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CHRISTIAN CAMPAIGNERS FRUSTRATED AT YET ANOTHER DELAY IN GAMBLING REFORM
POORER PUPILS IN ENGLAND AND WALES LAG ‘SIGNIFICANTLY’ BEHIND, REPORT FINDS
Christian public policy charity Care has said a further [delay] to vital gambling reform plans is ‘inexcusable’ and will cause ‘untold grief’… A white paper on gambling reform will now not be published due to the unplanned leadership contest in the Conservative Party… The delay is the fourth since 2020, when a review of gambling laws was ordered by [the] government, given gambling-related harms. Tim Cairns, senior policy officer at Care, which has spearheaded calls for reform of gambling laws across the UK, commented… ‘Every day in the UK a person takes their own life because of gamblingrelated harm… ‘Curbs need to be placed on advertising, on the relationship between gambling and sport, and measures are needed to ensure children are kept safe. Given the cost to society of gambling-related harm, a meaningful statutory levy needs to be put in place. The industry should be forced to pay for the harm it creates, not the NHS and taxpayers’… The government has estimated that there are 400,000 ‘problem gamblers’ in England, with a further 2 million people at risk of developing a problem. Public Health England has called for gambling-related harm to be considered as a public health issue.
Poorer pupils in England and Wales are ‘significantly’ behind their peers, according to a report. The Education Policy Institute (EPI) study found that in 2019, prior to the [Covid-19] pandemic, the gap between poorer pupils and their peers was 22–23 months in Wales and about 18 months in England… Pupils living with long-term and persistent poverty are even further behind their peers in both countries. In England, the persistent disadvantage gap was equal to about 23 months of learning, while in Wales it was 29 months… The EPI said measures such as attracting high-quality teachers to poorer areas through salary supplements, and one-to-one and small group tutoring, had also been shown to reduce attainment gaps.
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MUDEFORD: SERVICE TAKES PLACE OUTSIDE AFTER CHURCH FIRE A congregation … gathered for a service outside days after its church was severely damaged by a fire. ‘The church building burnt down ... but not the church,’ Canon Gary Philbrick said. ‘The people are the church.’ Dorset and Wiltshire Fire Service told the BBC ... that the fire is believed to have started accidentally… Speaking after the service, parishioner Jane Crabb said: ‘Although we had a tragedy… there’s this coming together of people’... Parishioner Meg Tolhurst said: ‘Mudeford is very much a community where we all stick together. After such devastation it’s so important we all come to support one another.’
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More than 1,000 Ukrainian refugees in England have been forced to ask local authorities for help with housing because they are either homeless or facing eviction from their current accommodation… It is believed that among homeless Ukrainians in the UK, hundreds are searching for housing after their sponsors under the Homes for Ukraine scheme were considered unsuitable to offer the refugees accommodation by local authority safeguarding officers. Charities have also warned that Ukrainians may face problems in renting their own home, which could require checks that may be impossible for them to pass. The i
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UKRAINIAN REFUGEE HOMELESSNESS ON THE RISE WITH MORE THAN 1,000 IN ENGLAND ASKING FOR LOCAL AUTHORITY HELP
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