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'We've known it's been coming for a while': Inside the decision to eliminate the UK Space Agency

The writing has been on the wall for years that the UK Space Agency would be scrapped, but will its end after a mere 15 years in existence undermine Britain's space ambitions?

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Former vaccines tsar describes ‘open warfare’ within UK government during Covid pandemic

Dame Kate Bingham, who led the vaccine taskforce in 2020, said the clinically vulnerable were deprioritised and goals were not followed

The Guardian - UK

Whitehall ‘group think’ and inter-departmental rows slammed by vaccine tsar

Dame Kate Bingham was commissioned by the previous government to help the UK secure vaccines during the pandemic.

Evening Standard

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Paula Vennells: key questions the ex-Post Office boss must answer

Former chief executive is to give evidence at inquiry into Horizon IT scandal this week

The Guardian - UK

Government documents ‘blow gaping hole’ in its case for Cumbrian coalmine

Michael Gove said UK needed coal to make steel, but business department papers drafted around same time say it will not

The Guardian - UK

Woman forced boyfriend to strip and use T-shirt to protect £169 suitcase

A woman has divided opinions on social media after sharing how she forced her boyfriend to part with his T-shirt at an airport to protect her new £169 BEIS Travel suitcase

Daily Mirror

In the bag! Why the humble suitcase is this year’s fashion must-have

With a cluster of new brands vying for prominence and celebrity endorsements, the dingy airport could soon be awash with colour

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'Laissez-faire' approach to Covid loan schemes may lose taxpayers billions, say MPs

THE UK Government has increased the risk that taxpayers will lose money because of the way it has treated banks who lent during its Covid-era loan…

The National (Scotland)

Government took ‘laissez-faire approach’ on multibillion-pound schemes, MPs say

The Public Accounts Committee said the Government was only making ‘slow progress’ in combating fraud in the Bounce Back Loan scheme,

The Independent UK

Human values, as well as AI, must be at the core of the future of work

Automation too often erodes conditions and job quality creating anxiety and overwork. To build ‘good work’, we must invest in people as well as tech

The Guardian - UK

Energy prepayment customers missing out on £22m in unused vouchers - how to claim yours

All households across the UK received a £400 discount on their energy bills from October 2022 until March 2023 as part of the Energy Bill Support scheme

Daily Mirror

More families able to apply for extra £200 energy cost help

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Nottingham Post

OPINION - If we keep turning a blind eye to fraud it will corrode public trust

Buried in a lengthy new audit on public-sector fraud by the National Audit Office is a remarkable detail. It notes that at the time the Department for Business, Energy and Industry Strategy was charged with handling the Bounce Back Loan scheme, it only had two full-time staff working in its…

Evening Standard

Just 1% of £1.1bn lost to fraudulent Covid grants recovered

Checks were not made when handouts started to firms claiming they were hit by lockdowns

Wales Online

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Liverpool Echo

Amazon's affordable dupe of viral TikTok designer travel bag

Amazon is selling dupes of the popular Beis 'Weekender' bag

Wales Online

Amazon travel bag rivals viral TikTok designer and it's £82 cheaper

Amazon has some affordable alternatives to the £101 Beis 'Weekender' bag as seen on TikTok

Belfast Live

Energy Price Guarantee to 'provide support beyond March' in NI says UK Government

The Energy Price Guarantee was due to end on April 1

Belfast Live

PSNI investigating after £600 energy vouchers 'redeemed illegally'

A number of customers discovered their vouchers had been redeemed without their knowledge

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The Conversation

How climate change could fare in the UK's new Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

The UK government has announced its business department will be split into separate departments for science, business and energy. The new Department for Energy Security and Net Zero, to give it its full name, represents the return of an energy and climate-focused department after a seven-year hiatus.

Birmingham Post

Rishi Sunak breaks up Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy in major restructure

Sacked Tory party chairman Nadhim Zahawi has been replaced with Greg Hands, who had been trade minister and Grant Shapps, who had been business secretary, will now be the Energy Security and Net Zero Secretary.

The Independent UK

Who has gone where in Rishi Sunak’s cabinet reshuffle?

PM announces Zahawi replacement and breaks up business department

Evening Standard

Rishi Sunak Cabinet reshuffle in full: New Tory party chairman and Energy Secretary appointed

The Prime Minister created four new government departments

Reuters

UK's Sunak shuffles cabinet to bolster pledges on economy

British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak reshuffled his cabinet on Tuesday, breaking up two departments to better suit his pledges to spur the economy, reduce energy prices and turn around his party's fortunes before an election expected next year.

The Guardian - UK

Rishi Sunak reshuffle: ‘red wall’ MP Lee Anderson named deputy Tory chair – as it happened

Controversial MP appointed as Greg Hands’ deputy; Michelle Donelan becomes minister for science, innovation and technology

The Independent UK

Civil servants accuse Truss government of rushing through £69bn energy support plans without scrutiny

Report reveals accounting officer given ‘ministerial direction’ to push ahead with energy scheme despite objections

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