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Michael Gove launches independent investigation into Teesworks freeport

The Communities Secretary confirmed the probe in a letter to the Conservative mayor for the Tees Valley.

The Independent UK

Rishi Sunak sparks confusion over investigation into Teesworks freeport

Downing Street said it was passing on queries to the Department of Levelling Up, Housing and Communities.

The Independent UK

Coalition era policies contributed towards social housing failures, Gove says

The Communities Secretary said mistakes of successive governments had contributed to tragedies such as the Grenfell Tower fire.

The Independent UK

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Rowdy Airbnb guests in spotlight in anti-social behaviour crackdown

Ministers have committed to ‘preventing short-term lets importing anti-social behaviour into communities’.

The Independent UK

More firms sign post-Grenfell safety contract, says Gove

The Communities Secretary had named and shamed some firms this month.

The Independent UK

Restrictions on Airbnbs planned in Levelling Up Bill, Michael Gove says

The Communities Secretary said ministers would bring forward changes aimed at restricting the way homes can be turned into Airbnbs.

The Independent UK

Thousands of the world's top cyclists look set to race in Perth and Kinross

Perth and Kinross Council is in talks with the world governing body of cycling to host the Gran Fondo road race as part of the UCI Cycling World Championships 2023

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WhatsApp rolls out Communities in UK allowing users to bundle group chats together by topic

The Communities feature allows users to organise different group chats together under a single main topic, for example, their children’s school or the street they live on

Wales Online

WhatsApp rolls out Communities feature to bundle together group chats

The new tool will enable users to organise several group chats under a single overall topic.

Evening Standard

Extend freeports to whole UK coastline to help struggling communities – Tory MPs

A 2021 Survation poll of 1,000 young people in coastal communities found 49% planned to move away, with lack of jobs the overwhelming reason.

The Independent UK

WA child protection workers at 'absolute limit' as fight goes to Industrial Relations Commission

Child protection workers take their concerns to the WA Industrial Relations Commission, claiming multiple breaches of their workload orders.

ABC News

Flagship Bill ‘does little to reassure that levelling up is more than a slogan’

MPs have warned that councils need more funding for the levelling up agenda to be a success.

The Independent UK

Brazil prosecutors ask WhatsApp to delay launch of new tool until January

Brazilian prosecutors on Friday called on messaging platform WhatsApp to delay the launch in Brazil of its new feature called Communities until January to avoid the spread of fake news during and immediately after the country's election in October.

Reuters

St Columb’s Park improvements will "be of immense benefit to residents and visitors"

The project has improved the park's access route and the physical connectivity to local communities and the city centre

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UK to admit unaccompanied Ukrainian children if they have parental consent

The Government is easing rules to allow Ukrainians under 18, fleeing the Russian invasion unaccompanied, to come to the UK

The Independent UK

Workers cannot expect pay rises to keep up with soaring cost of living, Treasury warns

Chief Secretary Simon Clarke said pay claims to match inflation will simply push prices even higher

The Independent UK

Treasury issues warning of 1970s-style wage-price spiral

Chief Secretary Simon Clarke said pay claims to match inflation will simply push prices even higher.

The Independent UK

Ministers urged to address ‘extortionate rent hikes’ amid cost-of-living crisis

Communities minister Eddie Hughes described rent controls as ‘simply not conservative’.

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Northumberland MP complains of 'seagulls the size of jumbo jets' in plea to help communities

Ian Lavery, Labour MP for Wansbeck, challenged Michael Gove to visit areas of his constituency where people had pleaded for leisure facilities for years without success and another without suitable refuse collection

The Independent UK

MP complains of ‘seagulls the size of jumbo jets’ in plea to help deprived areas

Labour MP Ian Lavery challenged Communities Secretary Michael Gove to visit deprived areas in his constituency.

ABC News

Kimberley juvenile crime puts all eyes on WA government as communities wait for long-term solutions

Premier Mark McGowan wants his government to help break the cycle of crime and dysfunction in the Kimberley, but residents are in the dark about how it intends to start.

Daily Mirror

WhatsApp's major new update will change how you communicate with friends

The feature is called Communities and will help users place several groupchats together under one topic to share updates more effectively - it will be slowly rolled out as a test at first

ABC News

Child protection system failing vulnerable kids across Australia as case workers speak out

Former kids in state care and child protection workers say the cracks in Australia’s child safety system have become craters, as children are forced to stay with sexual predators and subjected to broken bones.

Belfast Live

Communities Minister announces £100,000 support to women's football

The announcement was made ahead of the Northern Ireland senior women’s team playing at the Euro finals in England this summer

Belfast Live

Football chiefs meet with Communities Minister over stadium funding

Communities Minister Deirdre Hargey held talks with the Irish FA and NI Football League on Thursday

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