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Hace 1 día · Back. ‘Youth sector key to success of Skills England’. 25 July 2024. Latest news. UK Youth has welcomed the launch of a new body which aims to bring together key partners across sectors to meet the skills needs of the next decade. Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer and Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson have announced the launch of Skills ...
Hace 2 días · The new government has announced a new child poverty taskforce as part of its strategy to tackle the rise in child poverty rates. On 22 nd July, the new Prime Minister said he would “consider” scrapping the two-child benefit limit, responding to pressure from Labour MPs. An SNP amendment to scrap the two-child limit was defeated by 363 ...
Hace 1 día · A charity has proposed a new writing centre in the north of England to train up a new generation of talent and redress the balance of publishing power from London.
Hace 3 días · With the outbreak of war between England’s oldest ally Portugal and Spain in South America, Arthur Phillip served in the Portuguese Navy, as a Captain, sailing to Brazil in 1774, and serving with great distinction. He returned to England when the War of Independence in America began.
Hace 2 días · During Joan's youth, a prophecy circulating in the French countryside, based on the visions of Marie Robine of Avignon , promised an armed virgin would come forth to save France. Another prophecy, attributed to Merlin, stated that a virgin carrying a banner would put an end to France's suffering.
Hace 2 días · Proclaiming a unitary state and a gradual but limited British-style parliamentary system, the new rulers also protected princes and landed gentry as a feudal safeguard against future unrest. In the decades following, public life gradually emerged all over India, leading eventually to the founding of the Indian National Congress in 1885.
Hace 2 días · When the Japanese carried their attack through Burma (now Myanmar) to the borders of India in the spring of 1942, the British government, faced with this new military threat, decided to make some overtures to India, as Nehru had originally desired.
