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| | | | | Sophie Zeldin-O'Neill | | 26 November 2024 | | | | Good morning. Today the government is revealing a £240m investment plan to increase the number of people working in Britain. We'll also get the latest in the search for the 16 people missing after a tourist boat sank in the Red Sea, and we'll find out how communities around the UK are preparing for more rainfall after Storm Bert. | | | | | | |
| | New cash for job centres in plan to boost workforce | |  | | Starmer said: "We’re giving young people the skills and opportunities they need to prepare them for the jobs of the future." Credit: Getty images | | The government is promising major reforms in order to reduce the benefits bill by getting two million more people into work. The plans, entitled "Get Britain Working", include a £240m investment to overhaul the current network of job centres across Britain, and more funding for mental health services. Keir Starmer said: “We’re overhauling job centres to make them fit for the modern age." He added that the reforms would tackle the "biggest drivers of unemployment and inactivity". However, crucial details of what the reforms will mean in practice have not been confirmed, and it is understood such decisions will not be made until next year. | | | | | | | | | | |
Two Britons among sixteen missing after Red Sea tourist boat sinks | | | Egyptian authorities say 16 people are missing and 28 have been rescued after a tourist boat - with 44 people on board, including 13 crew - sank in the Red Sea. Two of those missing are British, the BBC understands. A Finnish national and four Egyptians are also among those unaccounted for. Authorities have not indicated the possible cause of the incident. | | | | | More rain forecast after Storm Bert hits UK | | | More rain is due to fall today and tomorrow in southern England and south Wales, where flooding and high winds from Storm Bert have already caused major disruption to homes, roads and rail networks. At least five people have died in the storm that struck much of the UK over the weekend and prompted criticism about a lack of preparation and insufficient warnings. Read more. | | | | | | |
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 | | BBC SOUNDS | | | | We examine Rachel Reeves' defence of her budget, after she told businesses she is “not coming back with more borrowing or taxes”. | | | |  | | BBC iPLAYER | | | | Forty years on from the release of the hit Band Aid single, this documentary unearths rare and unseen footage from the day of recording. | | | | | | |
| |  | | A number of today's papers lead with Chancellor Rachel Reeves defending the Budget and ruling out further tax rises, after she told the CBI conference her Budget was "good for jobs and good for growth". Meanwhile, The Times writes that Starmer is promising an overhaul of job centres, and the Daily Mirror focuses on Storm Bert's "trail of heartbreak and destruction". | | | | | | | | |
| | | | Something old: Top award for recycled bridal gowns | |  | | Sandra Thomson (second from left), the lecturer who ran the project, said the course focused on sustainable or "slow" fashion. Credit: Storyshop | | Glasgow Kelvin College has won a worldwide sustainability prize for a project that repurposes old wedding dresses. It was one of two UK institutions recognised at this year's international prestigious Green Gown awards. Students at the college were tasked with unpicking old sample dresses and creating their own, new designs from just the pre-loved fabric. | | | | | | | | |
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