In today’s Spring Budget, the Chancellor of the Exchequer Philip Hammond made no mention of the Government’s plans to change the way Personal Independence Payment (PIP) is awarded in the future. PIP is awarded to cover the extra costs that disabled people face, and is gradually replacing Disability Living Allowance. ...
Chancellor Philip Hammond’s Budget Statement failed to relieve the strain on workers from a further squeeze on living standards as wage growth is on course fall, GMB trade union warned today. Responding to the Chancellor’s Budget statement, the union said he neglected to support workers facing a decade of pay ...
By Tara Carey, Equality Now Be Bold for Change. That is today’s International Women’s Day theme, and around the world we’re seeing it in action as increasing numbers of people are calling on governments to bring an end to discrimination against women and girls once and for all. Human rights ...
Sport News 24/7 Flats and Shanks Rugby Podcast Episode 26: The gossipy one... TheLondonEconomic.com Sport brings you Flats and Shanks Rugby podcast. If you love rugby, sport in general or just a bit of inside sports gossip, you'll love Flats and Shanks. This week the guys reveal the truth about David Haye’s Achilles ...
Today’s PMQs was fairly subdued as the Budget followed, it always is in these situations, so I’ll merge the two as seamlessly as the government’s Brexit plan. It is International Women’s Day and the Tories were beaming they have had two female PMs. Thatcher did literally nothing for women’s rights, ...
Sport News 24/7 By Richard de Winter & David de Winter - Sports Editor @TLE_Sport @rgdewinter @davidjdewinter The TLE Sports Podcast returns with David & Richard de Winter. In this episode they discuss the final two rounds of the RBS Six Nations, England's one-day series with West Indies, Claudio Ranieri's ...
It was the best of times, it was the worst of times - pretty much any time you sit down and try to think of a memorable opening line to anything you write. Indeed there is no more important task than nailing a good opening line to a book. Great ...
"Ramen," somebody recently probed as I gushed adoringly about the food of Japan (again), "that's just noodle soup, isn't it?" Like a besieged tom cat ready to challenge the neighbours' pit bull, my back arched instinctively and I cascaded into an explosive rant. Ramen is far more than just noodle ...
Brewed: St Austell, Cornwall Strength: 4.9% Originally founded in Cornwall by Walter Hicks in 1851, St Austell Brewery is still 100 per-cent family owned and renowned for brewing some of the South-West’s most popular beers. In addition to brewing their own beers from a brewery overlooking the bay of St ...