People housebound with physical and mental conditions will be told to look for employment they can do from home or face having their benefits cut under hardline welfare reforms. Under plans to be unveiled by Rishi Sunak, they will be told that being unable to leave home is no obstacle to finding work, thanks toContinue reading “A New Welfare Clampdown Will Force Housebound And Mentally Ill People To Work From Home “
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The Inheritance Tax Is Expected To Be Cut By Jeremy Hunt In The Autumn
Jeremy Hunt is poised to cut inheritance tax in the Autumn Statement in a move that could reduce Tory pressure over dire polls. The Chancellor is increasingly expected to act to ease the burden next Wednesday after inflation declined slightly quicker than expected. He is also thought to have a tad more wriggle room afterContinue reading “The Inheritance Tax Is Expected To Be Cut By Jeremy Hunt In The Autumn”
Suella Braverman’s Parting Shot To Rishi Sunak… And Why She Wrote It
Suella Braverman wrote an incendiary 1,318-word resignation letter which revealed a string of secrets from her time in Rishi Sunak’s Cabinet. The former home secretary levelled point-blank parting shots at the Prime Minister’s character and leadership and delivered a harsh verdict on the Government’s chances of success in tackling the small boat crisis. Here weContinue reading “Suella Braverman’s Parting Shot To Rishi Sunak… And Why She Wrote It”
England And Wales Must Sell New Houses As Freehold
All new houses in England and Wales will have to be sold as freehold properties under ministers’ revived plans to phase out the ‘feudal leasehold system’. Next month’s King’s Speech, when the Government will set out its fresh legislative agenda, will include proposals to ‘restore true home ownership’ to buyers. Promised new laws will ensureContinue reading “England And Wales Must Sell New Houses As Freehold”
AI Has A One In Four Chance Of Destroying us, Says Tech Boss
A leading tech boss warned that artificial intelligence has a one in four chance of wiping out humankind. Dario Amodei, of AI researchers Anthropic, said the technology would destroy the world by either going rogue or by being abused by humans. He added the chance something goes catastrophically wrong on the scale of human civilisationContinue reading “AI Has A One In Four Chance Of Destroying us, Says Tech Boss”
The UK Will Send Spy Planes And Ships To Israel
Britain will send surveillance aircraft, two Royal Navy support ships and almost 100 Royal Marines to the eastern Mediterranean from Friday to support Israel and help prevent any sudden escalation of warfare in the Middle East. Patrol flights of Poseidon P-8 aircraft and other aircraft will begin on Friday, Downing Street announced, tasked partly withContinue reading “The UK Will Send Spy Planes And Ships To Israel”
Rishi Sunak Cancels HS2’s Northern Leg While £36 Billion Is Spent On Better Transport
Rishi Sunak dramatically cancelled the rest of the HS2 project and declared to pump the £36 billion savings into better transport projects. The Prime Minister confirmed the move saying the high-speed scheme was the symbol of the ‘old consensus’, as he pledged to ‘fundamentally change our country’ and fix ‘broken’ politics like Margaret Thatcher did.Continue reading “Rishi Sunak Cancels HS2’s Northern Leg While £36 Billion Is Spent On Better Transport “
Can Rishi Sunak Win The Election Next May?
Rishi Sunak is set to slash the despised inheritance tax and secure the triple lock that guarantees state pension payments ahead of the next election, fuelling speculation he could go to the country as soon as May. The Prime Minister could make an announcement on IHT before the Conservative Party Conference next week, pledging toContinue reading “Can Rishi Sunak Win The Election Next May?”
There’s A Possibility That Stage 2 Of HS2 Could Be Scrapped
Rishi Sunak is facing widespread outrage amid claims that the second phase of the controversial HS2 high-speed rail line could be axed to save money. Ministers have already poured £2.3 billion into the Birmingham to Manchester Phase 2 of the massively over-budget project. But Rishi Sunak and Jeremy Hunt are said to have been toldContinue reading “There’s A Possibility That Stage 2 Of HS2 Could Be Scrapped”
For Girls’ Safety, Students Call On Rishi Sunak To Keep Single-Sex Toilets In Schools
Five teenage lassies have written to the Prime Minister urging him to keep single-sex toilets in schools to ensure female pupils’ safety and dignity. In an open letter, the students, who are aged between 13 and 15, called on Rishi Sunak to attack the problem head-on when the Government issues its long-awaited transgender guidance toContinue reading “For Girls’ Safety, Students Call On Rishi Sunak To Keep Single-Sex Toilets In Schools”