strategy

Government unveils ‘transformative’ £1.6billion disability strategy

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The Government has unveiled 100 immediate pledges to improve the lives and opportunities of disabled people in a landmark £1.6billion strategy that has drawn muted responses from charities. A public awareness campaign to dispel ingrained stereotypes and a taskforce examining the increased costs disabled people face are being promised in the cross-department disability strategy. The Government will also consult on whether to make it mandatory for employers with 250 or … Read more

Trump Organization paid Ivanka using similar strategy to one that saw Allen Weisselberg charged

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The Trump Organization allegedly paid Ivanka Trump using a similar strategy to the one that saw Allen Weisselberg charged with tax crimes by a New York grand jury, it has been reported. Weisselberg, the CFO of The Trump Organization, was indicted for – among other things – a pay scheme in which he was allegedly … Read more

Spencer Pratt claims Kim Kardashian got famous from copying his ‘paparazzi set-up’ strategy

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Spencer Pratt is claiming that Kim Kardashian and her famous family copied him and his wife Heidi Montag’s ‘paparazzi set-up’ strategy to catapult themselves to fame. ‘I know for a fact that they copied our paparazzi set-up deal with the same agency we worked with, obviously they won’t say that but I can say that,’ alleged … Read more

BAME communities are being put at risk by UK’s ‘colour-blind’ Covid vaccine strategy, experts warn

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Black and ethnic minority people are being put at risk by the UK’s ‘colour-blind’ Covid vaccination strategy, experts warned today. The mammoth operation has prioritised Brits by age after mountains of research and data showed those who are older are more at risk of dying from the virus. But a group of top medics, including … Read more

Covid Scotland: Nicola Sturgeon snipes at Boris Johnson strategy

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Nicola Sturgeon has taken a swipe at Boris Johnson over his response to the coronavirus crisis as she appeared to back claims that Scotland had done better than England.  Ms Sturgeon tweeted a story published by the Financial Times with the headline ‘Scotland reaps dividend of Covid response that diverged from England’.  The Scottish First … Read more

Boris Johnson’s lockdown exit strategy in full

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Boris Johnson today unveiled his lockdown exit strategy which could see life in England return to something close to normal by June at the earliest.  The Prime Minister’s plan for easing restrictions will be split into four separate steps and will see the country treated as a whole, with no return to a tier system.  … Read more

YouTube algorithm accidentally blocks ‘black v white’ CHESS strategy

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YouTube’s overeager AI might have misinterpreted a conversation about chess as racist language. Last summer, a YouTuber who produces popular chess videos saw his channel blocked for including what the site called ‘harmful and dangerous’ content. YouTube didn’t explain why it had blocked Croatian chess player Antonio Radic, also known as ‘Agadmator,’ but service was … Read more

Biden will launch Pentagon review of China strategy which could open way to more troops

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President Joe Biden is launching a new Defense Department task force on China that will take an overall look at the growing military and strategic rival of the U.S. – putting in place a scheme that could lead to a new national military posture. He announced the move at the Pentagon – a signal to … Read more

Donald Trump’s impeachment lawyer spells out ‘free speech’ trial strategy

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Donald Trump’s impeachment lawyer spells out ‘free speech’ trial strategy: ‘Just because someone gave a speech and people got excited doesn’t mean it’s the speechmaker’s fault.’ Trumps lawyers submitted their first impeachment brief for Senate trial Tuesday They argue Trump was within his First Amendment rights when he told a crowd to ‘fight like hell’ … Read more

Janet Street-Porter: Boris Johnson’s vaccine strategy has enraged EU

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Boris has blundered his way through this crisis – but his decision to invest in four different vaccines, ordering over 200 million doses to protect Brits against Covid-19 was a masterstroke. That inspired strategy won’t cancel out the depressing fact that the UK will probably see up to 150,000 people (we’ve already achieved the highest … Read more