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Conservative Fury At Boris Johnson’s Crackdown On MPs’ Outside Earnings

Boris Johnson was facing another brutal day attempting to quell the sleaze crisis with Tories angry about his back of a fag packet crackdown on their outside earnings. The Prime Minister desperately sought to draw a line under the chaos by promising to ban politicians from working as consultants on the side, something that costsContinue reading “Conservative Fury At Boris Johnson’s Crackdown On MPs’ Outside Earnings”

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Don’t Make Elderly People Choose Between Heating And Eating

MPs have been asked not to make the elderly choose between heating and eating by suspending the pensions triple lock in a Commons vote. The mechanism ensures the state pension increases by inflation earnings or 2.5 per cent, whichever is highest, but the Chancellor wants to delay the earnings link for a year because lastContinue reading “Don’t Make Elderly People Choose Between Heating And Eating”

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Test And Trace, The NHS’s ‘World Beating’ £37.5 Billion Program, Was A Waste Of Taxpayers’ Money

A damaging report by MPs claims that the £37 billion NHS Test and Trace service has been an eye wateringly costly mess. It’s failed to break chains of COVID transmission, prevent lockdowns or allow people to return to a more normal way of life. The organisation, previously led by former TalkTalk boss Baroness Harding, alsoContinue reading “Test And Trace, The NHS’s ‘World Beating’ £37.5 Billion Program, Was A Waste Of Taxpayers’ Money”

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Therese Coffey Slammed For Belting Out ‘Time Of My Life’ At A Boozy Conference Karaoke

The Cabinet Minister in charge of Universal Credit was slammed for belting out ‘Time Of My Life’ at a boozy Conservative party conference karaoke bash, hours before cutting payments to six million people. Work and Pensions Secretary Therese Coffey enthusiastically belted out the 1987 power ballad from the movie Dirty Dancing in a duet withContinue reading “Therese Coffey Slammed For Belting Out ‘Time Of My Life’ At A Boozy Conference Karaoke”

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Boris Johnson Supports Proposals For A New Tax To Cover Social Care Reforms

Boris Johnson is preparing to announce a cap on the amount people have to pay for their care as soon as next week. Number 10 and the Treasury are said to be putting the final touches to a deal to fix the social care crisis. The Prime Minister is understood to be keen to publishContinue reading “Boris Johnson Supports Proposals For A New Tax To Cover Social Care Reforms”

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SNP At The Centre Of A Criminal Fraud Inquiry

The Scottish National Party is at the centre of a criminal fraud probe amid claims cash given to a £600,000 fundraising drive has gone missing. Police Scotland said the investigation centred on seven complaints about contributions and had been launched after consultation with prosecutors. Detectives are looking at allegations that money that was reserved forContinue reading “SNP At The Centre Of A Criminal Fraud Inquiry”

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Tory MP Natalie Elphicke Is Forced Into Grovelling Climbdown

A Tory backbencher was forced to backtrack after a horrific own goal-attack on England player Marcus Rashford over his missed Euro 2020 penalty. Dover MP Natalie Elphicke suggested the Manchester United player should have practiced spot-kicks instead of campaigning for free meals for deprived schoolchildren during the lockdown. She commented on a Tory MP WhatsAppContinue reading “Tory MP Natalie Elphicke Is Forced Into Grovelling Climbdown”

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Take Two Tests In Three Days For 24 Hours Of Freedom?

Boris Johnson is facing a new assault on his plan for COVID passports to go to the pub, amid claims ministers are attempting to strongarm young people into getting vaccinated. The government is putting together a policy where an NHS app would be utilised as evidence people have had jabs, or been newly tested. PeopleContinue reading “Take Two Tests In Three Days For 24 Hours Of Freedom?”

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Dominic Raab Says Vaccine Passports Could Be Needed To Get Into Pubs Or Supermarkets In The United Kingdom

Dominic Raab insisted vaccine passports could be needed to get into pubs and supermarkets in the United Kingdom. The Foreign Secretary contradicted a string of other government statements as he said the idea was under deliberation. The comments will provoke outrage from Tories who are already genuinely alarmed about the way the pandemic has poundedContinue reading “Dominic Raab Says Vaccine Passports Could Be Needed To Get Into Pubs Or Supermarkets In The United Kingdom”