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1 week ago | 
inews.co.uk | Luke McGee |William Stewart
As the British Government awaits the findings of its Strategic Defence Review, industry insiders, government officials and experts say that one thing is certain: a huge amount of British money is set to be spent in Ukraine. Naturally, the UK’s commitment of support to Ukraine through the Coalition of the Willing was expected to mean British taxpayer money would continue flowing to Kyiv. But what is expected next goes much further.
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2 weeks ago | 
medium.com | William Stewart
Life should be full of smiles, adventures, and dreams coming true. For people living with a disability, sometimes a little extra help is needed to make those dreams possible. That’s where the NDIS, or the National Disability Insurance Scheme, steps in. At our company, we are proud to be a trusted NDIS provider, helping people every day to get the support they need to live happier, fuller lives. But you may wonder: what type of support does the NDIS provide?
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2 months ago | 
inews.co.uk | William Stewart
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Jan 4, 2025 | 
inews.co.uk | William Stewart
Efforts to limit the damaging use of restraint on children in schools are being hindered by “wishy-washy” and outdated official guidance, campaigners and England’s Children’s Commissioner are warning. Their calls for revised guidelines to give teachers greater clarity about how to approach pupil behaviour and when to physically intervene follow years of Government delay to a promised overhaul.
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Jan 2, 2025 | 
inews.co.uk | William Stewart
More than half of teachers using physical restraint on children have had no training on how do so safely in the last two years, and more than a quarter have had none at all, new polling for The i Paper reveals. The findings from a survey of more than 7,000 teachers come as disquiet grows about the extent of such physical interventions in both special and mainstream schools and the traumatic impact it can have on pupils.
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Dec 21, 2024 | 
inews.co.uk | William Stewart
Home Office mistakes have helped trigger a surge in homelessness that has left thousands refugees and asylum seekers sleeping rough on Britain’s streets, The i Paper has been told. Official figures show that the annual number of people registered as homeless after leaving hotels and other Government asylum accommodation had already quadrupled by June to 16,500, up from around 4,000 in the previous 12 months.
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Dec 18, 2024 | 
inews.co.uk | William Stewart
Keir Starmer’s plans for a post-Brexit reset with the EU could be in fresh trouble after a new stand-off with Brussels emerged this week. On Monday, the EU Commission announced that it had referred the UK to the European Court of Justice “for failure to comply with EU law on free movement of EU citizens and their family members at the end of 2020”.
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Dec 13, 2024 | 
inews.co.uk | William Stewart
Moaning about Britain’s railways has become a national pastime. But rather than joining the chorus, frustrated rail users in the West Country are taking matters into their own hands – by launching their own train company. “You find yourself standing on windswept platforms thinking ‘I could do better than this’,” says Alex Lawrie.
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Dec 12, 2024 | 
inews.co.uk | William Stewart
Soldiers who were guarding prison camps holding Islamic State fighters in Syria are already leaving to be redeployed to fight Turkish backed rebels, Kurdish officials have told The i Paper. The news of any weakening of the security around more than 10,000 detained militants is likely to spark alarm in the British intelligence community which has warned of the potential for a terror spike if the fighters escape.
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Nov 20, 2024 | 
msn.com | William Stewart
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