Day: October 29, 2024

UK News: Prime minister will say government is facing ‘unprecedented circumstances’ as it is set to raise taxes and rewrite fiscal rules in this week’s budget

Jeremy Corbyn and the independent alliance of MPs have issued a letter ahead of the budget with five things they are asking Chancellor Rachel Reeves to implement.

Saying “We have the means to end poverty, we just need the political will”, Corbyn listed five priorities:

Scrap the two-child benefits cap

Reverse cuts to winter fuel

Tax wealth

Protect welfare

Invest in a greener future

It is a national scandal that 4.2 million children and 2.1 million pensioners are living in poverty in the sixth richest country in the world.

You have previously told the British public to prepare for “difficult decisions” to repair this nation’s finances. Continue reading…
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Health secretary says measures to be announced on Wednesday would ‘arrest the decline’ amid significant NHS reform

Kemi Badenoch, who is the bookies’ favourite to be the next Conservative leader, has told Times Radio that the contest is poised “neck and neck”.

Interviewed by Kate McCann, Badenoch told listeners:

People are tired of the party looking like it is not out working for the people out there. That is what I want to bring: integrity, and a focus on conviction and conservative values.

There is something very significant that is going on, we are picking a leader of the opposition. People have a choice.

This is a sacrifice, because I worry about the direction of the country.

I worry about a lot of decisions we make, and us not being honest with the public about the serious trade-offs that are going to be required, and not saying enough about how the world is becoming a more dangerous place. Continue reading…
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ICYMI: Golden fruit to add succulent flavour while the autumn leaves fall I have been buying assortments of apples, dipping into the paper bag without looking, crunching skin, flesh and core as I walk back from the shops. As sure as the leaves fall each autumn, the desire to bite into as many different apples as […]
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Warm, hearty, and just spicy enough – this dinner is bound to become a winter time staple!http://dlvr.it/TFpsLd
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