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Khadija Mohammed has been elected the new General Teaching Council for Scotland [GTC Scotland] council convener.

Some asylum seekers crossing the Channel to reach the UK illegally will be sent to Rwanda under the government’s new plans to curb human trafficking.

Terence Carvalho, the former general manager of Becketts in Southsea, Portsmouth, has been shortlisted for the Entrepreneur of the Year prize at the 2022 Portsmouth News Business Excellence Awards.

Frances O’Grady, the first and only female general secretary of the Trades Union Congress in its 154-year history, has announced that she will step down at the end of 2022 after nine years in charge.

Ali Harbi Ali, the radicalised Islamic State supporter who murdered Conservative MP Sir David Amess, has been sentenced to life in prison.

Prime minister Boris Johnson and chancellor Rishi Sunak have rejected calls for them to resign, despite both having been fined by police this week for breaching Covid lockdown laws in Downing Street during June 2020.

Crisp Vocational Provision has overcome much adversity to complete an aid run of essential items to Ukrainian refugees fleeing from conflict in Eastern Europe.

GMS Ltd founder and construction sector guru John Hayes tells The Leaders Council about the three strands of his business which underpin all its activities and have been central to its success.

The Metropolitan Police force has issued a further 30 fines for Covid lockdown rule-breaking within Downing Street and Whitehall, with the prime minister and chancellor confirmed to be among them.

The British Retail Consortium [BRC] has said that sales growth in March slowed compared to the previous two months of the year.

Latest figures from the Office for National Statistics [ONS] show that UK economic growth slowed in February, with automotive and computer goods production falling.

Chancellor Rishi Sunak has referred himself to Baron Geidt, the prime minister’s adviser on ministers' interests, as he continues to face pressure over his family’s tax affairs.

Prime minister Boris Johnson has promised that the UK will provide Ukraine with 120 armoured vehicles and anti-ship missiles to support its armed forces in the war against Russia.

The latest figures published by the Office for National Statistics have confirmed that higher death rates from Covid-19 within ethnic minority groups in comparison to White Brits persisted during the Omicron wave.