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Letters: Russian aggression highlights the need to restore Army manpower

SIR – Your Leading Article (June 28) is a salutary reminder of the need to revisit the call in last year’s defence review for “a modern army that is more agile, more integrated and more expeditionary”, achieved through digitisation rather than numbers. ....

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Letters: What energy suppliers mean by 'flexibility' is freedom to charge more

SIR – The true purpose of smart meters (Letters, February 10) is now clear. ....

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Government urges operators to bid for Isle of Scilly grant

Government urges operators to bid for Isle of Scilly grant
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£1m Government funding on offer to Isle of Wight ferry companies to improve accessibility

The £1m funding for the ferry companies is a one-time offer from the Government to allow elderly and disabled people to travel with confidence ....

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Calls for 'radical new approach' to reduce disability employment gap

A radical overhaul is needed to tackle the “unacceptable” employment barriers facing disabled people, MPs have said.
A new, ambitious target is needed to reduce the disability employment gap, according to the Work and Pensions Committee.
MPs urged the Government to re-adopt its previous target of halving the 30% gap, which they said had only closed by 5% since 2013, while the number of disabled people in jobs had increased by 1.3 million.
The committee’s report said disabled people are considerably less likely to be in employment than non-disabled people and still face “unacceptable barriers” to finding and progressing in work.
The report warned that issues of trust continue to hamper the relationship between the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) and disabled people. ....

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