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£500m Thames Water desalination plant has provided just seven days’ water over 15 years

Plant in Beckton has run only five times and has been beset by multiple problems since it was built

The Guardian - UK

MP backs vote to reverse Met Police axing of half its front desks in London

Politicians said move would ‘put another nail in the coffin of community policing’

Evening Standard

Get Send reform wrong and ‘you’re out’, Sir Ed Davey tells Government

The Liberal Democrat leader said he was concerned that forthcoming reforms would not meet the needs of children.

Evening Standard

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Met Police piloting video screens amid anger over axing of half its front desks in London

Scotland Yard forced to cut services as epidemic of knife crime, mobile phone snatches and shoplifting spirals

Evening Standard

Badenoch urged to ‘come clean’ after doubt cast on Stanford University claim

Labour and Lib Dems ask Tory leader to clarify details of alleged offer after former admissions staff dispute account

The Guardian - UK

Revealed: Full list of London police station front desks being shut - check our interactive map to see if your area is affected

In a list published overnight, Scotland Yard confirms it will break its pledge to have one accessible 24 hours a day in each of the capital’s 32 boroughs

Evening Standard

Met plan to axe half its front desks branded ‘nail in the coffin’ for local policing

Scotland Yard budget cuts causing ‘significant worry’ for constituents, London MPs warn

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Ban on advertising and safeguard for child patients added to Assisted Dying Bill

On Friday a majority of MPs approve a new clause to ensure medics cannot raise the topic of assisted dying with under-18s.

Evening Standard

Warning over assisted dying TikTok adverts as MPs further debate Bill

The Bill is undergoing a second day of report stage on Friday, with various amendments being debated and possibly voted on.

Evening Standard

Kim Leadbeater urges MPs to back palliative care amendment to assisted dying bill

MP sponsoring bill in England and Wales says she agrees with Marie Curie that end of life care must be improved

The Guardian - UK

Free breakfast clubs, home-school register and academy reforms supported by MPs

The Education Secretary pledged to break down the barriers to opportunity for each and every child’ as school reforms cleared the Commons.

The Independent UK

‘No evidence’ that Ofsted reforms will improve current system – Tories

Shadow education secretary Laura Trott said the proposed report cards system will be ‘slower and weaker’.

Evening Standard

Parents face asking councils for permission to homeschool at-risk children

MPs debated the Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill on Wednesday

Evening Standard

Way assisted dying plans set to go through Parliament ‘inadequate’, MP says

Lib Dem Munira Wilson is concerned about the process over what could be a ‘monumental change in legislation’.

Evening Standard

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The Independent UK

Ministers looking at ‘very long’ form for winter fuel payments

Pensioners face having to fill in a 243-question application to claim pension credit, which will unlock winter fuel payments of up to £300.

Evening Standard

Major special educational needs reforms to come ‘in due course’ – minister

It comes after the National Audit Office found the current system is ‘financially unsustainable’.

The Independent UK

Lib Dems to call for free school meals for all children in poverty

The party says the change would benefit a further 900,000 children

The Guardian - UK

Thames Water pumped at least 72bn litres of sewage into Thames since 2020

Exclusive: Lib Dems call for water companies to be more transparent with their data on sewage spills

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Keegan reaffirms ‘children-not-in-school’ register pledge but no timeline given

The Education Secretary was opening the second day of the King’s Speech debate in the Commons.

The Independent UK

Embed activity into school curriculum for ‘happier’ population, politicians told

A letter from organisations including Parkrun told party leaders to unlock the potential of physical activity to tackle ‘a mental health crisis’.

The Guardian - UK

Lib Dems would double shared parental pay and increase leave

Munira Wilson told party’s conference many men could not afford to spend time with their babies

The Independent UK

Lib Dems would seek ‘root-and-branch’ reform of post-Brexit relationship – Davey

The party has suggested a four-stage road map to ‘rebuilding’ the UK’s relationship with the EU.

The Independent UK

Statutory shared parental pay would be doubled under Lib Dem proposals

New parents are currently eligible for 37 weeks of shared paid leave, which the party wants to extend to 46 weeks.

The Independent UK

Lib Dems promise to double statutory pay for parental leave

Exclusive: Ed Davey’s party to offer huge increase in payments and expand time off by nine weeks

The Independent UK

Lib Dems pledge £390m a year to support struggling pupils with targeted tutoring

The party wants to make tutoring a permanent fixture in England’s schools.

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