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Work checks can cut illegal migration, pledges Cooper
Paul SeddonPolitical reporterBBCThe home secretary has said plans for new checks on unauthorised working will help cut levels of illegal migration.Yve [...]
Elon Musk Backtracks on Plan to Give $2 Million Checks to Wisconsin Voters
Experts had said that his pledge to hand out two $1 million checks to people who had already voted in the Wisconsin Supreme Court race seemed to run a [...]
Social Security Will Require Online or In Person Identity Checks
The new rule would require people who want to make changes to first verify their identity online or in person.
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Michael Gove denies trying to circumvent Dyson ventilator checks
Getty ImagesMichael Gove outside the Covid Inquiry after giving evidence on Monday, 10 March.Michael Gove has told the Covid inquiry it was "ludicrous [...]
BBC pulls Gaza film as it carries out checks over Hamas links
Ian YoungsCulture reporterBBC/Amjad Al Fayoumi/Hoyo FilmsThe BBC has removed a documentary about Gaza from its iPlayer streaming service while it carr [...]
MP calls for criminal record checks for parliamentarians
BBCMPs and peers could be forced to submit to criminal record checks due to their level of access to young and vulnerable people, under proposals laun [...]
Starmer ‘determined’ to keep British border checks in Calais
Sir Keir Starmer has said he is "determined" British border checks in Calais will continue.A coalition of French mayors has called for an end to a dea [...]
UK government to spend £10.5m on new EU border checks
The government is to provide £10.5m worth of funding to prepare for new EU border checks this autumn.The Port of Dover, Eurotunnel at Folkestone and E [...]
BBC Verify rounds up fact checks of this election’s disputed claims
BBCBBC Verify has been fact-checking the political parties during this election campaign and seen some questionable claims at the forefront of the deb [...]
Tech firms face tougher online age checks – Ofcom
Big tech companies will have to make changes to their algorithms to comply with new online safety laws.
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'Brexit trade checks will cost me £200,000 a year'
Firms warn of higher costs but the government says its new border model will improve biosecurity.
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Biden Administration Approves Expansion of Background Checks on Gun Sales
The new rule, which is likely to face legal challenges, is an attempt to regulate a fast-growing shadow market of weapons that has fueled gun violence [...]
Universal Credit claims no longer paused after AI fraud checks
The government has stopped suspending claims flagged as suspicious by an AI fraud detection tool.
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‘Grandma’ Hochul brings carrots (and checks) to LI
With help from Shawn Ness
Gov. Kathy Hochul announced Smithtown-Kings Park as the Long Island winner of the seventh round of the Downt [...]
Women should get NHS menopause checks at 40 – MPs
"It seems utterly ludicrous you go to this health check as a woman in your early 40s, which is exactly when perimenopause starts for most women, and t [...]