Freddos Now Cost £1 In Inflation-Crippled Britain

It is the small frog-shaped chocolate bar beloved by Brits and fondly remembered for selling for just 10p.

But now fans of Freddo have reacted after the iconic 18g chocolate was spotted on sale for £1. 

Although it is still available for less in numerous shops, the price represents a staggering tenfold increase since the bar returned to shop shelves 20 years ago.

It comes after the Bank of England warned that inflation is set to surge again this year – thanks in part to Rachel Reeves’ huge Budget tax raid.

The Bank now expects headline CPI to hit 3.7 percent in the summer, instead of the 2.75 percent rise that was expected in November.

The rise will heap misery on Brits who have endured eye-watering cost of living pressures since COVID, including a rise of 11 percent towards the end of 2022. 

In a dramatic announcement last week, the Bank halved growth forecasts for this year from 1.5 percent to 0.75 percent.

It also pointed out that inflation had eased more slowly than expected, and it is anticipated to rise ‘materially’ in the first half of this year to 3.7 percent. 

The finger was pointed at rising energy and water costs, plus Ms Reeves’ Budget decisions -including increasing employer NICs. 

Experts believe the abrupt downshift and increased borrowing costs have left the Chancellor facing a significant void in the government’s books, which will need to be filled with additional tax increases or spending cuts. 

The Treasury’s OBR watchdog pencilled in a far higher growth figure of 2 percent at the time of her fiscal statement in October.

A post of the popular lunchbox snack on Reddit revealed a Freddo marketing for £1 at a WHSmith store in Carlisle.

Fans of the small amphibian sweet were quick to vent their anger online, with one saying: ‘£1 for a Freddo is disgusting. Daylight robbery at its finest!’

Another angered fan fumed: ‘Name and shame where this atrocity has occurred.’ 

One outraged fan of the chocolate even rounded on Chancellor Rachel Reeves over Freddo’s ‘snackflation’.

‘Freddo’s are now a quid. Wtf is going on in this country? @RachelReevesMP, you should resign,’ they wrote on X.

Freddo was established in the UK by legendary British chocolatier Cadbury in 1973 but was withdrawn in 1974.

The bar, which first originated in Australia, was subsequently relaunched in 1994 for 10p, proving to be a smash hit lunchbox treat.

Even the original Cadbury recipe has been replaced, and I feel bad for the very young since they will never know how good it was. Now it’s just a chunk of sweet brown fat.

And they are charging a quid for literally a mouthful now, and because it’s being aimed at youngsters, and parents not wanting to upset their kids, they’ll still buy them.

Suppliers and retailers are indulging in greed-flation these days, seeking higher and higher returns to fill their boots while the ordinary punter has to pay. Supermarkets, petrol stations, food outlets, energy suppliers, airlines etc cetera, they’re all at it – there’s no control over them and they can do what they like.

It tastes of sugar and chemicals, it has a sheen to the chocolate and it doesn’t dissolve properly in the mouth – to be fair, doggy chocolates would probably taste better.

Everything is either shrinking or they’re transforming it in some way. From chocolate bars to yoghurts, even tea bags. It’s called shrinkflation and not only are you getting less, they’re spoiling what was, and they’re upping the prices too.

How Much Did Starmer’s Voice Coach Cost?

Sir Keir Starmer must ‘come clean’ over who paid for his voice coaching, MPs have said.

The Prime Minister received five years of voice coaching from Leonie Mellinger, a former Royal Shakespeare Company actress – including in-person meetings during the COVID lockdown.

Now Shadow Paymaster General Richard Holden has written to Sir Keir asking for transparency over the cost of the training, who paid for it, and whether it was properly declared.

In a letter seen by The Mail on Sunday, Mr Holden asks the PM: ‘What was the source of the funds used to pay for her services?’, adding: ‘This is essential for ensuring proper transparency and accountability across government and to ensure that you have followed the rules at all times.’

He also points out: ‘Your largest donor – Lord Alli – was found, in October 2024, to have breached four parliamentary rules over his registration of interests.’

Asked last night as to who paid for the voice coaching, Downing Street refused to comment.

For five years, Sir Keir had voice instruction from Ms. Mellinger, who had previously performed on the same stage as Sir Patrick Stewart. This helped him with media appearances and public speaking.

The work started in early 2017 when Sir Keir was Jeremy Corbyn’s Shadow Brexit Secretary. It continued until late 2021, after he’d done an interview with Piers Morgan for Life Stories on ITV and given a well-received party conference speech.

Controversially, No 10 has also said that Ms Mellinger was a ‘core part of a small team’ who helped Sir Keir in a meeting on Christmas Eve 2020, during strict Tier-4 Covid restrictions.

Mr Holden told the MoS: ‘With so many questions to answer about lockdown laws and his voice coach, it’s beyond time for Sir Keir Starmer to come clean.

‘He has been unwilling to reveal any more details regarding his voice coach and her Christmas Eve dash to Labour HQ, much less whether her services over a significant period were paid by Labour or indeed donated, and if so by whom, and where this was declared.

‘With Lord Alli as Sir Keir’s biggest personal donor, it’s only fair to ask if he paid – and if not Lord Alli, then who?’

A spokesman for Tory leader Kemi Badenoch has said it was ‘almost unimaginable to disagree’ that there had been ‘a clear breach of the COVID rules’.

Labour has said that Ms Mellinger had ‘key worker’ status during the pandemic, that the regulations were followed and that Sir Keir believed it was not reasonably possible for her to carry out the work with him from home.

So, we common folk couldn’t see our families, attend funerals, or go to work. Our children couldn’t go to school, folk couldn’t have a holiday or see a doctor. We had to wear face masks and were coerced into an experimental vaccination, yet it was okay for Starmer to have one-to-one voice coaching sessions.

Additionally, our late Queen had to follow the rules at the time and go to her husband’s funeral by herself. The fact that Starmer decided a vocal coach was necessary, however, says it all!

If I were her, then I don’t believe I would be citing the work as a success nor would I want to use Starmer as a reference, and long before the voice coach training numerous people knew just how wooden he was. The droning way he talks, and the way his delivery verges on rude by failing to address questions.

In Mid-Air, A Plane Vanishes

A small plane carrying ten people disappeared off the coast of Alaska Wednesday night, and an urgent search is in progress.

The tiny Bering Air Caravan took off from Unalakleet, a small community in western Alaska, and was flying to Nome when it unexpectedly vanished off flight radars over the Norton Sound inlet at 3:16 pm local time.

Rescue operations are being hampered by choppy seas and cold weather, and units from the Coast Guard and Air Force are being deployed.

Little is known about who was on board, but it comes just a week after 67 people were killed in the Washington DC crash of an American Airlines jet with a military Black Hawk helicopter.

On Thursday night, the tiny aircraft disappeared from radars while en route to Nome from Unalakleet in western Alaska.

Exact coordinates for the aircraft are still being established, with the Coast Guard deployed to the area to specialized equipment that can ‘locate objects and people through no visibility conditions’, officials said.

Authorities said their last known contact with the pilot was when he told Anchorage Air Traffic Control that he intended to ‘enter a holding pattern’ as he waited for the runway to be cleared.

It is understood the plane was 12 miles offshore when communication was lost.

According to data from FlightRadar, the aircraft – a Cessna 208B – left Unalakleet at 2:40 pm, and was last seen over the Norton Sound at 3.16 pm.

The Norton Sound entrance divides the small coastal communities of Unalakleet and Nome, which are located in Alaska’s western region.

Shortly before the plane was dropped off flight radars, the pilot of the missing Bering aircraft was talking to air traffic control.

He reportedly told air traffic control that he intended to enter a holding pattern while waiting for a runway at Nome Airport to be cleared, the Nome Fire Department said.

Rescue teams admitted Friday morning that they have ‘found nothing’ in their searches for the missing aircraft so far, as officials said treacherous conditions hampered their efforts.

White Mountain Fire Chief Jack Adams said his teams were facing a ‘tough job’ to locate the aircraft amid severe weather.

‘Basically, you can’t see anything from the air or the ground, and in the dark looking for something in zero visibility is a tough job,’ he told Alaska News Service.

Temperatures at Nome Airport, where the flight was intended to land Thursday evening, fell as low as 17F, with freezing drizzle and snow diminishing visibility to only half a mile.

How many plane crashes have there been in the last month? What is going on? Poor servicing, and maintenance. Poor flight training. Risk-taking in weather. Impaired Control Tower monitoring and directing. Something is wrong!

Flights from Alaska in the winter are never a good time to fly. Turbulence bounces them all over the place. GPS systems are primitive and nothing to keep the wings from icing over. However, tons of people go missing in Alaska and some of them are never found. Perhaps it’s a wormhole to another universe that pops up now and again!

The Bermuda Triangle, also known as the Devil’s Triangle, has intrigued scientists and conspiracy theorists alike with stories of disappearances without a trace.

But it’s not the only place in the globe that is surrounded by mystery. Even more terrifying are the tales of the Alaska Triangle.

Surrounded by sweeping mountains and heavy snowstorms and notorious for supposed alien abductions – Bigfoot sightings, and paranormal activity, this location has become so fascinating that the Travel Channel even made a series out of it, and while I’m slow to believe the paranormal explanations, it’s still a bone-chilling enigma that’s worth investigating.

Couple Masterminds Cocaine, Ketamine, And Ecstasy ‘Enterprise’

A drug dealing couple, who built an ‘enterprise’ selling cocaine, ecstasy and other class A drugs, have been spared time behind bars to look after their baby boy. 

Emily Ekin, 30, and Jake Redfern, 32, were taken into custody when police busted their drug operation after searching their home in Fenton in March 2023. 

In total police seized 55 ecstasy tablets, some ketamine, cannabis, electronic scales as well as £310.

Two phones were also recovered from the property, linking Ekin to the sale of ecstasy and ketamine and Redfern to the sale of cocaine.

The couple have since been given a two-year suspended jail sentence after a judge determined they acted out of ‘desperation’ and were at low risk of re-offending whilst also considering they had a young child to care for.

Prosecuting, David Farley, said police executed a search warrant at the duo’s home on Best Street on March 3, 2023, and the couple were both arrested afterwards. 

‘Ekin would sell ecstasy and ketamine and Redfern would sell cocaine. They were both involved in each other’s business,’ Mr Farley told the Stoke-on-Trent Crown Court. 

In addition to the mother’s guilty plea to a separate charge of possessing an offensive weapon, both entered guilty pleas to multiple narcotics crimes with intent to supply.

Ekin pleaded guilty to possession of the class A drug ecstasy to supply; possession of class B drug ketamine with intent to supply; possession of class B drug cannabis; and possession of an offensive weapon, a knuckle duster.

Redfern also pleaded guilty to possession of class A drug ecstasy to supply; possession of class B drug ketamine with intent to supply; being involved in supplying class A drug cocaine to another; and possession of class B drug cannabis.

Gurdit Singh, mitigating for both defendants, said they were fully aware that immediate custody would be at the forefront of the court’s mind.

He told the court that the parents did not feel they had any other ‘alternative other than to embark on this enterprise’, as Redfern was unemployed and Ekin’s wage was minimal.

Singh also argued that Redfern’s father would not live much longer and that the 32-year-old was eager to spend as much time as possible with him. 

He also said the drug dealer’s absence would have a ‘devastating impact’ on the couple’s one-year-old son as well as Redfern’s two other children.

Judge Graeme Smith suspended the two’s prison term. Both offenders were judged capable of rehabilitation, able to care for their child, and with a minimal chance of reoffending.

As part of the suspended sentences, Ekin must complete a rehabilitation activity requirement for 25 days and 120 hours of unpaid work. 

This appears to be far too forgiving, and whereas such activities once called for automatic jail time, they are now thriving because people realise that they will simply get a slap on the wrist if discovered, so making our legal system complicit in criminal activity.

They ought to have been penalised for their past actions rather than their potential for future transgressions.

It appears that we can do anything we want these days without having to worry about going to prison.

The kind of slime that makes money off of this suffering, particularly when it’s being marketed to young children, is what I care about, not the drug users. The absence of consequences only serves to encourage more of the same.

Before dealing, they ought to have considered their child. Many families are impoverished, but they make the best of their situation.

Is There Going To Be A Reduction In The Frequency With Which Your Bin Will Be Emptied?

Within weeks, millions of taxpayers may see their rubbish collections slashed to once a month as a result of numerous councils that are struggling financially.

New data has shown that 42 councils in the UK – more than one in 10 – are considering reducing their waste collection services to save money.

If all recommendations are approved, almost eight million people may see some sort of adjustment to their bin collection schedule, with about five million of them experiencing a reduction.

In addition, over 800,000 more could have their weekly recycling service cut to fortnightly or monthly.

The vast preponderance of local authorities across the UK cutting bin collections are simultaneously hiking council tax by 4.99 percent, the highest figure allowed without a local referendum or special government approval.

Birmingham’s 1.1 million residents are facing a 7.5 percent tax rise – signed off by Angela Rayner on Monday – while seeing their residual waste collected fortnightly, rather than weekly.

It is a similar story for the 500,000 population of Bristol – who are still consulting on whether to collect residual waste monthly, instead of fortnightly.

Cheshire East, which asked for a 10 percent tax rise, intends to save about £1 million yearly from the move to monthly.

Councillor Mick Warren, chairman of Cheshire East’s environment and communities committee, admitted the change is unpopular but that recent legislation demanding authorities collect food waste weekly requires ‘significant and costly operational changes’.

The study also shows Leicester, Wakefield, Sandwell, Lewisham and Stoke-on-Trent as other local authorities where over 250,000 residents could be affected. All six have proposed to hike council tax by 4.99 percent from April.

Joanna Marchong, investigations campaign manager of the TaxPayers’ Alliance, which uncovered the data, said: ‘Residents will be left wondering what to do when the bin lorries don’t show up and the rubbish piles high.

‘A shocking number of councils are considering cutting collections, which would leave people facing ever-growing mountains of waste.

‘Town halls need to stop making a mess of basic services and focus on delivering what taxpayers pay for.’

Under the previous Tory government, ministers said residual waste must be collected at least fortnightly due to concerns over smells and vermin if it was less regular.

However, guidance from the Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs issued in November seems to remove that requirement, simply saying that authorities should decide collection frequency ‘in a way that meets local needs and provides value for money for the taxpayer’.

Government at local and national levels is broken. What we need is a total overhaul of everything. Restructure all departments and employ only the finest staff that can be found. The rest can take redundancy or early retirement because people have had enough. Will this be the year that taxpayers turn on the establishment, and if they do, it will serve them right?

This Labour government and local authorities are completely untrustworthy, and they never stop wasting public funds on vanity or diversity schemes that ultimately fail.

Where is our money going if our taxes are rising and our services are being cut back? To accommodate the record-breaking influx of migrants.

To ensure that every penny is tracked, I would like to see the breakdown of council tax spending. Complete openness shouldn’t be a problem because it’s our money, but they won’t let you know what they’re spending it on, so that won’t happen.

The biggest joke is that our government is giving councils billions from the treasury, which is taxpayers money. Government needs to get tough with these councils and make them audit every penny that they spend.

We pay far too much tax in the UK, and it’s getting worse by the day. We are already getting taxed monthly for even earning a wage, paying separate council tax, paying taxes when buying groceries, paying taxes when getting any sort of services done, it’s never-ending, and then there is the migration crisis, and now they want us to live in filth!

In A Speech At Today’s Summit, Keir Starmer Makes A Bid For A ‘Reset’ Of The EU

Keir Starmer will plead for EU leaders to ‘reset’ ties today as he attends a meeting in Brussels. 

The PM will join an ‘informal meeting’ with the bloc’s leaders, and make his case for closer relations over dinner. He is also expected to hold discussions with Nato chief Mark Rutte in the Belgian capital.

However, concerns have been raised over what concessions Sir Keir might make to get his wish – with calls for a youth free movement deal and access to fishing waters.

In an ominous sign, French diplomats have been suggesting that the premier’s request for a better relationship shows Brexit has ‘failed’.

Sir Keir is the first PM to attend an EU summit since the UK formally left the bloc in 2020. 

He hosted German Chancellor Olaf Scholz for talks at Chequers yesterday as he geared up for the visit.

The premier will ‘set out his pitch’ for an ‘ambitious’ new defence and security deal as part of his vow to ‘make Brexit work better for the British people’. 

He has insisted that Brexit is ‘settled’, and he is concentrating on ‘a closer relationship on defence and security, on energy, on trade and our economy.’

‘I’m here to work with our European partners on keeping up the pressure, targeting the energy revenues and the companies supplying his missile factories to crush Putin’s war machine,’ Sir Keir said.

‘Because ultimately, alongside our military support, that is what will bring peace closer.’

Labour has insisted rejoining the customs union and single market are both ‘red lines’.

France is said to view Sir Keir as a ‘demandeur’ – a supplicant driven by the UK’s struggle beyond the EU.

A senior diplomat told The Times: ‘The Brexit project, breaking away from the EU to create a global Britain, didn’t work. 

‘We thought it wouldn’t work because the UK is European, geographically and economically. 

‘Brexit was a project for a stable and prosperous world, but in a complicated world, obviously, the UK will be closer to Europe.’ 

Shadow business secretary Andrew Griffith told Sky News that Sir Keir ‘should be rediverting his plane’ to Washington DC, as the UK already had a trade deal with the EU, but not with America.

The Conservatives have set the Prime Minister five ‘tests’ over his approach to Brexit, warning he could attempt to ‘undo’ the settlement.

There has been no opportunity for Brexit to succeed. Don’t for a moment assume that Starmer will have our best interests at heart as he smooches up to his European masters. The Conservatives and now this EU-loving Labour party have never supported the concept of the UK becoming independent, and he loves everyone but the British people.

Our government are treating us like we should be punished.

Businesses large and small are already saying that times are hard, but in April when Rachel Reeves budget ultimately hits home they will see their overheads overtake and overwhelm any profits, so how on earth does Starmer think that the EU will be able to save the UK? The damage has already been done!

What is the cunning and feeble Prime Minister up to? I have no faith in him.

‘National Schools Survey’ Asks 14-Year-Old Boy If He’s Comfortable With His Gender

A mother has been left outraged after her 14-year-old son was questioned if he was ‘comfortable in his gender’ in a national schools survey. 

A British parent anonymously posted to Mumsnet that her teenage son had been asked to fill in an online form alongside his fellow students. 

She said the schoolboy had been asked about his sexual orientation and if he was ‘comfortable’ in his gender. 

Other questions included if pupils had any sexual experiences and if they had received or sent inappropriate pictures to others, she said.

It was claimed it came from the My Health, My School Survey, a nationally available questionnaire.

According to its website, these surveys are carried out on students from year three to year 11, with each question tailored to age suitability to ‘generate vital information on the health and well-being’ of students. 

Reflecting on the survey her son had been asked to complete, the mother wrote, ‘I understand some questions are safeguarding views. 

‘But b***** hell the sexual orientation etc why on earth is that relevant to my son’s schooling? 

She alleged that teachers at the school – who had not been identified – discouraged her son from ticking the ‘Prefer not to say’ option on the questionnaire.

‘I just feel his privacy has been really invaded and he doesn’t know himself whether he’s is straight/gay or whatever,’ she added.

The My Health, My School Survey has ten themes, each containing questions about gambling, drugs, alcohol, tobacco, and sexual health. 

Other survey topics include an ‘All About Me’ section and questions about diet, play, physical activity, mental health, and school. 

The separate pupil perception survey is also carried out for children over the age of 16 as well as those with special education needs. 

The survey is completely anonymous and it is not mandatory for pupils to fill out if they do not wish to. 

Lucy Marsh, from the Family Education Trust, told MailOnline: ‘Asking questions of a sexual nature to children in Year 9 and signposting them to sexual health providers like Brook is completely unacceptable.

‘This is a gross violation of privacy of both the child and their family.

‘Schools should not require children to complete surveys about their personal life and sexuality as this has no bearing on their education.

‘It is also inappropriate to obtain such information without permission from their parents.

‘Children under the age of 16 should not be exposed to explicit sexual language or encouraged to think that underage sexual activity is normal.’

It is understood that the survey is not a Department for Education survey. 

My Health, My School has been contacted by MailOnline.

This is wrong on every level, and we need to find out who approved this harmful poppycock. Someone must have signed it off – who are they, and what is their background and motivation?

It’s someone who doesn’t know about the basics of data gathering and statistical analysis. It’s not okay to throw an adult-styled questionnaire at a child and assume they’ll respond to the questions objectively and accurately because they won’t, and parents need to wake up fast as to what is happening to their children once they go through the school gate.

And why do these schools have such a fixation on pushing gender issues on young students? To allow youngsters to naturally mature into adults, these oddballs must be stopped.

This enables vulnerable children to believe that they’re not normal. The norms include a broad spectrum of interpretation – we are not all the same, and the vast preponderance of the population doesn’t understand the perfectly normal effects of the change of hormones during puberty, and feeling bewildered by puberty isn’t a definition of gender dysphoria.

Our government have taken a generation of children and both the Tories and now Labour seem to want to teach our children what they want, not what kids need, and children that are broken by this will be easy to manipulate by voting age.

When George Orwell penned ‘1984’ it was just a book – now it’s here and very real!

However, everyone is now so preoccupied with being amused by technology that they have lost sight of their humanity and are allowing their surroundings to burn down around them. To examine what happens when people concentrate on living life rather than existing, perhaps we should turn off the internet for one week each month.

Children don’t fully comprehend the consequences of giving this information, and they have no idea what will happen to the data that is being gathered, therefore isn’t this a safeguarding issue? They also have no idea who will have access to the data, how it will be utilised, or whether it is secure.

These individuals have no business questioning kids about their lives in this manner; they are not medical professionals, and it is a blatant betrayal of school trust.

We are now a grooming state. It doesn’t matter how you look at it. It’s morally wrong and morally incorrect.

Judge Who Gave Sara Sharif’s Father Custody Before He Killed Her

The judge who gave custody of Sara Sharif to her father before he beat the 10-year-old to death can today be named in a landmark victory for open justice.

Last month a High Court judge sparked outrage after ordering that none of the professionals involved in the appalling case of the 10-year-old murdered by her father and stepmother could be named because the media cannot be ‘trusted to report fairly.’

The judge was given anonymity for the first time in British legal history.

The Court of Appeal overturned the gagging order after the Daily Mail and other media organisations argued that judges are the ‘face of justice itself’, they make ‘life-and-death decisions’ and keeping their names secret would have a ‘corrosive impact’ on public confidence in the judicial system.

Now, it can be revealed that the judge at the centre of Sara’s case is a well-known lawyer who has backed the right of judges to work from home, including for court hearings, because she believes commuting is a ‘complete waste of time’.

The first active judge in the United Kingdom to take maternity leave was Judge Alison Raeside.

The 66-year-old is married to a fellow circuit judge and has four children, all of whom have joined the legal profession.

In a revealing ‘Women Who Work’ podcast (in Nov 2023), she talked about the necessity for judges to have the flexibility to work from home and presented tips on how to be a ‘submarine parent’, providing insight into her own parenting style.

Neither the local government nor Judge Raeside applied for the anonymity order.

Despite no requests to the court to consider anonymity, Mr. Justice Williams issued the order.

Called to the Bar in 1982, Judge Raeside has acted as a district judge since 2000 and was appointed as the designated family court judge for Surrey in 2019, serving until 2024 when she was appointed as the Lady Chief Justice’s nominated representative on the HMCTS Board.

Within months of starting her job at Guildford Family Court, the judge was forced to issue a five-year restraining order against a parent who, throughout a nine-month online stalking campaign, called her a “vile monster” in a string of threatening communications.

Nyron Warmington, 42, was jailed for a year in 2019 after he targeted Judge Raeside because she had banned him from contacting his daughters during family court proceedings.

Using the pseudonym ‘Equality for Fathers’, Warmington posted on Instagram and Facebook about ‘monsters working in the UK courts’.

Just three months after the stalking case, Judge Raeside was asked to consider whether to hand custody of Sara Sharif to her father in October 2019.

Urfan Sharif, 42, had earlier been accused of violence against three ex-partners and two children, including his own, who were burned, bitten and bruised in a catalogue of brutality dating back 16 years.

However, the police did not file charges, and after he was able to avoid responsibility, social workers suggested that Sara be placed in his care.

Court records tell how Judge Raeside was deceived by Sharif and his wife Beinash Batool, 30, into blaming Sara’s mother Olga Domin for the abuse.

The judge even praised Batool for taking on Sara and her siblings, saying it was a ‘it is a big ask, it’s amazing to be frank’.

She recommended Ms Domin get help for ‘anger management’, adding: ‘It would be good if you could at least be courteous to her (Batool), be polite to her, be slightly grateful even to her….It’s only thanks to Ms Batool that you’re able to really see them.’

As long as Batool oversaw Sara’s biweekly visits with Ms. Domin, the judge mandated that Sara live with Sharif.

She told the two women to shake hands: ‘Maybe you could see if you could shake hands, say hello and see if things could go forward a bit differently.’

Social workers claimed Sara had ‘a really good relationship’ with her stepmother, which was ‘a point of safety’ for her.

It was an erroneous assumption that would prove catastrophic in the schoolgirl’s case, with her father starting to dole out day-to-day beatings within weeks of acquiring custody.

In addition to hooding her in a plastic bag with parcel tape around her head and binding her arms and legs, Sara endured an unthinkable ordeal at the hands of her father and stepmother, who also beat her with a rolling pin, metal pole, and cricket bat, strangled her until her neck broke, burned her with an iron, and bit her.

When police discovered her broken little body left under the pink covers of her bunk bed by her fleeing family last August, she had suffered more than 100 injuries before her death.

Leaving aside this particular case just for a moment – it’s about time we had a proper media investigation into how judges get to be judges, and how about publishing statistics on convictions and sentencing by each judge.

Circumstances vary, but trends and sweeping discrepancies could be underlined, and judges should have to declare interests, financial and political. It may we be that judges get criticised for indulgent sentences, not because of their own bias, but because governments, past and present, push for lenient sentences to save money on prisons.

If judges are taking the flack for politicians, this needs to be exposed – let’s shed some light on our judges because I believe an awful lot of us just don’t trust judges to apply justice.

The truth is that our government is the first to let down all British citizens, instead giving billions of pounds to foreign countries for spurious reasons.

Huge Benefits Overhaul

It is reported that the long-term sick will be required to look for employment, and many will see their benefits slashed under a huge welfare overhaul.

Labour says it now must repair “Tory failures on welfare,” which the party says have ballooned the welfare bill. However, this means hundreds of thousands of people could see reductions in sickness benefits payments.

People with mental health conditions will also find it more difficult to claim separate disability benefits under a far-reaching package of reforms, which would represent the most significant changes to the welfare system for more than a decade.

A government source said last night: “The Tories failed on welfare because they failed on work. This Labour government recognises that many sick and disabled people want to work, given the right support, but are unfairly shut out.

“We will bring forward big reforms that help more people into work, protect the most vulnerable, and boost growth – while putting the benefits bill on a more sustainable footing.”

Despite the source’s reassurance the most vulnerable will be protected, it is understand Keir Starmer will be pitched into a bitter row with his party over the changes. However, his work and pensions secretary, Liz Kendall, insists the current system is “broken” and change is needed to help people get back to work and boost the economy.

Ms Kendall is under extreme pressure from the Treasury to find billions of pounds in savings in the coming weeks. She is poised to deliver the Government’s blueprint for reform ahead of the spring statement, slated for March 26.

And Rachel Reeves, the chancellor, is desperate to avoid having to hold an emergency tax-raising budget in March to meet fiscal rules that are under threat from more increased borrowing costs, reports The Times. 

It also says a package is expected to be completed in the next two weeks to persuade the Office for Budget Responsibility that the benefits bill can be brought under control.

Britain spends £65 billion on sickness benefits, more than the £60 billion defence budget and dwarfing the £20 billion spent on the police or less than £6 billion spent on the asylum system.

Under one possibility being considered, the universal credit “limited capability for work or work-related activity” category would be abolished, which would require claimants to make preparations for work and see them lose around £5,000 a year.

It is understood ministers want to ditch the work capability assessment used to approve incapacity benefits and align the system more closely with assessments for personal independence payments (PIP), separate disability benefits that are paid whether or not someone can work.

It is a disgrace. Taking money away from the weakest and poorest people while allowing their wealthy friends to escape paying taxes that they can easily afford. Their excessive salary makes them little more than Tories in sheep’s clothing, and they have no right to lecture the poor and disabled.

Labour will fail and people will never trust them again.

I just don’t understand why the government are hell-bent on spouting such hostility against the disabled and vulnerable – it has to be one of the worst injustices of our time.

If the government ceased handing themselves wage increases whenever they wanted to, using taxpayer funds for their own expenses, and sending money overseas rather than to its own citizens, it would save millions of pounds.

But this is what our government want – a mass cull of the disabled and elderly. Suicide rates are going to soar to astronomical levels, but they will get what they want, to save money and get rid of those who are too sick to pay for the lavish lifestyles of the government elite – it’s nothing more than social cleansing.

What we need to do is socially cleanse our own government – sack them all!

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