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He is unusually frank about the fact that Brexit hurt the West Midlands economy, although he lists it as one punch in a triple whammy, along with Covid and the energy price crisis.immigration minister has revealed
. It comes after The Home Office also confirmed the death of a man held at a migrant Manston processing centre in Kent could be linked to a diphtheria outbreak among asylum seekers in the UK. Rishi Sunak has been caught between rival factions of Conservatives as he attempted to see off a rebellionon his promise to maintain the effective ban on onshore wind after Boris Johnson and Liz Truss joined a growing rebellion of Tory MPs led by former Levelling Up Secretary Simon Clarke.The revamped bill aims fir what the government calls a “triple shield” of online protection, andnew criminal offences the encouragement of self harm, “down-blousing” and the sharing of pornographic deepfakes.
Child safety campaigners have argued that watertight legislation is needed to protect young and vulnerable social media usersChinese state television has edited World Cup games to remove footage of maskless crowds, as the country faces growing protests over harsh pandemic restrictions.
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