Children are increasingly turning to social media for news and “generally believe” what they discover online is true, according to a new study by Britain’s communications regulator Ofcom. Many children watch CBBC Newsround at school but very few watch mainstream news programmes at home, the study found. CBBC Newsround is a BBC news channel for…
UK Plans to Move Asylum Seekers From Hotels to Disused Military Bases
March 29, 2023
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The UK government has unveiled plans to house thousands of asylum seekers in disused military bases, a move ministers say will save billions of pounds in hotel bills and discourage illegal immigration. Housing illegal immigrants in hotels is costing British taxpayers £2.3 billion ($2.8 billion) a year, immigration minister Robert Jenrick told the House of…
Majority Disattisfied With NHS for 1st Time, Survey Finds
For the first time in 40 years, more than half of the British public are unsatisfied with the National Health Service (NHS), the UK’s longest running public opinion survey has found. According to the latest British Social Attitudes (BSA) survey (pdf), published on Wednesday by The King’s Fund and Nuffield Trust, 51 percent of the respondents…
Majority in UK Dissatisfied With NHS for 1st Time, Survey Finds
For the first time in 40 years, more than half of the British public are unhappy with the National Health Service (NHS), according to the UK’s longest-running public opinion survey. Fifty-one percent of respondents expressed dissatisfaction with the NHS, the highest proportion since the annual survey began in 1983. That’s mirrored by the overall satisfaction rate with…
SAGE Advisors Blame COVID ‘Strategy of Fear’ on Government
Behavioural scientists who played a crucial role in devising COVID-19 interventions said the UK government tried to control the public through the use of fear and denied exaggerating risks and fear levels themselves. Writing for the British Medical Journal, behavioral scientists who delivered advice on social and behavioural interventions during COVID-19 have accused the government…
Home Office in Crisis Mode Over Spiralling Asylum Hotel Costs: Watchdog
A watchdog says the Home Office is in “crisis mode” in its handling of illegal immigrants and refugees, with soaring costs and the number of hotels used to home immigrants doubling within six months. The Independent Commission for Aid Impact (ICAI) quoted stakeholders as saying the UK government department was now using a “blank cheque”…
Some Coursework Should be Done in Class to Counter AI Cheats: Exam Boards
Schools should make pupils do some of their coursework “in class under direct supervision” amid cheating fears after the emergence of artificial intelligence (AI) systems, exam boards have said. The Joint Council for Qualifications (JCQ), which represents the UK’s major exam boards, has published guidance for teachers and assessors on “protecting the integrity of qualifications”…
UK to Step up Regulation of Video Streaming Giants to ‘Level the Playing Field’
The UK government is planning to exert more regulatory control over streaming platforms in order to “level the playing field” and make British public service broadcasters more competitive in the media market. Under the draft Media Bill published on Wednesday, video-on-demand services such as Netflix, Amazon Prime Video, and Disney+ will be brought under rules…
The Guardian Newspaper Apologises for Slavery Links
March 29, 2023
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The Guardian newspaper has apologised for its founder’s role in the transatlantic slave trade. The Scott Trust, which owns the Guardian Media Group, has pledged 10 million pounds (US$12.3 million) to communities linked to the activities of John Edward Taylor, the journalist who started the paper in 1821. “The Scott Trust Legacies of Enslavement report,…
Barclays Calls Allegations Against Former CEO Staley ‘Serious and New’
LONDON—Barclays has said recent allegations against its former Chief Executive Jes Staley are “serious and new”, after U.S. lawsuits alleged he had a close relationship with Jeffrey Epstein and alleged involvement in his sex-trafficking operation. The British bank said in a notice ahead of its annual general meeting scheduled for May 3 that it had…
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