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Sarwar also claimed the Scottish government was failing to deliver on tackling crime, education and other public services.

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Opposition MP Likando Rodrick recently criticised the government for failing to contain the fire, saying they should have been better prepared and urging them to beef up their long-term response measures.

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It will be Reed's first major speech since he took over from Angela Rayner as housing secretary, after she resigned for failing to pay enough tax on a flat purchase.

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It comes after the UK, France and Germany wrote to the UN Security Council last month, accusing Iran of failing to fulfil its commitments.

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Describing its members as "deeply dissatisfied", the union's assistant general secretary James Bowen said it was clear the Teachers' Pension Scheme was failing teachers and school leaders.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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