An elderly couple who like to keep the heating on at home were left ‘shaking in fear’ when police burst into their home searching for a cannabis farm – after a thermal camera on a helicopter mistakenly identified it as a drugs den. Pensioners Barry and Mavis Lovelock were finishing their breakfast when the ‘terrifying’Continue reading “Marijuana Raid By Bungling Police”
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DWP To Cut PIP And Other Welfare Payments
Many nationwide will be alarmed by the Labour government’s announcement that it would be slashing billions of pounds from the nation’s welfare bill. Work and Pensions Secretary Liz Kendall will speak in the House of Commons and is expected to confirm a huge package of cuts to welfare. This is despite growing unrest from Labour MPsContinue reading “DWP To Cut PIP And Other Welfare Payments”
Welfare Claimants To Be Given ‘Right To Try’ Work Without Risk Of Losing Their Benefits
Labour’s reform of the system will allow welfare recipients to attempt employment without fear of losing their benefits. Work and Pensions Secretary Liz Kendall is expected to announce legislation to introduce a ‘right to try guarantee’ for those on health-related benefits. This will prevent people from having their entitlements automatically re-assessed if they enter employment.Continue reading “Welfare Claimants To Be Given ‘Right To Try’ Work Without Risk Of Losing Their Benefits”
Turn Off These Kitchen Appliances To Save Money
Pensioners are urged to think twice before using energy-hungry kitchen appliances as the UK prepares for winter temperatures and darker days. The warning comes after Labour’s contentious decision to slash the £300 Winter Fuel Allowance in September, which left millions of senior citizens with little other option than to figure out how to make theirContinue reading “Turn Off These Kitchen Appliances To Save Money”
A Pensioner, 70, Worries About The Winter
A pensioner has said he is ‘scared for the winter’ because he can’t afford to put the heating on as Labour prepares to scrap the winter fuel allowance from millions. Simon Moss, a 70-year-old retired customer service assistant, is facing a harsh winter ahead in his cold housing association bungalow. He already limits his shoppingContinue reading “A Pensioner, 70, Worries About The Winter”
What Taxes Will Rachel Reeves Hike In The Budget?
Fears are mounting about looming tax hikes for Brits after Rachel Reeves raided pensioners and warned of pain to come in the Budget. The Chancellor has been defending her remarkable political gamble after declaring the Tories had left a £22 billion black hole in the finances. She used the accusation as cover to virtually tear up Labour’s election platform—strippingContinue reading “What Taxes Will Rachel Reeves Hike In The Budget?”
Pensioners Should Be Taxed More: Rachel Reeves, Tax Tsar
Shadow Chancellor Rachel Reeves’s new tax tsar previously called pensioners ‘codgers’ who had it ‘ridiculously good’. Sir Edward Troup, a former Tory Treasury special adviser, also said it was ‘ridiculous’ that pensioners received free TV licences and argued for them to be taxed more. His remarks became public earlier this month following his appointment byContinue reading “Pensioners Should Be Taxed More: Rachel Reeves, Tax Tsar”
Labour-Run Council Splashes Out Nearly £50,000 On LGBT-Friendly Rainbow Junction, Sparking Fury
It’s emerged that a ‘rainbow junction’ in support of the LGBT community cost taxpayers almost £50,000. The four crossings, painted in the coloured stripes of the Progressive Pride flag was rolled out in Chiswick High Road in February by the Labour-run Hounslow council. According to a newspaper outlet, disability campaigners were left furious when itContinue reading “Labour-Run Council Splashes Out Nearly £50,000 On LGBT-Friendly Rainbow Junction, Sparking Fury”
There Is A Feeling Among Shoppers That Supermarket Giants Are Taking Advantage Of Them
Two in three shoppers feel ripped off because supermarket colossi are charging much higher prices in their small convenience stores. The figures come from Which? amid new research demonstrating that trust in supermarkets has fallen to a nine-year low. The supermarkets typically charge more for the same product sold through their smaller convenience stores, suchContinue reading “There Is A Feeling Among Shoppers That Supermarket Giants Are Taking Advantage Of Them”
Inflation To Be Halved By Rishi Sunak
A new survey suggests that Tory hopes of maintaining power at the next election rest on Rishi Sunak and Jeremy Hunt’s hopes of halving inflation and cutting mortgage costs before voters go to the polls. According to figures assembled for Mail Online, the state of the stumbling economy is far and away the most importantContinue reading “Inflation To Be Halved By Rishi Sunak”
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