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BREAKING: Thames Velley Police have agreed that the warrants to search Prince Andrew's homes were unlawful. The error was made because they forgot there's an exemption that means members of the royal family are allowed to be paedos.

As the Green Party more than triples its vote share in Holborn and St Pancras, we in the media must ask a very obvious question: why is Zack Polanski's leadership such a massive failure?

Tory £6bn inheritance tax cut plan Increase threshold from £1m per couple to £2m+home. In 2024-25, 30,400 estates paid IHT, may rise to 52,100 in 2029-30. IHT cut for the richest, paid by cutting benefits for old, sick, disabled, unemployed. How will it help economic growth, reindustrialization?

Kemi Badenoch says Tories would scrap inheritance tax on family homes

Tory leader says her party is "coming back", as she aims to convince voters it has changed after 2024 election defeat.

bbc.co.uk

Just want to point out you do need to end entitlements in the USA. Like the entitlement of billionaires to not pay any tax, and the entitlement of Health Insurance companies not to provide treatment you already paid for.

Dividends paid to UK citizens taxed at rates of 8.75% to 39.35%, lower rate than wages. Dividends mostly go to the top 1%. £6bn a year raised if dividends taxed at the same rate as wages. More if NIC levied. Unlike the US, France, Germany, no UK tax levied on dividends paid to foreign investors.

This is how the Chancellor can increase the personal allowance and lift millions out of hardship

Sustained economic growth can’t be achieved without a major boost to the purchasing power of the bottom 50% of the population

leftfootforward.org

The British government has gone utterly bonkers in its support for the criminal state of Israel. In New York too, we see Susan Sarandon arrested objecting to war criminal Netanyahu’s arrival for his demented UN speech. Such respect for celebrities speaking up 🙏❤️👏🇵🇸

Defend Our Juries@defendourjuries.bsky.social · 2w ago

BREAKING: Massive Attack’s Rob Del Naja arrested under the UK Terrorism Act outside Labour Party conference venue. The legendary musician was arrested after peacefully holding “I oppose genocide - I support Palestine Action” on a paper sign on the eve of Labour’s conference.

BREAKING: 94 year old Jewish human rights barrister, Margaret Owen arrested under the Terrorism Act outside Andy Burnham’s Labour Party conference. UK taxpayers are funding these arrests while masked men terrorise the streets in coastal towns. Lift The Ban on Palestine Action.

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"We're here today to say... war criminals are not welcome in this city &.. this is bigger than just Netanyahu. This is about the fact that our govt has been funding and enabling genocide & apartheid & it has to stop" Beth Miller from Jewish Voice for Peace in New York yesterday.

Spain's prime minister slams Israel’s genocide in Gaza during UN speech - https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/spains-prime-minister-slams-israels-genocide-gaza-during-un-speech

Spain's prime minister slams Israel’s genocide in Gaza during UN speech

<article data-history-node-id="448227" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/spains-prime-minister-slams-israels-genocide-gaza-during-un-speech" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/spains-prime-minister-slams-israels-genocide-gaza-during-un-speech" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">Spain's prime minister slams Israel’s genocide in Gaza during UN speech</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p>Spanish prime minister Pedro Sanchez has condemned Israel for its genocide in Gaza during&nbsp;his address to the United Nations General Assembly.</p> <p>Sanchez said that&nbsp;Spain condemns "unequivocally a genocide that Netanyahu is still perpetrating in Gaza".</p> <p>He added that his country has opposed "all wars of aggression wherever they have started, whether it’s in Ukraine, Lebanon or Iran" for the past eight years.&nbsp;</p> <p>"We have refused to increase our military spending… and we’ve done everything possible to avoid aggressions that ran counter to the UN Charter," Sanchez said.</p> <p>He also indicated that Madrid&nbsp;was committed to "placing sanctions on Russian aggressors, imposing an arms embargo on the Netanyahu government of Israel and prohibiting the use of our territory to deploy an aggression that was against international law".</p> </div> </div> </article>

middleeasteye.net

Pay rent, eat or keep warm? Growing numbers face hard choices as housing benefit gap grows. No curbs on rents. Shortage of social housing. 2.8m council homes sold since the 1980s, not replaced. Low wages, 37.8% of Universal Credit claimants are in work. Poverty is a political choice.

Pay rent, eat or keep warm? Growing numbers face hard choices as housing benefit gap grows

Wirral mother among renters turning to food banks as gap between a two-bed and housing benefit hits £158 a month – rising to as much as £324 in London

theguardian.com