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Thornton, now a professor of modern slavery policy at the University of Nottingham, added: “We need to be really careful. I understand why they want to do this but these workers will be vulnerable. “We need to ensure that they’re not subjected to recruitment fees, we need to ensure that they don’t come here in debt bondage and that they’re able to have a contract in their own language and to [report concerns].” The seasonal worker scheme has already been rapidly expanded, with about 40,000 visas issued this year, up from just 2,500 in its pilot in 2019. Brexit and…

Santa Clara County’s $3 million lawsuit against a church in California’s Silicon Valley over COVID-19 mandate violations, as well as its prior mask mandate, was based on a study that’s deeply flawed, critics say. Pastor Mike McClure of Calvary Chapel San Jose defied county mandates from May through October 2020 when the church held indoor services, made masks optional, ignored social distancing rules, and refused to place limits on how many of its 600 congregants could attend services. The county filed a civil enforcement lawsuit against the church in November 2020 to collect fines and penalties totaling $2.87 million—and in…

The owners of Arsenal and Liverpool have joined Chelsea’s Todd Boehly in looking into establishing a multi-club network pioneered by Manchester City’s owner, City Football Group. It is understood that Arsenal’s Stan Kroenke – who already owns an MLS team – and his Liverpool counterpart John W Henry have explored adding clubs inside and outside Europe to their portfolios, after Boehly indicated he would like to set up what he described as “a multi-club model”. Arsenal, Liverpool and Chelsea are under American ownership. City Football Group, owned by the Abu Dhabi United Group, has a stable of clubs in 11 countries, including three…

Liz Truss has insisted her government’s economic policy is on the right course despite the need for emergency intervention from the Bank of England, saying she was “prepared to take difficult decisions” and would not change policy. In a round of interviews with BBC local radio stations, her first public statements since warnings from the International Monetary Fund and the bank’s intervention to prevent a run on pension funds, the prime minister said people would feel the benefits in the longer term. “This is the right plan that we have set out,” Truss told BBC Radio Norfolk. “Of course there will always be people who…

Former President Donald Trump on Sept. 28 offered to step in to negotiate a peace deal between Russia and Ukraine, citing the recent damage that was reportedly done to the Nord Stream I and II gas pipelines. The pipelines, which Trump wrote have been sabotaged, could lead to a “major escalation” between the United States, Russia, and Europe. Leaders in the United States, he added on Truth Social, should remain “cool, calm, and dry.” “This is a big event that should not entail a big solution, at least not yet,” he wrote. “The Russia/Ukraine catastrophe should NEVER have happened, and would definitely not have happened…

The nature of cruelty for Scotland supporters demonstrated how far their team has progressed. With a point needed from this game to seal promotion from Nations League B, to pass England and to leap into pot two for the upcoming Euro 2024 draw, Steve Clarke’s makeshift team scrapped in a manner which deserves the highest of praise. Not so long ago the Tartan Army were continually watching international football’s equivalent of a lost cause. In Clarke the Scottish FA have landed upon a coach who has raised standards and aspirations. Yes, Scotland rode their luck and yes, Ukraine will claim with plenty of justification…

Major air carriers in Canada have issued statements criticizing how the federal government managed the pandemic in their sector after it announced measures would be lifted on Oct. 1, with Air Canada saying they weren’t based on science. “Air Canada welcomes the removal of these restrictions, acknowledging that air travel is safe and that the measures were not justified by science,” Craig Landry executive vice-president and chief operating officer at Air Canada said in a statement. Landry added this will “greatly” facilitate travel and help to stabilize the sector and the Canadian economy. The Air Canada statement came on Sept. 26, a few hours…

A Gibraltar court announced on Tuesday that a luxurious superyacht linked to a Russian billionaire currently under EU and U.K. sanctions was sold at an auction last month for $37.5 million. The 237.8 feet (72.5-meter) long vessel, Axioma, which had been owned by oligarch Dmitry Pumpyansky, was docked in Gibraltar on March 21 and was subsequently detained by authorities following a complaint filed by U.S. creditor JP Morgan. The American bank said the yacht’s alleged owner, steel pipe manufacturing company, OAO TMK, owned by Pumpyansky, had reneged on the terms of a €20.5 million loan ($21.7 million). Gibraltar’s Admiralty Marshal, the branch of the U.K. overseas territory…

Mohammed bin Salman has been named prime minister of Saudi Arabia in a move that experts said would probably shield the crown prince from a potentially damaging lawsuit in the US in connection to his alleged role in the murder of the journalist Jamal Khashoggi. Saudi Arabia announced on Tuesday that King Salman was making an exception to Saudi law and naming his son as prime minister, formally ceding the dual title of king and prime minister he had personally held until now. The development is not likely to change the balance of power in Saudi Arabia, where the 37-year-old…

A Labour MP has had the party whip suspended after she was accused of making a “racist” comment by claiming that the chancellor, Kwasi Kwarteng, was “superficially” black. Rupa Huq, a former shadow Home Office minister, was recorded at an event held on Monday during a fringe event as part of Labour’s annual conference in Liverpool hosted by British Future and the Black Equity Organisation and also attended by the party’s chair, Anneliese Dodds. Huq can be heard on a short recording obtained by the Guido Fawkes website saying: “I’m sorry if I was not making myself understood clearly. He superficially…