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Graduate students in the UK are asking for more support as the cost of living crisis stings

Postgraduate students say the rising cost of living has caused stipends to be below the decent wage, leaving some struggling to pay rent and forcing them to look for a second job in bars and supermarkets. UK Research and Innovation (UKRI), the UK’s largest individual funder, which supports around 105,000 postgraduate research students, has pledged …

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Police search for missing man from Leeds St James’s Hospital because he may need “urgent medical treatment” – Leeds Live

Police search for missing man from Leeds St James Hospital because he may need “urgent medical treatment” Leeds Live Dorset police call for missing man Scott Deakin Bournemouth Echo Police renew the call to find a man a week after he disappeared from Express & Star Hospital Police are searching for Radlett’s missing man, Watford …

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Plan to reduce proportion of childcare staff in England angers parents and providers

Plans to alleviate childcare staff ratios in daycare centers in England have sparked an angry response from providers and parents who say their concerns have been ignored. The government has announced that it is launching a consultation on ways to reduce parental care costs, especially by changing the ratios between staff and children so that …

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Half of the children from single-parent families are in relative poverty

Half of children from single-parent families now live in relative poverty, according to exclusive research showing how a decade of cuts in austerity-driven benefits has left single parents among the most exposed to rising inflation. In the first of a series of reports from the front line of the cost of living crisis, The Guardian …

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