Bond markets were sent into frenzy and the pound fell after the Chancellor’s tears in the Commons – drawing comparisons with the disorderly reaction to Liz Truss’s catastrophic mini-budget. UK ten-year borrowing costs surged close to 4.7 per cent as Sir Keir Starmer declined to offer Rachel Reeves his support as she sat beside him at the Prime Minister’s questions.Continue reading “The Pound Plummets”
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More Pensioners Will Get Fuel Payments This Winter
Labour’s U-turn on fuel payments will happen in time for more pensioners to benefit this winter, it was announced – but not all retirees will have the handouts restored. Chancellor Rachel Reeves said this morning that planned changes to the means-testing of winter fuel payments would be in place ahead of the colder months. ‘More people willContinue reading “More Pensioners Will Get Fuel Payments This Winter”
Man Broke His Spine Tripping On A Pothole
A grandfather-of-four who smashed his face tripping on a pothole outside his home, only to discover he had broken his spine, has claimed his neighbours reported it to the council three years prior. When Darren Lucas claimed to have stumbled over a 10-foot-long pothole and struck his head on the concrete, he was making hisContinue reading “Man Broke His Spine Tripping On A Pothole”
Couple ‘Sleeping Rough In Brighton Park’ With Toddler
Police are increasingly concerned for a couple and a toddler who are thought to be sleeping outside in the cold around the Brighton vicinity. A bystander reported seeing a teenage girl sleeping in Queens Park, Brighton on December 6th, with a young male in his late teens or early 20s and a toddler aged aboutContinue reading “Couple ‘Sleeping Rough In Brighton Park’ With Toddler”
A New Welfare Clampdown Will Force Housebound And Mentally Ill People To Work From Home
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 “
There Is Widespread Criticism Of Tony Blair For His Arrogance
Tony Blair has been criticised after his arrogance today, suggesting junk food is taxed until it’s too expensive for the poor to eat, in a bid to reduce obesity in the United Kingdom. The former prime minister urged the Government to have a more interventionist approach to public health, with an increase in the sugarContinue reading “There Is Widespread Criticism Of Tony Blair For His Arrogance”
In Just Three Days, More Than 1,000 Migrants Cross The Channel
More than a thousand migrants have travelled the Channel in three days, official figures revealed, showering enormous stress on Rishi Sunak’s vow to end the arrival of small boats. The Home Office said that some 333 people were detected crossing the English Channel in small boats on Sunday. There were 374 people seen on SaturdayContinue reading “In Just Three Days, More Than 1,000 Migrants Cross The Channel”
It Doesn’t Pay To Work Hard
Angry workers have slammed a universal income benefit trial handling £1,600 a month to people who will be paid without having to work. A group of 30 people have been selected to take part in what will be England’s first-ever trial of a universal income scheme. Over the course of two years, they will receiveContinue reading “It Doesn’t Pay To Work Hard”
Britain’s psycho welfare system
Britain has a mad benefit structure and, it’s turning devoted young couples into fraudulent claimers because getting married or living together means they will have to take an extreme reduction in income. So, instead of seeing there living standards take a nosedive, a lot of cohabitant couples on welfare are cheating the State by claimingContinue reading “Britain’s psycho welfare system”
Freudian slip!
Lord Freud must believe that the citizens of England are really ignorant individuals, for him to state that there was no evidence between rising food bank use and, the Coalition governments welfare changes. Anyone with an speck of savvy would perceive that there was a connection between rising food bank use and welfare changes, youContinue reading “Freudian slip!”
THE MONTHLY MOSQUITO 