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//GPs, care homes and hospices have voiced concerns about the impact of the rise in employer National Insurance contributions announced in the Budget. The NHS and rest of the public sector are... ...
Why did Jeremy Hunt try a last ditch attempt to block the OBR from releasing a report on the £22bn Black hole he left behind him in the Economy.In a letter to the cabinet secretary Hunt says he... ...
The pound sank and traders dump UK bonds. And this is the budget the economically illiterate on here were praising. Yes, its the DM as its a free link. Information is in other sources too before... ...
Apparently it would have taken monkeys too long to write the works of Shakespeare. Who'd a thunk it: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c748kmvwyv9o ...
https://www.express.co.uk/news/politics/1970082/Tax-spending-Labour-business-Reeves Even the standard BBC lefty audience have seen through the labour con trick. ...
Due to the aftermath of yesterday's dreadful, anti-growth, budget, this may have been missed. Raynor had her grubby hands out for clothing freebies, and initially registered them as "Donation in... ...
https://news.sky.com/story/money-blog-buyers-pull-out-of-house-deals-in-minutes-after-chancellors-stamp-duty-hike-13040934 anyone in the process of buying/selling? ...
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/oct/31/israeli-settlers-eye-return-to-gaza daniella weiss is the leader of nachala, an organisation which campaigns for resettlement of gaza by jews. she has... ...
Last week the Serious Fraud Office investigated the building of a hotel and conference centre in Birmingham by the Unite Union, using £112 million of its members money: the complex has since been... ...
//Farmers across the UK have met the news that inheritance tax relief for farms will be limited to £1m with anger. The National Farmers' Union said it had been a “disastrous budget” for family... ...
//Radiohead singer Thom Yorke briefly walked off stage during his Australian solo tour after an exchange with an audience member who heckled him with a protest about deaths in... ...
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/10/30/po-palestinian-authors-boycott-israeli-culture-criticised/ Perhaps they should boycott the mobile phone and memory stick both of which were developed in... ...
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/10/30/david-lloyd-george-statue-whitehall-pro-palestine-protest/ More nonsense from the lefty rabble, perhaps they should protest in Gaza or the west bank ...
At a speech given by Donald Trump last week at the Al Smith Dinner in New York, he said "We have someone in the White House who can barely talk, barely put together two coherent sentences, who... ...
https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/31401660/paedo-cop-child-sex-videos-police-station-avoids-prison/ Surely it annoys you when people are languishing in a cell for ridiculous reasons like shouting scum... ...