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Parents in England skipping meals to afford school uniforms, survey finds

Education secretary urges schools to change uniform requirements as costs force many parents into debt…

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Social media still pushing suicide-related content to teens despite new UK safety laws

Researchers who set up dummy accounts as 15-year-old girl were bombarded with self-harm and depression…

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Tenants in England spending ‘unaffordable’ 36% of income on rent, shows survey

ONS figures for 2024 show top 10 least affordable areas all in London (42% of…

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Reeves considers replacing stamp duty with new property tax

Exclusive: Treasury examines options including tax on homes sold for more than £500,000 as well…

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Chatbot given power to close ‘distressing’ chats to protect its ‘welfare’

Anthropic found that Claude Opus 4 was averse to harmful tasks, such as providing sexual…

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Monzo plans to launch UK mobile phone service

Move could increase competition among big phone providers and help diversify revenues for digital bank…

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Rail fares in England could rise by ‘outrageous’ 5.6% next year

Campaigners say passengers may be priced off trains as July inflation figure is likely to…

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Author Rie Qudan: Why I used ChatGPT to write my prize-winning novel

Sympathy Tower Tokyo attracted controversy for being partly written using AI. Does its author think…

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‘Shut it down and start again’: staff disquiet as Alan Turing Institute faces identity crisis

Whistleblower warns UK’s top AI research body in danger of collapse due to threats over…

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Rayner says Farage ‘failing young women’ with plan to scrap Online Safety Act

Deputy PM says move would cause rise in ‘revenge porn’, as Labour launches attack ads…

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