A Young Woman Was Made To Face A £2,500 Litter Fine For Dropping A Cigarette

After being fined for dropping a cigarette in a community 182 miles from her home—a place she hadn’t been to in decades—a nonsmoker was left perplexed.

Natalie Walton, 31, was accused of littering in neighbouring Swanscombe and received a fixed penalty notice (FPN) at her parents’ home in Gravesend, Kent.

But according to Ms Walton, it couldn’t have been her since she doesn’t smoke, she hasn’t been to the scene of the crime since she was a youngster, and there is proof that she wasn’t even in Kent at the time.

She relocated 182 miles away to Staffordshire in 2021, and she hasn’t resided at her parents’ house, where the letters were sent, since then.

Additionally, she hasn’t been to Swanscombe in decades.

As per the letter dated November 12, she was observed ‘committing an infraction’ on October 29 by a Dartford council official and was required to either pay a £75 fine or appeal the decision.

It added: ‘As neither the payment nor the written challenge has been received, you remain liable for the offence and prosecution proceedings in the magistrates’ court may begin immediately against you.

‘If convicted you may have to pay a fine of up to £2,500 for littering.’

Ms Walton received a photo of the letter the same day her parents opened it.

Ms Walton began the appeal procedure after realising it couldn’t have been her because she had bank records demonstrating that she was shopping at Tesco and B&M in Staffordshire at the time.

Given that it occurred just weeks before her wedding, she acknowledged that the situation had been “stressful.”

She said: ‘I had not been to Kent for months. Dartford council were trying to fine me £75 for something I was not even there to do.

‘It is just a bit bizarre. I was accused of littering a cigarette in Swanscombe, which is honestly more absurd, as I do not smoke and have never been to the address they have claimed I was at.

‘I feel like a complete victim of fraud. Someone must have stolen my identity or the council’s security measures are so broken they will take a name and address with no proof.’

While the appeal was looked into, Ms Walton’s FPN was put on hold. Nevertheless, a second letter, dated November 19, arrived at her parents’ home saying the local authority was starting court proceedings.

Ms Walton said: ‘I am getting married in two weeks and I was so panicked I would have to pay out thousands. It has been so stressful.

‘Although I was told the fine was on hold, it was the impending doom and not knowing how long this was going to go on for.’

After reviewing the documentation Natalie had submitted, Dartford Council contacted her to inform her that the FPN had been revoked.

How were they even able to identify the offender without speaking with them and recording their details?

What was not said is how they made an identity deduction from a picture that was taken with bodycam footage. What methodology did they use? And what pictures did they use to make the comparison and finally the false identity?

Since they asked her to provide them with a picture of herself, the council now has a picture of her on file when they wouldn’t have otherwise, compromising this woman’s identity and data. Her right to privacy and to safeguard her identity from fraud and abuse are being violated.

Foreigners Are Three Times More Likely To Be Arrested In The UK

According to the most recent statistics, foreign people are up to three times more likely than British citizens to be detained in some areas of the UK. Revisions to the figures indicate that migration is greater than anticipated after 166,000 arrivals were not included in official records.

Analysts from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) said in an unprecedented adjustment of government predictions that the UK’s population increased by an astounding 906,000 for the year ending June 2023.

This surpassed the agency’s first toll, which was an all-time high, by 166,000, or 22 percent.

The latest ONS data release did not contain figures on the number of offences carried out by new arrivals, but a picture of offending by foreign nationals in local police areas has previously been constructed using data sourced under freedom of information laws.

In Cambridgeshire, of the more than 21,200 arrests made between 2021 and 2023, almost 8,800 (41.5 percent) were not UK citizens. This is despite them comprising just 15 percent of the local population.

Foreign nationals living in the UK are three times more likely than British citizens to be detained on suspicion of a crime, according to statistics from Cambridgeshire Police, which serves places including Cambridge and Peterborough.

In the county, the average annual arrest rate for foreign nationals between 2021 and 2023 was 21.5 per 1,000 population. In comparison, MailOnline study suggests the matching rate for Brits was 6.5 per 1,000.

Other noteworthy places include Gloucestershire with 27.5 arrests per 1,000 foreign nationals compared to 8.1 per 1,000 Britons, Nottinghamshire with 31.7 for migrants vs 10 for Britons, and Derbyshire with 32.6 against 10.2.

Figures were acquired from 26 out of 43 forces in England and Wales which responded to a Freedom of Information request by the Centre for Migration Control thinktank.

The other 17 parties said they were unable to supply the information.

The FOI questioned each force about the number of non-UK nationals that its officers had arrested in 2021, 2022, and 2023 while they were residents of the UK.

It should be highlighted that the research does not quantify the number of accused offenders residing in a region because the individuals included in the arrest statistics for each police force area do not necessarily reside there.

Additionally, the statistics are for the total number of arrests rather than specific individuals, so if someone was arrested more than once, they will show up more than once.

Foreign nationals know the UK is soft on criminals and tough on victims. No surprise the UK is deemed a ‘Treasure Island.’ Politicians, meanwhile have no real gut for dealing with this growing situation, despite their cacophony and broken promises.

Where are the human rights of the British public while we are in danger? We have none, we are now second-class citizens.

The UK has gone to the dogs, and the ‘wokes’ have prevailed.

Now is the time to begin deporting migrants.

Save billions on handouts, decrease crime, free up NHS beds, and free up housing. I don’t see any drawbacks to reclaiming our nation, and our government ought to be removing individuals who have entered our country illegally and cancelling the visas of those who aren’t contributing.

Mass deportations are necessary. Anyone entering our nation should be required to sign a contract stating that they would be deported immediately if they commit a crime in the UK—no ifs, no buts, no lawyers—just out!

Diet Changes And Fewer Flights Recommended

To achieve Net Zero targets, Britons will need to take public transit more frequently, eat less meat, and fly less, according to the government’s top climate change advisors.

The conditions presented to MPs today are in direct opposition to Sir Keir Starmer’s pledges earlier this month that British citizens would not need to alter their way of life to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

New targets mean the UK’s emissions should be slashed to 81 percent of 1990 levels by 2035.

At the Cop29 summit in Azerbaijan a fortnight ago, the Prime Minister said he would not be ‘telling people how to live their lives’ by reducing air travel or changing their diets.

But today leading members of the Climate Change Committee (CCC) spelt out that hitting the target would involve widespread ‘behaviour change’.

Asked at the Commons environmental audit committee ‘to what extent will individual behavioural change be needed’, James Richardson, director of analysis at the CCC, said: ‘In terms of the analysis we’ve done, about 10 per cent of emissions reduction to 2035 comes from what we would think of as behaviour change. That’s predominantly around diets, flying and modal shifting [to] public transport.’

Detailing the ‘key behavioural changes people would notice’ if the UK follows the CCC’s advice, Mr Richardson said: ‘It’s not about telling people you must stop flying, but it’s the rate of growth of flights that we think would happen if we didn’t take any action… When we talk to citizens, people seem willing to accept there must be some degree of constraint.’

Regarding changes in diet, Mr Richardson said: ‘We think about half the change you’d need to get to by 2035 is a continuation of the existing trends of people changing what they eat.’ 

He acknowledged that the increased expense of living may have caused some individuals to alter their diets in recent years, such as by eating less meat.

Mr Richardson was asked why the installation rate of energy-efficient heat pumps is nowhere near hitting the Government’s target of 600,000 a year by 2028.

He said installing a pump would hit consumers in the pocket as they are more expensive to run than gas boilers, adding that ‘at the moment if you do the right thing you will lose from it.’

Piers Forster, interim chairman of the CCC, said the price of electricity was too high in the UK compared to gas, partly to subsidise wind and solar power.

He said: ‘Our very top recommendation is to reduce the cost of electricity. If you reduce the cost of electricity, you make it more compelling to buy an electric car, to install an air-source heat pump rather than a gas boiler and for our industries to make the necessary investment in electrification.’

Professor Forster said there is a need for ‘long-term consistent policies that are really well communicated by the industry and communicated by the Government as well’.

He added: ‘You have to keep that really consistent message out there that, in the long term, your electric car will not be as expensive for you as the petrol or diesel one you are currently using.’

Mr Richardson said he supported the Zero Emission Vehicle (ZEV) mandate which imposes stiff fines if car-makers miss their sales targets for EVs.

Yet, these don’t apply to those in authority. They need their private jets to fly to Davos so they can give all our tax money away.

Will the British populace follow orders, in your opinion? Undoubtedly, they won’t. Their meat-eating and international travel will continue.

People will not alter their lives for deceivers such as Starmer and Reeves – to be honest they make Boris Johnson look like Mother Theresa.

Why our government makes such a big deal out of pollution and climate change is beyond me. Our actions won’t change anything because China is the country with the highest emissions. Although we seem to be quite happy buying all this cheap tat from China. Then we have very little choice because practically everything is made in China these days.

All of these climate zealots should be monitored to ensure they don’t take flights and only use public transport, and that their food, drink and clothing have no carbon footprint. Then the rest of us may consider joining them, but not until they’ve proved themselves.

Inmates Bitten By Venomous Spiders And Rats

Prisoners have been bitten by venomous spiders and rats, according to a report highlighting ‘dangerous’ conditions behind bars.

The Independent Monitoring Boards (IMB) said false widow spiders bit prisoners at HMP Bullingdon, near Bicester, Oxon, after disturbing them during building work.

At HMP Hollesley Bay, in Woodbridge, Suffolk, a prisoner was bitten by a rat while sorting rubbish, the report went on.

False widow spiders – which have a leg span of around the size of a 50p piece – have a venomous bite which is ‘no worse than the pain of a wasp sting’, according to the Natural History Museum.

The arachnids are sometimes confused with the highly dangerous black widow.

‘Vermin and waste mismanagement led to extremely unhygienic, and occasionally dangerous, conditions for prisoners,’ the report said.

‘IMBs described cockroach infestations, biting flies infesting showers, dead rodents rotting on the wings and cells taken out of use due to bedbugs, which could be disruptive when a prison was at full capacity.

‘Rats were a particularly common issue, with board members reporting unacceptable conditions in kitchens and on wings.

‘At Hollesley Bay, a prisoner was bitten by a rat while sorting through rubbish.

‘Bullingdon attributes prisoners being bitten by venomous spiders as a result of disturbance by renovation work.’

Earlier this year the kitchen at HMP Pentonville, north London, had to be closed for three months after ‘large numbers of rat droppings’ were found on the floor.

Prison buildings across the country have suffered an ‘alarming physical decline’, the report said.

Serious issues with fire alarms, heating, ventilation, sanitation, and leaking roofs were also discovered.

IMB chairwoman Elisabeth Davies said: ‘Prisoners are enduring appalling conditions across the board, yet they often lack the motivation to submit complaints, as the dire state of things has become normalised for those most affected.

‘Whether they are eating, working, sleeping, or receiving medical care, the shocking level of neglect reported by local IMBs across the country, and the impact of this on those living in these conditions, cannot be ignored.’

Prisons aren’t supposed to be comfortable and cosy places, but they are supposed to be clean, and the prison attendants also have to work in these horrendous conditions.

But why not assign the inmates to work resolving some of the issues they are already facing if the jails are that awful?

2025 Bank Holiday Planned

In honour of the 80th anniversary of the Second World War’s conclusion, Britain will gain a new bank holiday next year, complete with a long four-day weekend.

The major celebration will be marking the heroics of the ‘Greatest Generation’ who fought against Hitler and the Nazis in Europe and Africa, and Imperial Japan in Asia. 

According to reports, a four-day jamboree will take place in either May or August as part of an event-packed year.

According to the Express, a decision about the celebration’s date has not yet been made, but an announcement is anticipated soon.

Victory in Europe Day is observed on May 8, the day Nazi Germany unconditionally submitted to the Allies, and August 15, the day Japan submitted, so bringing the Second World War to a close.

It’s understood plans are being examined by the Government which could see May 9 and May 12 wiped free to permit nationwide celebrations – or August 22 added to the traditional summer bank holiday on August 25 to create a four-day weekend. 

The dates are intended to provide the country with a historic chance to honour the Second World War soldiers who are still living today.

This made me laugh because most kids don’t even know what the war was about, some don’t even know it existed.

It all has to do with history and the significance of the crimes, which our schools must teach. To prevent these crimes from being permanently forgotten, the first step should be taken in our classrooms.

Even though millions of individuals participated in the war, just 70,000 of them are still living as of 2024. Some of them visited Normandy earlier this year to commemorate the 80th anniversary of D-Day.

This is believed to be the final significant chance for people to express their gratitude to those who served in the Second World War, as the number of members of the Greatest Generation continues to decline.

Geoff Roberts, 99, a veteran of Operation Market Garden, said: ‘I think it’s very important in these current times we remember those that gave their lives for our freedom and peace in Europe.

 ‘We should never forget them. Maybe an extra bank holiday will help to remind people about what’s happened in the past.’

While listening to the fight raging on the beaches and in Normandy, Marie Scot, now 98, was 17 on D-Day and worked in a covert underground bunker, relaying coded communications from the top brass to their men landing on the beaches.

Speaking of the next year’s bank holiday celebrations, she told the Express: ‘An additional bank holiday would be an opportunity to thank all those wonderful people who made such a spectacular victory possible because, without them, the future could have been very dire indeed.’

The most splendid generation who battled not just for their country, but for the fate of their children would be turning in their graves if they saw how this government is now treating their children, and now pensioners.

Many of them must feel deeply betrayed since this is not what they fought for.

Sadly, our fallen soldiers would be turning in their graves since we are facing a lethal foe that we are not even permitted to discuss in public, and our civilisation will cease to exist in many years.

I have no issue with anyone who arrives on our shores legally and integrates. Skin colour is irrelevant, but I do not accept those who are wedded to a misogynistic ideology that is hostile and at odds with Western society on so many levels.

Trump Will Kick Out Transgender Troops

President-elect Donald Trump reportedly plans to issue an executive order on his ‘first day in office’ to ban transgender members of the military.

The controversial order would cause as many as 15,000 active service members to be ‘medically discharged’ – deeming them unfit to serve, according to The Times. 

According to the Times, Trump plans to sign the executive order on January 20, 2025, or Day 1 of his administration, prohibiting transgender individuals from joining the military as all services continue to face recruiting challenges.

The 78-year-old former president has nominated former Fox News host Pete Hegseth to lead the Department of Defense and has pledged to purge all government agencies of ‘woke’ policies.

In a podcast interview recently, Hegseth called the inclusion of transgender people in the service ‘pushing boundaries.’

He suggested that you can’t integrate trans people in as easily as people of different races were integrated ‘because being transgendered in the military causes complications and differences.”

Hegseth also said that transgender people were ‘not deployable’ because they are ‘reliant on chemicals.’ 

Trump’s representatives have been contacted by DailyMail.com for comment.

Trump has already tried to remove transgender individuals from the military. Then-President Trump said in a series of tweets in 2017 that he would prohibit transgender individuals from joining the military. Hegseth was in favour of the action.

The White House said back then that retaining troops with a history or diagnosis of ‘gender dysphoria’ – those who may require substantial medical treatment – ‘presents considerable risk to military effectiveness and lethality.’ 

Trump said on Twitter at the time that the military ‘cannot be burdened with the tremendous medical costs and disruption that transgender in the military would entail.’

The Obama administration announced that troops might serve openly as transgender people, changing a long-standing norm.

The military has since made an effort to draw attention to the experiences of transgender soldiers.

Transgender pilot Major Jason Vero has received several honours and medals, the Air Force said in 2022.

‘In 2017, I suffered a number of tragedies in a short span of time, I felt lost in the ocean with my head barely above water with waves continuously crashing down,’ said Vero, Joint Base Andrews Air Show director. 

‘During that period, I did a lot of internal reflection and after speaking at length with my pastor made the decision to transition.’

Major Rachel Jones, US. Army Sustainment Command Cyber Division chief said that being able to live and serve ‘authentically’ saved her life. 

‘I was convinced I was inherently evil for being transgender,’ said Jones. ‘The pressure of hiding all of the time was so bad I grew up depressed and suicidal to the point that I always had a plan to end my life.’ 

According to official statistics, the Pentagon has spent over $26 million treating transgender personnel since 2020, as was disclosed in May.

I have nothing against those psychologically in need of whatever alternate life they desire. Still, the military is not the place for it, and military fundings are not meant to finance transition therapy.

People are joining the military to get the surgeries and spending their entire time in the service getting the surgeries and recuperating while being non-deployable the whole time. It’s not fair to other troops.

In the meantime, there are an alarming number of homeless veterans, and those who serve in conflict zones receive the poorest treatment and assistance.

Deployment is the problem here. Since transgender individuals must take hormones for the remainder of their lives, how can they be used in a combat situation in a possible war zone?

‘Snowflake’ University Students And Rowing Team Row

‘Mr Floppy’ was one of the arbitrary titles given to members of a university rowing club known for producing Olympians.

After learning that rowers were grouped into columns on a purported “toughness sheet” and given names like “Rock Hard” and “Morning Wood,” “Snowflake” students are locked in a dispute with Oxford Brookes University Boat Club.

The document was shared online and also details criticisms such as ‘put the pies down’, ‘get a haircut. Toughen up’, and ‘watching you row is like watching paint dry’, reported The Sun.

A WhatsApp message, seen by the BBC, from a senior member tells the person who leaked the document online to ‘own up’ or they will be ‘tracked down’. 

The university said it is ‘appalled’ by the material that has circulated online and is investigating.

Governing body British Rowing said ‘creating a safe and respectful environment for everyone in the rowing community is our priority’.

The Oxford Brookes University Boat Club recently took pride in the gold and bronze medals that its members had won in the Olympics in Paris.

A spokesperson for the university said: ‘Oxford Brookes is committed to maintaining an inclusive and respectful culture in every aspect of university life.

‘The material that has been circulated online has appalled us.

‘We are taking the concerns that have been raised about coaching practices at Oxford Brookes University Boat Club extremely seriously, and we are working with British Rowing to investigate and address those concerns.

‘We are writing to members of the boat club to provide support and encourage them to come forward and report any concerns they may have to the university.’

British Rowing published a statement on its website, which read: British Rowing is aware of concerns being raised about coaching practices at Oxford Brookes University Boat Club. We’re working with the club and University to understand and address the concerns.

‘Creating a safe and respectful environment for everyone in the rowing community is our priority. 

‘If you have any concerns, we strongly encourage you to speak up and report them to your Club Welfare Officer or our governance team at governance@britishrowing.org. Your voice matters.’

It’s only a little friendly rivalry. These snowflakes must mature, but since they are perpetual children trapped in a precarious adolescence, I fear they never will. Would these young people claim that the gun was too macho if they offered to serve on the front lines to defend their nation?

All of this is a part of a game called team building, and it’s kind of enjoyable.

Woke snowflakes who take offence at anything and demand that the world change to fit their perspective are the immature ones who need to develop. Fortunately, they don’t work in IT or they may have been called “Floppy Disc.”

Nicknames have always been a source of fun, in schools, colleges and even in the army. Even at home kids are sometimes given nicknames. My son was called ‘Gizmo’ because he had these big eyes and pointy ears, but later on, he didn’t like it much so he became ‘Satelite’ and he even answered to it. Not unkind, just because it gave him a bit of backbone for life, now he calls his ears his ‘love handles.’

For goodness’ sake, these woke need to wake up!

Emergency Closure Of Westminster Bridge

Just meters from the Houses of Parliament, a man was assaulted in front of appalled visitors, prompting police to surround Westminster Bridge.

According to early accounts, he had been stabbed. However, the Metropolitan Police later said that during a struggle, he experienced a cardiac arrest.

Officers were called to Westminster Bridge at about 10.45 am today and discovered the man who was said to be ‘fighting for his life’ after being taken to hospital in a critical condition, according to Scotland Yard.

A user of X, formerly Twitter, posted online: ‘Westminster Bridge closed in both directions. Hundreds of Police at the scene with the Bridge cordoned off. What’s going on?’

The bustling bridge was stopped in both directions, and terrified onlookers watched as scores of police officers and emergency services personnel were sent to the area.

One person has been detained for affray, while three others have been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder.

According to the Met, two of the people who were detained had medical treatment for minor facial injuries.

Scotland Yard stated that they did not consider the event to be connected to terrorism.

The 11, 12, 148, 159, and 453 bus routes were all being rerouted, and a road closure was implemented.

It’s another typical day in the capital, but this is horrific and is becoming far too common – not just in London but everywhere, and it will get worse while Keir Starmer is in power. He’s letting undesirables into our country and releasing prisoners early, all while punishing pensioners, farmers and small businesses. Their excuses are wearing very thin. Of course, the Tories had to go, but this lot of champagne socialists are clueless.

Courageous Police Tackle Gun-Carrying E-Biker

A man has been imprisoned for five years after police caught him carrying a gun in his backpack.

Antonio Balu, 25, sped down Soho Road in Birmingham on the black bike before quick-thinking officers knocked him off balance as he rode past.

When West Midlands Police officers noticed Balu wearing a sweatshirt in the sweltering 25°C heat on August 13, they grew suspicious.

The dramatic moment PC Matthew More grabbed Balu’s bag as he rode by on an e-bike and caused the yob to collide with the curb is captured on bodycam footage.

Officers checked Balu’s bag pack and discovered a handgun with three rounds of ammo in it.

In the video, a panicking Balu tells officers: ‘I just found this bike and this bag, I just put it on now.’

An officer replies: ‘No you haven’t, we’ve been watching you for ages.’

When asked by police for his name, Balu says: ‘You don’t need to know my name mate.’

When asked what was inside the bag he replies, ‘Nothing’ before saying: ‘I haven’t done nothing wrong.’ 

Last Wednesday, Balu was sentenced to five years in prison at Birmingham Crown Court after acknowledging that he had a gun and ammunition.

The arrest was conducted by the force’s Guardian Taskforce – which is committed to tackling serious youth violence.

Detective Inspector Jon Green, from West Midlands Police Major Crime Unit, said: ‘This is excellent work by the Guardian Taskforce whose actions have taken a deadly weapon off the streets.

‘Balu claimed he’d just found the bike and the bag, but we pieced together his movements using CCTV to show that he’d left his house on the bike and carrying the bag earlier in the day.

‘What started as a routine stop of someone acting suspiciously has resulted in a loaded firearm being taken off the street and the carrier being jailed for five years.’

These kinds of individuals have taken over our cities and more and more of our towns over the past 30 years, thanks to our government and politicians on both sides. They have successfully taken over and occupied a large portion of metropolitan Britain; regrettably, the British people are not permitted to fight back or oppose them in any manner.

However, the goal right now is survival, not retaliation.

The UK government is so caught up in other countries’ wars and problems, that it can’t see the war that’s being waged within its own country, and it will get far worse.

Now that it’s growing that way every day and nothing is being done about it, we will eventually be swamped, but I believe that’s the plan—to cause havoc while the army waits in hotels, but our government doesn’t care because it’s all part of the agenda to obliterate British culture.

Our government seem to believe that climate change is the biggest threat that we presently face, more so than terror. Someone needs to get out of their ivory tower and see what is really happening, and it has nothing to do with climate change.

Our political elite are like Mrs Jellyby in Charles Dickens Bleak House. She was a philanthropist and obsessed with the needy of Africa and was so distracted by this that she failed her family – sounds familiar.

This man is a shocking criminal, of which there are many more.

I wonder what his legal status is here in the UK? People need to realise that it’s a privilege to live in this country, not a right.

Anybody surprised. No, me neither because we aren’t learning, are we?

Benefits Will Be Lost If People Refuse To Work

When asked twice today if young people’s benefits would be reduced if they declined to accept employment or training, a cabinet minister squirmed.

Work and Pensions Secretary Liz Kendall eventually committed to the move after a toe-curling discussion on Sky News over Labour’s new welfare crackdown.

Keir Starmer has promised “sweeping changes,” including a crackdown on cheaters and those who “game the system,” and has pledged to curb the “bulging” benefits bill that is “blighting our society.”

Ms Kendall is unveiling a package of legislation on Tuesday to ‘get Britain working’, after officials predict that more than four million people will be claiming long-term sickness benefits by 2030. That would be 60 percent higher than before the pandemic.

But she evaded as she was continually questioned by presenter Trevor Phillips on whether young people will be docked benefits if they do not accept opportunities.

She was accused by an increasingly irate Phillips of “dancing around” the question of whether sanctions would be imposed, which would exacerbate tensions with the Labour Left.

Eventually, Ms Kendall said that ‘if people repeatedly refuse to take up the training or work responsibilities there will be sanctions on their benefits’.

Pressed if that meant they would ‘lose benefits’, the minister replied: ‘Yes.’

Sir Keir used an article in the Mail on Sunday today to signal a new focus on domestic politics, after the extraordinary Budget tax raid and a backlash over his globetrotting fueled a slump in Labour’s poll ratings.

He said that the reforms announced this week will pave the way for ‘the biggest overhaul of employment support in memory’.

He wrote: ‘Make no mistake, we will get to grips with the bulging benefits bill blighting our society.’

‘Don’t get me wrong – we will crack down hard on anyone who tries to game the system, to tackle fraud so we can take cash straight from the banks of fraudsters.

‘There will be a zero-tolerance approach to these criminals. My pledge to Mail on Sunday readers is this: I will grip this problem once and for all.’

Tens of thousands of individuals who are economically inactive due to health issues will be hired for non-clinical positions as part of Labour’s intentions to give the NHS a role in helping people return to work.

The employment of job coaches in mental health clinics is also anticipated to be covered in Ms Kendall’s White Paper.

Whoops: “assigning a non-clinical role to the NHS to help people return to work, such as hiring tens of thousands of people who are economically inactive due to health issues.”

The NHS already employs far too many individuals in non-clinical positions. This runs counter to efforts to simplify the NHS by cutting out non-clinical positions that aren’t required and using the savings to hire more physicians, nurses, and other healthcare professionals.

It appears that our government is unable to understand that sending jobless people to interviews does not guarantee that they will be hired, and many will do all in their power to ensure that they are not hired. Despite their persistent efforts, they will never succeed.

Please don’t expect our infantile government to make any rational suggestions; even if they do, the execution will be so poorly planned that it will be yet another utter disaster on the part of Labour.

The trouble is, with increasing prices and the price of rent in this country, which is excessive. Low-paid workers’ wages go straight to the landlord, the rest is utilities and council tax. There is no incentive to work, and if you do work, it’s about survival, with no life at all.

They say that working gives you self-respect, perhaps those on a good wage, but for those who are on a very poor wage, working long hours for peanuts, that can be extremely demeaning – more demeaning than being on benefits.

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