Sir Keir Starmer has been accused of being a Leader in Name Only after No 10 sources told The Mail on Sunday the PM was being ‘bullied’ by the Treasury into introducing a mansion tax in the Budget. According to the source, the premier was opposed to introducing the measure, out of concerns it would generate negativeContinue reading “POLL OF THE DAY”
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Old Burial Site To Be Turned Into Luxury Homes
Residents living in the shadow of a cemetery where developers want to construct luxury homes over dead bodies have blamed their council of ‘taking them for fools’ after it emerged a full exhumation did not take place as promised. Calls are mounting to stop the council’s plans to build 20 homes over 11 ‘sacred’ gravestones, includingContinue reading “Old Burial Site To Be Turned Into Luxury Homes”
Locals Fume After Labour Reopens Migrant Hotel
Locals living in a lush Essex town have been left seething after a migrant hotel reopened. A hotel in Epping will house asylum seekers yet again, as Labour reopened the accommodation site after the last Conservative Government closed it. Two locals who live in the same street as the hotel, alleged that in May 2022,Continue reading “Locals Fume After Labour Reopens Migrant Hotel”
The Council Tax Soars, But The Service Is RUBBISH
After millions were slapped with inflation-busting bills, struggling households will have to pay record amounts of council tax this year. Homes across England face paying an average of £2,280 after almost all town halls increased the tax by the maximum 5 percent allowed, official figures confirmed yesterday. It means rates for a standard Band DContinue reading “The Council Tax Soars, But The Service Is RUBBISH”
2035: Reduce Meat Consumption, Use Heat Pumps, And Drive Electric Cars
Advisors have cautioned that to meet Keir Starmer’s new climate objective, British citizens must purchase electric vehicles and heat pumps and even reduce their meat consumption. The prime minister said at the COP29 meeting in Azerbaijan that the UK will reduce its greenhouse gas emissions by 81% by 2035. He insisted it was possible toContinue reading “2035: Reduce Meat Consumption, Use Heat Pumps, And Drive Electric Cars”
Labour Set To Overhaul Planning Laws To Build The ‘Biggest Wave Of Social And Affordable Housing In A Generation’
Labour will overhaul planning rules to build the ‘biggest wave of social and affordable housing in a generation’, the Deputy Prime Minister has said. Angela Rayner, who is also the Housing Secretary, said delivering the homes at scale is her ‘No 1 priority’ after accusing the previous government of giving up on building. Echoing the Chancellor’sContinue reading “Labour Set To Overhaul Planning Laws To Build The ‘Biggest Wave Of Social And Affordable Housing In A Generation’”
Thousands Of Homes Could Be Built On the ‘Green Belt’
Rachel Reeves has said that Labour could alter planning rules to allow hundreds of thousands of vital homes to be built on the ‘Green Belt. The shadow chancellor said the party would look at reclassifying protected land as ‘brownfield’ sites ripe for development under a ‘common sense approach’ if elected. It comes as all theContinue reading “Thousands Of Homes Could Be Built On the ‘Green Belt’”
A Family Of Eight Forced To Live In A One-Bed Council Flat
A family of eight, including seven children all under the age of 16, have been forced to live in a cramped one-bed council flat. Cheryl Shaw and her six children have been living in the mould and damp-ridden property in Oldham, Greater Manchester, since last year. The property was originally given to her when sheContinue reading “A Family Of Eight Forced To Live In A One-Bed Council Flat”
How Prefabs Came To Be
During the Second World War and the bombing of towns and cities, there became a despairing demand for housing. Over 200,000 homes were destroyed by aerial bombing attacks. So, it was decided that prefabricated houses, later known as prefabs would be the temporary answer until the country could return to constructing permanent homes with traditionalContinue reading “How Prefabs Came To Be”
What A Stressful Start To The Day!
Hundreds of people have taken to social media to gripe after Microsoft services including Outlook and Teams suffered an outage. The first issues were reported, with Microsoft saying that at about 9 am they isolated the problem to a networking configuration issue and were attempting to fix it without causing further impact to users. TheyContinue reading “What A Stressful Start To The Day!”
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