Keir Starmer questions how the PM will fund the planned end of National Insurance.
Biologists at Portugal's Gulbenkian Science Institute were studying a particular gene involved in the formation of mice spines when they got a big surprise. Turning off the Tgfbr1 gene in mouse embryos caused the animals to grow an extra set of legs. — Read the rest
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In this column Sam Fowles take policies on their own terms. This week he asks whether Labour's plan to revive the high street will work.
The Building Skills for the Future programme has opened its doors at FareShare’s regional hub in Wombwell. The programme is funded by Yorkshire Building Society and is designed to support, equip, and prepare people for employment through work experience, qualifications and CV and interview skills workshops. The 13-week programme offers participants the opportunity to get work experience in a warehouse and kitchen environment, learning skills such as picking and packing, logistics, stock...
The 70-year-old steamship spent six days in the A&P Falmouth Dry Dock for inspections to ensure the renewal of its passenger certificate
Following Donald Trump’s example is typically a very bad idea. This is the same guy who stared at an eclipse, thought it might be a good idea to inject disinfectant, and insists on flushing toilets 10 to 15 times, even though the government recommends stolen top secret nuclear documents be flushed no more than three times in order to conserve water. And while listening to Trump is equally as bad—Truth Social investors are discovering that now—it might, ironically, end up saving the country. ...