The price of rolling tobacco will soar as Jeremy Hunt hammered smokers with huge tax rises in his Autumn Statement. Announcing his latest financial package to the House of Commons, the Chancellor told MPs he would massively increase the duty on hand-rolling tobacco. This will rise by an additional 10 per cent above the tobaccoContinue reading “Smokers Are Being Hammered By Jeremy Hunt”
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‘Sugar Rush’ Of Tax Cuts Before Election Fuels Recession Fears
A leading think tank has warned that the Government is in a ‘terrible bind’ – whoever wins the next election. The Institute for Fiscal Studies says weak economic growth and stubbornly high inflation leave ‘no room’ for unfunded tax cuts or spending increases any time soon. One problem is the amount the government is shellingContinue reading “‘Sugar Rush’ Of Tax Cuts Before Election Fuels Recession Fears”
She Is Furious As Her Child Is Humiliated For Not Having Money To Buy School Dinner
A mother has lashed out after her son was refused a meal at school because he didn’t have enough money in his account. Kelly Bowman said that her 14-year-old boy was left starving and humiliated after a lunchtime supervisor ordered him to put his meal back, leaving him without a lunchtime meal. A newspaper outletContinue reading “She Is Furious As Her Child Is Humiliated For Not Having Money To Buy School Dinner”
Are You Spraying Animal Urine On Your Neck?
An undercover investigator has revealed that fake perfume bottles that claim to be made by many of the world’s top luxury labels can often be loaded with animal urine. Detective and business investigator Tamer Bakiner claims that people across the world are endangering their own health by buying counterfeit goods, as most, if not all,Continue reading “Are You Spraying Animal Urine On Your Neck?”
Once Again, It Happened!
It was just two months into his term that President Joe Biden sparked concerns by stumbling and falling on the stairs of Air Force One. Since then, it’s been a downward trajectory when it comes to incidents where the most senior president in US history has lost his balance or hit the floor. Joe Biden,Continue reading “Once Again, It Happened!”
The Concept Of Growing Food Has Become Taboo
Farmers reacted with anger to Boris Johnson’s plans to rewild swathes of the UK’s arable and pasture land claiming swapping fields of cows, sheep and pigs for trees and bogs, which will put British food production at risk. The Government’s £2.4 billion per year plan to replace the European Union’s common agricultural policy, called theContinue reading “The Concept Of Growing Food Has Become Taboo”
Tax Fury Grows Over Tobacco
Smoking bodies have warned that the government’s tobacco tax will hit the most disadvantaged hardest and promote bootlegging, and they said that Rishi Sunak’s plan to increase prices by 88 pence to about £13.60 per pack will leave holes in the wallets of those worst hit by the pandemic. Smoker’s group Forest blasted the moveContinue reading “Tax Fury Grows Over Tobacco”
Feeding a Habit
Drug abusers are putting a price on the health service, a whacking £500,000 a year while they’re taking the heroin replacement methadone behind bars and, as well through the NHS. This country’s health faces growing demands as the Tory party overseers make cuts on a health service that is swiftly falling flat on its face.Continue reading “Feeding a Habit”
The War Against Reality
I do agree that GPs are very overstretched, but their task is to help their patients who are sick. Those that presently go into see their GP is because of pressure from being told that they don’t qualify to benefit any longer and, they’re under pressure because they need support from their GP, but nowContinue reading “The War Against Reality”
Fit for work man rushed to hospital, was such a close call!
A man who was proclaimed fit for work and, was taken off incapacity benefit was rushed into hospital a month after the judgment was made by Atos. The reason for this is because medical assessments by Atos Healthcare are meant to inaccurately assess claimants as being fit for work when they’re not. They’re not assessedContinue reading “Fit for work man rushed to hospital, was such a close call!”