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Evans says the additional funding which came to Wales in the 2020-21 financial year was “huge” – at £5.2 billion. But it was the Barnett Guarantee – which made sure consequential funding given to Wales for spending by the UK government elsewhere didn’t fall below a certain level – that was crucial.“When that arrived, it was very useful,” Wales’ finance minister tells the inquiry.“It should have happened earlier. It was definitely a huge step forward but even more clarity was needed.”She says it didn’t impact the big decisions being made, but it meant they were carrying big risks, which was…

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“Like all our fellow citizens, in the Legion we dream of a Russia freed from Putin’s dictatorship. But we don’t just dream: we make every effort to make these dreams come true. We will take our land away from the regime, centimetre by centimetre,” an armed FRL soldier in the footage is heard saying. Source link

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Aldi has announced its second pay rise of 2024 as supermarkets battle for staff and prepare for higher minimum wage levels.The increase means the minimum hourly rate for store workers at Aldi will be £12.40 nationwide from 1 June.The compulsory National Living Wage is set to rise to £11.44 an hour in April and for the first time it will include 21 and 22-year-olds. Aldi is now the UK’s fourth largest supermarket chain with more than 1,000 stores and 45,000 members of staff.The retailer said its new minimum hourly rate for store assistants and deputy store managers outside the M25…

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These youngsters would have been eligible for a jab when the vaccination rates began to fall in the late 1990s and early 2000s.Take up of the MMR jab started to drop following a 1998 report by Andrew Wakefield which falsely linked the jab with autism, according to a UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) 2023 measles briefing document.Now vaccine coverage is the lowest it has been for more than a decade, with just 85% of youngsters having both doses of the jab before they start school aged five.The West Midlands initially reported the largest measles outbreak outside of London, however cases…

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