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Conservative Party finally admits Universal Credit has increased food bank use
It has been some time in coming but eventually the Conservative Party has accepted that there is a link between the roll-out of Universal Credit and the increase usage of food banks, by those in desperate need of basic food and living supplies. Amber Rudd accepted that huge increase in food bank usage has, in some part, been caused by UC. Until today senior Tories have flatly denied that this was the case. The number of emergency food parcels handed...
Residents of a posh riverside London apartment block ‘feared for their lives’ after ’15’ armed police stormed building
Two men spotted on the roof of the building opposite Millbank and MI5 before 'imitation firearm' was dropped onto Salamanca Street below.
A murder investigation has been launched after man found dead in Essex with stab wound
The victim, who has not been named, was found suffering from a stab wound to the back
‘Dangerous brinkmanship’ after May rejects Corbyn offer
Theresa May wrote to Jeremy Corbyn last night and rejected the Labour leader's call for the UK to stay in a permanent customs union with the EU. She has effectively ruled out Labour’s ideas for a compromise Brexit plan. The PM stressed her objections to keeping the UK in some form of customs union, as this would prevent the UK making its own trade deals. This decision comes as business groups are warning that with under than 50 days to...
An ‘elderly’ man has died in hospital after being found in a duck pond in a small Essex village
Emergency services rushed to the scene this morning (Feb 11) of an incident in Tiptree duck pond, in Essex where police have cordoned off
County lines drug dealer has eight months knocked off jail sentence after writing letter
Lamar Blackstock, 27, was collared by police with a stash of heroin and cocaine in his car, and a lock-knife
Pervert doctor who sexually assaulted former patient spared jail
Dr Iftikhar Ali, 69, groped his victim's thigh, repeatedly tried to kiss her on the lips and laughed as he threatened to kill her, a court heard
Baby Donald Trump blimp stalks Trump around the world to today’s crucial Texas rally
Remember the inflatable Baby Trump that flew over London as the President made his first visit to the UK, among much outrage from conservatives? Since Trump's London visit, his baby likeness has greeted him across the world. Today protestors take to the streets at the President’s first campaign rally of the year, as he visits El Paso, Texas. Many locals are infuriated by Donald Trump talking up the dangers of living near the border with Mexico and demonising Mexicans as...
2018 saw UK economy expand at slowest rate since 2012
The ONS (Office for National Statistics) reported that the growth in 2018 was 1.4% down from 1.8% in 2017. Even more worryingly this is the lowest rate since 2012. According to the ONS, quarterly growth also slowed, falling to 0.2% in the three months to December - down from 0.6% in the three months to September. A decline in car production and factory output were some of the main factors that caused the slower growth. Head of GDP at the...