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Wales is trialling a £1,600 a month Universal Basic Income for care leavers | Left Foot Forward
It’s all happening in Wales! I bet UK Labour members are eating their hearts out that they’re stuck with Keir Starmer, who probably wouldn’t dream of allowing such a policy in a million years. The Welsh government has announced that … Continue reading
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Fed up of This Site banging on about climate change? Here’s Stephen Fry
This is partly for all those “I’m all right” Jacks whose only concern about climate change protest is that they don’t end up being delayed on their way to work. But it’s mostly for those government ministers who put their … Continue reading
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Cost of living crisis: 10 years of Tory benefit cuts are driving people deeper into debt
It is amazing that this has to be spelt out for people but, with us all having to deal with the Tory squeeze on our incomes, this may have evaded a few people. The cost of living crisis has hit … Continue reading
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Starmer turns away from Labour’s ‘foundational document’ in new lurch to the Right
Labour’s leader has betrayed the party’s members yet again. After wooing leadership voters two years ago with a vow that the 2017 manifesto, devised under Jeremy Corbyn, that brought millions of voters back to the party was its “foundational document” … Continue reading
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No Masks, No Free Tests, Low Sick Pay – The UK Government Is Back In Covid Denial
If you’re reading this in the UK, odds are that by now you’ve had coronavirus: 7 in 10 of us have watched the dreaded red line appear. You may have been stuck in bed with it twice or even three … Continue reading
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Rishi Sunak wanted to Americanise the UK’s social care system
Here’s a good investigation from iNews: Rishi Sunak tried to get US-based social care companies to bring their businesses to the UK. He tried to get social care firms Honor and Unite Us, healthcare data firm Komodo Health, health insurance firm … Continue reading
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Who does Boris Johnson think he is, trying to tell us what we like or don’t?
Boris Johnson isn’t going to win back voters by trying to tell us all what we think. After being defeated in two by-elections last Thursday (June 23), Johnson tried to play down their significance by claiming voters are fed up … Continue reading
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MPs ask Coffey why she is hiding nine secret DWP reports – Disability News Service
MPs have asked the work and pensions secretary to justify her refusal to release nine potentially embarrassing reports about her department’s work, at least four of which focus on disabled claimant… ============================================ Transparency, honesty, accountability and trust should be there … Continue reading
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Gatwick: Passenger With Restricted Mobility Dies Leaving Flight | Same Difference
A passenger with restricted mobility has died at Gatwick Airport after leaving an aircraft. Gatwick said staff were helping to disembark three passengers with restricted mobility at the time, inclu… ============================================ The major problem here is that people, especially disabled … Continue reading
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Breaking: Begum, told to rest by medics, condemns ‘misogynistic harassment’ of Labour’s attempt to deselect her
Labour MP Apsana Begum has spoken out – despite doctors’ orders to rest after illness – against the misogyny, abuse and intimidation of the Labour regime’s attempt to remove her as the MP for Poplar and Limehouse in London. Begum … Continue reading
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