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Current SEN spending is putting councils in a tricky position, the report says

Special education system 'failing' - could next week’s Budget fix it?

Fighting with Pride (FWP) of Craig Jones, the campaign's director, and a Royal Navy veteran, involved in an open letter to the Prime Minister from charities, calling for LGBT veterans who suffered historical mistreatment in the armed forces to receive adequate compensation.

Royal Navy veteran fights for 'adequate' compensation

An early image of what the Type 31 general purpose frigate could look like. The Type 32 is expected to take inspiration from the Type 31's design. In the most recent National Audit Office report, it was revealed that the MoD is running a near £17bn deficit on its defence equipment plan, with the new entries into the ship-building pipeline being unaffordable by £5.9bn. Photo: BAE Systems

Defence equipment plan has £17bn spending "blackhole"

Fewer people were cycling in the Portsmouth City Council and Hampshire County Council areas last year than in 2019. Picture: Habibur Rahman

Fewer people cycling in Portsmouth last year than before the pandemic

700,000 children in England attending schools that need major repairs

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Council 'ready' for pandemic investigation

Take the train rather than flying (photo: Shutterstock)

Going Green - Are you thinking of making great escape with sun summer break?

Early morning golden hour lighting up Fort Blockhouse. Picture: Brian Bracher Compass Aerial

MP demands action to ensure fort disposal isn't a waste of money

UK Government ‘not fully prepared’ for ‘wide-ranging impacts’ of Covid pandemic ...

A CGI shots of what the Type 31 general purpose frigate could look like

MoD ,eeds 'strong leadership' to tackle equipment delays, watchdog warns

595 million later flow tests have not been registered (Photo: Getty Images)

Test and Trace lost track of 600m lateral flow tests in England as 14% go unused

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Covid-19 reminded us never to take Armed Forces for granted | Stephen Morgan MP

The government was not as prepared as it could have been for the Covid pandemic, the National Audit Office found (Photo: Shutterstock)

Government did not have ‘detailed contingency plans’ in place for pandemic

The Government’s catch-up programme for pupils impacted by school closures due to the coronavirus pandemic may not be reaching disadvantaged children, the National Audit Office (NAO) has said (Photo: Shutterstock)

Catch-up tuition may not be reaching the most disadvantaged children - according...

Sand and dust gets thrown up as No 3 Company he First Battalion The Grenadier Guards deploy out of an RAF Chinook Helicopter. Picture: Sergeant Will Craig/Crown Copyright

Whitehall watchdog slams Britain's 'poor state' of military accommodation

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Border force controls at Portsmouth International Port. Picture: Matt Cardy/Getty Images

Concerns raised over port being ready for Brexit deadline

Britain's two new aircraft carriers HMS Prince of Wales and HMS Queen Elizabeth which cost the taxpayer £6.2bn. They are pictured alongside in Portsmouth. Photo: Peter Summers/Getty Images)

MPs' fury at MoD's failure to control budget

A Merlin helicopter pictured with the Crownest system fitted underneath it. Photo: Lockheed Martin

Navy radar delayed after helicopter left to rust in rain

An F-35B Lightning jets landing, taking off and hovering onboard Britain’s next generation aircraft carrier, HMS Queen Elizabeth for the first time. Photo: Royal Navy

Navy carriers hit by lack of support ships and radar delays

No new starter homes have been built in England since 2014 - despite government ...

Royal Air Force F-35B Lightning aircraft from 617 Sqn take off from Italian AF base Amendola near Foggia, Italy, as part of a sortie for EX Staccato Pursuit on the in July.

Fears for Royal Navy pilots after report reveals delays in training military avi...

Concerns have been raised over the training for naval aviators. Pictured: Commander Nathan Gray RN, makes the first ever F-35B Lightning II jet vertical landing onboard HMS Queen Elizabeth in 2018. Photo: LPhot Kyle Heller

Fears for Royal Navy pilots after report reveals delays in training military avi...

The official portrait of Jackie Doyle-Price. Picture: Wiki Commons / Chris McAndrew / UK Parliament (labelled for reuse)

PM Theresa May appoints '˜world's first' minister for suicide prevention

Hampshire library workers told '˜not to mention budget constraints' or face disc...

DAMNING REPORT The new Universal Credit system is failing to deliver value for money and is causing hardship for low-income families, according to a new report

Worries mount ahead of Universal Credit rollout in Portsmouth after watchdog's d...

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The insulting term '˜benefits scrounger' was popularised many years ago by some of the more hysterical sections of the policitcal establishment and the national press.

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Portsmouth MP questions MoD over military recruitment

Why are Britain's jobcentres disappearing?

Commander Sarah Shaughnessy

Critical military trades need extra recruits, report says

Leading Hand Gib Scott, UK Carrier Strike Group

Royal Navy sailors hit back as military recruitment crisis deepens

Watchdog says homes deal cost MoD '˜billions' in lost property cash

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Report finds Southern passengers face worst disruption

HMS Diamond returning to Portsmouth after engine trouble on deployment

MPs to grill defence chiefs over Royal Navy's '˜equipment cannibalisation'

A fitter cutting steel in the shipbuilding hall at Portsmouth Dockyard

Royal Navy is cannabalising thousands more parts to fix fleet, report says

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NATIONAL: NHS cyber attack could have been prevented

A homeless person sleeping rough in a doorway

'˜Catastrophic' welfare cuts have hit Portsmouth's most needy says homeless char...

THIS WEEK IN 1998: Helicopter crash is £75m headache

THIS WEEK IN 1994: Government defuses council tax time bomb

THE NEWS COMMENT: We would like to see more openness over carriers

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The Royal Navy's new aircraft carriers: National Audit Office reveals what progr...

UNDER FIRE: Minister of defence procurement Harriett Baldwin during a visit to Portsmouth this month PHOTO: Sarah Standing

Concerns raised by MoD's moce to review finances of major projects '˜internally'

Royal Navy's new Type 26 frigates are '˜budgeted for' Portsmouth MP says

Admiral Lord Alan West

Military HQs at risk amid £5.8bn cuts by cash-strapped MoD

ALREADY CUT: HMS Nelson's historic wardroom in Portsmouth has already been sold off

Hampshire military bases in the firing line as MoD '˜needs to save £5.8bn'

Portsmouth Historic Dockyard and HM Naval Base Portsmouth. Picture: Shaun Roster

Navy insists Portsmouth is ready for new carriers

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Ten facts about the UK's run-down military bases

Stock Picture: The UK's largest ever warship, HMS Queen Elizabeth, has today been successfully floated out of the dock in which she was assembled. In an operation that started earlier this week, the dry dock in Rosyth near Edinburgh was flooded for the first time to allow the 65,000 tonne aircraft carrier to float. It then took only three hours this morning to carefully manoeuvre HMS QUEEN ELIZABETH out of the dock with just two metres clearance at either side and then berth her alongside a nearby jetty. Teams will now continue to outfit the ship and steadily bring her systems to life in preparation for sea trials in 2016. The dock she vacates will be used for final assembly of her sister ship, HMS PRINCE OF WALES, which will begin in September. The float out of HMS QUEEN ELIZABETH comes just 13 days after the vessel was named by Her Majesty the Queen in a spectacular ceremony. HMS QUEEN ELIZABETH and HMS PRINCE OF WALES are being delivered by the Aircraft Carrier Alliance, a unique partnership between

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