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UK budget sets aside £1bn for social and affordable housing

More than a million households sit on England's social housing waiting lists, so the real test is how many homes £1bn actually builds.

Source: BBC

Government · Law & policy

UK government pledges £100m for AI biosecurity lab, calling it a world first

AI tools that can help design proteins could also help design pathogens, so who builds the safeguards, and how openly, matters now.

Source: BBC