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Britain is entering a profound social emergency. Why is nobody acting like it?

We are entering an era of mass fuel poverty and ‘warm banks’ – and complacent leaders have left a dangerous political vacuum, says the Guardian columnist John Harris

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Can’t pay, won’t pay: thousands in Britain vow to ignore energy bills

Soaring costs have given rise to a civil disobedience movement aiming to put pressure on energy firms

The Guardian - UK

How much Brexit bull can a proud Brummie take?

The Commonwealth Games opening ceremony tried to gloss over what a rotten country this has become. It only confirmed it

The Guardian - UK

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Bare with us: why naturism in Britain is booming

One of the unexpected results of the pandemic has been the rise of nudism – so much so that British Naturism is experiencing the fastest growth in new members in 100 years

The Guardian - UK

Nuclear apocalypse was postponed in 1968. Now it’s back on the agenda

As the world remembers Hiroshima, it must also recommit to the increasingly fragile non-proliferation treaty. The alternative is unthinkable

The Guardian - UK

Why is Britain so terrible at BBQs?

When some countries get it so right, Sean Russell can’t understand how we always get it so, so wrong

The Independent UK

TV tonight: 75 years on, the difficult truth about India’s partition revealed in full colour

Channel 4 shows the atrocities around Britain’s withdrawal from India with three special documentaries. Plus: how future football stars are recruited in South London. Here’s what to watch this evening

The Guardian - UK

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The Observer view on the Tory party leaving Britons to face the crisis alone

As millions face hardship thanks to soaring bills, the Tories are focused on their next leader rather than the emergency at hand

The Guardian - UK

UK's Liz Truss ready to speed up tax cut plan, newspaper says

Liz Truss, the front-runner to become Britain's next prime minister, plans to rush through tax cuts earlier than planned in an attempt to boost the country's flagging economy, the Sunday Telegraph reported.

Reuters

Eco activists threaten to blockade Parliament for weeks in war on oil as heatwave looms

Campaigning group Just Stop Oil claim it will be Britain’s biggest ever campaign of civil disobedience. Plans were revealed at a meeting last week attended by 500 people including Jeremy Corbyn

Daily Mirror

How Britain offered a new future to 27,000 Ugandan Asians fleeing tyrant Idi Amin

50 years on, Ugandan Asians who fled the brutality of dictator Idi Amin remember how they arrived with £55, a suitcase and the hope of a new life in the United Kingdom

Daily Mirror

British farmers face paying for border checkpoints in EU after Brexit halts exports

British pedigree livestock breeders may have to invest in their own ‘red tape’ facilities in France to reach EU market

The Guardian - UK

Manufacturing’s coming home: UK fashion boss champions ‘reshoring’

A Derbyshire firm is sourcing homegrown suppliers and labour – and even supporting a local school. But will anyone follow suit?

The Guardian - UK

The heavenly Welsh bay rated among the best in Britain for a dip in the sea

'Swimming across the bay it’s easy to cover 400 metres with nothing but sand beneath you'

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After 75 years, the hidden memories of India’s partition are rising up through Britain’s generations

Those whose lived through the formation of India and Pakistan are telling their stories – and their grandchildren are asking questions, says author Kavita Puri

The Guardian - UK

Hosepipe bans, water butts and beavers: what can we do to combat drought in Britain?

Parts of UK are preparing for emergency water measures despite country getting more annual rainfall than rest of Europe

The Guardian - UK

Open doors, free meals and British borscht – is this the Ukraine-friendliest town in the UK?

Tens of thousands of Ukrainians have been welcomed to Britain – but nowhere more so than in the leafy town of Crowborough, East Sussex. How are the new arrivals settling in?

Asharq Al-Awsat

Europeans Urge Iran ‘Not to Make Unrealistic Demands’ in Nuclear Talks

Britain, France and Germany urged Iran on Friday "not to make unrealistic demands" in the talks to salvage a 2015 deal aimed at reining in Tehran's nuclear ambitions. Officials from world powers and Iran were meeting in the Austrian capital for the first time since March, when negotiations -- which…

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Daily Mirror

Britain now facing a shortage in CHIPS after drought fears, warn farmers

Potatoes, onions, carrots and lettuce crops are all suffering from the extended period of dry weather with farmers also planting less for future harvesting of winter vegetables

The Guardian - UK

Be warned: inflation could take British politics to a very dark place indeed

If Britain ends up in a recession, public anger will be looking for an outlet, says the Guardian columnist Jonathan Freedland

The Conversation

When do strikes work? History shows the conditions need to be right

There has been a significant decline in union-led strike action in the 21st-century UK. But with average public sector pay increasing by 1.5% between March and May 2022 (versus 7.2% in the private sector) and households facing a cost of living crisis, industrial disputes are on the rise again in…

The Conversation

How a British sense of justice saved black American GI wrongly sentenced to death in WWII

Eighty years ago this summer, 150,000 American servicemen were in the UK to support the allied campaign against Nazi occupied Europe. The British government hoped their presence would strengthen the “special relationship”. But controversy over the administration of justice soon challenged that assumption.

Daily Mirror

Steel industry green funding needed to save tens of thousands of jobs, study finds

Insiders fear for the future of the UK industry - and tens of thousands of jobs - unless the Government helps the sector invest in environmentally-friendly manufacturing processes

Reuters

UK's Sunak criticised for claiming he diverted funds from deprived areas

Rishi Sunak, trailing in the two-horse race to replace British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, faced criticism on Friday for saying he had previously instigated policy changes to divert funding away from deprived urban areas.

Evening Standard

Cost of living crisis: 16m cutting back on food, ONS data shows

Sixteen million people in Britain have been forced to cut back on food and other essentials because of the rising cost of living, a survey revealed on Friday.

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