BBC pushes ahead with charging over 75s licence fee
Age UK has urged the broadcaster to scrap the decision, saying pensioners rely on their free TV license more than ever.
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Age UK has urged the broadcaster to scrap the decision, saying pensioners rely on their free TV license more than ever.
Burger King, Rolls-Royce, John Lewis and Boots all announced significant cuts to their workforce today.
IFS director Paul Johnson said that a “reckoning, in the form of higher taxes” would have to come eventually.
Britain has the highest number of Covid-19 deaths in Europe, and the third highest in the world after the US and Brazil.
The 24 hour silence comes on the back of a spate of violent attacks in which officers have been injured.
The three nations account for more than 60 per cent of new cases, according to recent tallies from Johns Hopkins University.
"It's a bit late for the border still not to be ready", concerned members of the ERG have reportedly said.
"Businesses will continue to struggle unless the public are given the confidence they need to go out and start spending money again.”
Protestors headed to the capital ahead of the Agriculture Bill’s return to the Lords on Thursday.
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