Most housing benefit goes to private landlords. A big chunk of universal credit subsidises underpayed workers. The so-called welfare bill could be seriously reduced by fixing these underlying issues, not cutting actual welfare.
Steve Reed on 25 March explaining that the £100k cap on donations "will therefore apply retrospectively, so it includes all donations from overseas electors received from today". Yes, but how are people who never bother going to Parliament supposed to know that?
Speeding doesn't actually save you meaningful time. All it really accomplishes is aggressively increasing the chances that you kill yourself or someone else outside your vehicle. It's a mathematically flawed, entirely selfish risk.
Since its foundation in 1824 the bravery of Royal National Lifeboat Institution volunteers has saved more than 146,700 lives at sea. Hundreds of those volunteers have died attempting to save others. They are the best of us.
As gangs of masked men block Dover port, I will just leave this here www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Five Just Stop Oil activists receive record sentences for planning to block M25
Campaigners receive longest ever sentences for non-violent protest after being convicted of conspiracy to cause public nuisance
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IT WAS NEVER THE IMMGRANTS IN SMALL BOATS The world is 700% richer than in 1970 but the average person is only 8% richer Because the richest 0.01% are 4000% richer We are all being robbed every second of every day, and it doesn't matter how much profit or growth there is It will never reach you
Rest in peace Dolly Parton, you most excellent of Humans.
Congratulations to Nigel Farage, brave challenger to the UK establishment! Parliamentary Standards Investigation restarts when?
So one of musk's Falcon rockets has slammed into the moon, creating a brand new small crater. Can we petition the IAU to call it 'Hubris'?
The Voyager photo of Earth and Carl Sagan's pale blue dot speech should be rammed down the throat of every single person on this planet until we, as a species, finally understand our place in the universe.
How many times has "I'm not going back to work" been whispered by women on maternity leave - not by choice, but because they've been priced and pushed out after having children? Best for Britain's Director of Digital investigates👇 https://bestforbritain.substack.com/p/the-hidden-cost-of-parenthood
The hidden cost of parenthood
Notes from the other side of maternity leave. By Julia Meadon
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His claim to be fighting for the people of Clacton would have been somewhat more convincing if he hadn't been forced to go back more than two years before finding a clip of himself there
Farage thinks he can make an investigation go away by briefly standing down, but he hasn’t read the standing orders.
A horse struggles to exist #art #animation #indieanimationday #horse
#BBCPM Nigel Farage has come out of hiding today, after Keir Starmer's resignation, and it has not gone well for him. Here, he is coolly and calmly destroyed by Sally Nugent, as his hypocrisy is exposed. The temperature is rising for Mr. Farage.
The problem with neoliberalism is you run out of state assets to sell.
I shall watch this with interest. There's no way to get 60% of kids actively travelling to school without disrupting current patterns of car-based mobility. This includes making all urban streets safer, not just those right outside schools www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Ministers want 60% of pupils in England ‘actively’ travelling to school by 2035
Exclusive: Transport secretary, Heidi Alexander, says cycling and walking plan focuses on ‘everyday travel needs’
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Having 4 parties regularly polling over 15% in first past the post is a recipe for disaster. A coalition at the next election is inevitable, but we're also going to have hundreds of deeply unpopular local MPs. MPs will get elected with 3 in 4 having voted against them.
The same people who tell me I can’t ever be British because of my name are saying a guy named Nowak is British, but just for a few days while they hold riots
World Bicycle Day! I love riding my Brompton Bicycle & the freedom that cycling brings. Cycling is fantastic for both mental & physical health it helps reduce stress, improves fitness, & overall wellbeing. Every ride is a reminder of how such a simple activity can have so many positive benefits.
