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Tories slammed for benefits pre-loaded cards scheme - 'Built on stigma, not solutions'

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Kemi Badenoch's Tories have been slammed for "unworkable" plans to give some people on benefits pre-loaded cards - rather than cash. The party faces accusations the scheme is "built on stigma" with proposals to ban long-term unemployed people using the cards from spending on alcohol, cigarettes, and gambling. A similar model of pre-paid cards was proposed by ex-Tory Work and Pensions Secretary Iain Duncan Smith during the austerity years - but it was eventually dropped.
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Andy Burnham vows to roll out specialist rape courtrooms as victims wait years for justice

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Ofsted graded inspections must be halted amid 'risk to life', union demands

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Ofsted's graded inspections must be halted, a major union has demanded amid warnings of "a risk to life". The call for action from the biggest school leaders' union - NAHT - comes almost 12 months on since the introduction of a revised inspection system. England's school watchdog replaced the old regime - an overall single-word grade ranging from 'outstanding' to 'inadequate' - with a new 5-point grading scale last year.
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