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ABSpareEditor
To enhance the quality of our discussions, please ensure your question titles and openings in the News category are clear and specific and do not contain abbreviations or nicknames. This helps... ...
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gulliver1
Kemi Badenoch gives a keynote speech at the CPS talking about "remaking conservatism" When she said "Today we honour Margaret Thatcher" Which led to heckling by protesters to remind us that ... ...
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ToraToraTora
https://news.sky.com/story/mass-crackdown-launched-on-government-credit-cards-as-some-expenses-not-justified-13331227 Why have a bunch of civil service jockies got government cards anyway? ...and... ...
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ToraToraTora
https://news.sky.com/story/the-system-just-doesnt-work-more-children-than-ever-are-not-in-school-report-finds-with-more-than-11-million-lost-days-13331143 We must get them away from the net and... ...
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https://www.express.co.uk/news/politics/2028621/net-zero-Low-Carbon-Contracts-Company-job I think he's off his rocker, £255k a year Net Zero Tsar hired whihc with all the attendant costs will be... ...
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Atheist
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cvge4l109r3o Why would he do that? ...
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Hymie
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d-Wf3JQNjEU ...
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Khandro
Households with at least one foreign national claimant received more than £7.5 billion in universal credit in 2023, figures from the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) show. Foreign nationals... ...
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Khandro
Britons with acne, constipation and those who abused alcohol and drugs are claiming almost £10,000-a-year each in disability benefits from a welfare system that experts warn is no longer fit for... ...
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ToraToraTora
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c871wzx8r47o From Labour, Tory and the Lib non dems. ...
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https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c23494g8nj9o \\She urged people not to speculate about who may be... ...
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ToraToraTora
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cvgev3dvz3jo ..but why are they concentrating on disability benefits? Ok go after the fraudsters who indeed taking the urine. But surely the easiest target is... ...
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naomi24
Since pandemic restrictions eased in October 2022, Lindsay Hoyle has  enjoyed at least 19 'non-regular' overseas jaunts. That globetrotting has cost the public the astonishing sum of £250,000. Such... ...
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Canary42
Some "interesting" comments from Canadian citizens on Trump's UK State Visit Invitation in this article. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c78el01zd03o   .      ...
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Buenchico
. . . aren't safe from Trump, it seems: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cz03gjnxe25o ...
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gulliver1
Why is Nigel Farage sucking up to Dominic Cummings ?This cunning pair had a meeting about how No 10 and the cabinet office really work.Also about the 🤣Catastrophe of the Tory Party.🤣.All this... ...
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https://news.sky.com/story/trump-government-attempts-to-rip-up-31-environmental-protections-and-reviews-damage-of-greenhouse-gases-13327636 No one doubts climate change, the planet is continually... ...
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fender62
rachael from accounts, had to chuckle at the writeup, but it's actually serious.. https://www.express.co.uk/finance/personalfinance/2005511/counted-stupid-mistakes-Rachel-Reeves-stop-at-20 ...
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Khandro
'Scarcely a day passes without a newspaper story about some absurd ‘language guide’ issued by a public body. This week the Daily Mail reported that Wokingham Borough Council had told its staff not... ...
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sandyRoe
  And I did nothing because I wasn't eligible  Then they came for the benefits for the unemployed and again I did nowt Nothing to do with me. Now they're after disability living allowance The... ...
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douglas9401
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c74k7my94m3o If only Border Force were so diligent in returning illegals as these citizens were in reporting an invader we might get somewhere near solving the... ...

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