Based on the child credit component of the previously rejected Health Government’s Tax Credit proposal, which would have abolished PAYE and integrated tax and benefits, Barbara Castle established Child Benefit in 1975. It has long been a necessary component of our lives, and everyone has the right to it—even those with higher incomes than othersContinue reading “BENEFITS FOR CHILDREN”
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Keir Starmer Strikes A Friendly Tone But Hints At Tax Raids And Softer Prisons
Keir Starmer warned of ‘tough decisions’ looming and tried to stop people from calling him ‘PM’ today as he kicked off his Red Revolution. At his first press conference in Downing Street, the Labour leader said questioners could call him ‘Keir’ as he acknowledged that his government will be ‘judged on actions, not on words’. HeContinue reading “Keir Starmer Strikes A Friendly Tone But Hints At Tax Raids And Softer Prisons”
Labour’s First Day In Power
More than 5,000 days have passed since Labour was last in Government. But Keir Starmer wasted no time in laying down the first tentative steps towards change yesterday as he selected his cabinet and assured voters he would begin to rebuild trust with a ‘country-first, party-second’ brand of politics. As outgoing Prime Minister Rishi Sunak left NumberContinue reading “Labour’s First Day In Power”
Lewisham Community Builds Its Own Homes
The average price of a house in the city was £720k last year, which is substantially higher than the average price nationwide. Too costly for a lot of Londoners, this left a void in the market, which the southeast’s self-build project filled. Residents of Ladywell, Lewisham, have begun to occupy the 36 price-capped homes inContinue reading “Lewisham Community Builds Its Own Homes”
LIVING HELL
MAN: I’m 65 years old, homeless, and doing a dead-end job. I’m told I have to work until the day I die. In October 2023, Gary Evans left his private rental apartment of 13 years to take a new position as a live-in caretaker. However, his intentions were derailed when the woman he was supposedContinue reading “LIVING HELL”
Keir Starmer Plans To Use Satellites To Raise Council Tax On Those With Gardens
If Labour is elected, it has been accused of having intentions to employ satellites to spy on the size of homes with larger gardens to increase council taxation on those homes. Sir Keir Starmer’s party has dismissed the claims as ‘fantasy’, but Housing Secretary Michael Gove is standing firm that Labour will ‘hammer’ families ifContinue reading “Keir Starmer Plans To Use Satellites To Raise Council Tax On Those With Gardens”
On The Day Keir Starmer Told Voters He “Knows How It Feels To Struggle With Bills,” He Wore A £500 Sandro Coat
Sir Keir Starmer was spotted wearing a £500 coat on the campaign trail, and on the same day he told voters he ‘knows what it feels like to struggle with bills’. On the other hand, after having his greatest day of the campaign, Rishi Sunak was spotted in casual attire boarding a sleeper train in Penzance.Continue reading “On The Day Keir Starmer Told Voters He “Knows How It Feels To Struggle With Bills,” He Wore A £500 Sandro Coat”
NHS’ Worst Treatment Disaster: Rishi Sunak To Apologize
Rishi Sunak will apologise to infected-blood victims, as a devastating report blames successive governments and the NHS for the scandal. The Prime Minister will issue a formal apology on behalf of the Government for the handling of a scandal which has claimed more than 3,000 lives and continues to wreck countless others. Plans for a major compensation programmeContinue reading “NHS’ Worst Treatment Disaster: Rishi Sunak To Apologize”
AstraZeneca COVID Vaccination Wrongly Administered To A 28-Year-Old Healthy Man
A healthy 28-year-old man who died after being wrongly given the AstraZeneca Covid vaccine was told to ‘count yourself lucky’ when he was given it. Alex Reid, an operations controller from Leeds, ‘did not understand why’ he was invited to get the vaccination early in March 2021 as a man in his late 20s who was otherwiseContinue reading “AstraZeneca COVID Vaccination Wrongly Administered To A 28-Year-Old Healthy Man “
Every Time It Rains, Our New Homes Flood
Frustration and dismay have become the norm for homeowners who have been left with flooded gardens every time it rains—and they claim it’s because drains were not installed. Locals who live in the Rivers Edge development in Warrington, Cheshire, allege their gardens have been left ‘unusable’ because water sits on the patio and floods theirContinue reading “Every Time It Rains, Our New Homes Flood “
THE MONTHLY MOSQUITO 