Angela Rayner has encouraged Rachel Reeves to strip middle-class families of child benefits payments, it has been claimed. The Labour Deputy Prime Minister urged the treasury to ‘claw back’ the benefit from families where the highest earner’s annual earnings were between £50,000 and £80,000, The Telegraph first reported. If taken forward, the decision would undo an announcement by the Tories in March 2024 thatContinue reading “Rayner Urges Rachel Reeves To Strip Middle-Class Child Benefits”
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Iraqi Asylum Seeker Avoids Deportation
The 32-year-old man, who judges have granted anonymity, illegally entered Britain on the back of a lorry in 2016. He said he lost his Iraqi ID card and warned that sending him back to his home nation would violate his human rights. When asked in a screening interview why he should be given asylum, heContinue reading “Iraqi Asylum Seeker Avoids Deportation”