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Esther McVey seemed to try & relate to people on Universal Credit…
Esther McVey recently quit her job as Work & Pensions Secretary and has headed back to the backbenches, you can see her first you tube video about her first day back, below. However, McVey hasn't been holding back on Twitter since she left Cabinet. After her resignation, many people pointed out the situation that would face Universal Credit claimants if they were to voluntarily give up a job. One twitter user, Paul Treloar, asked: "If you leave a job voluntarily under Universal...
Conservatives “falling apart in front of us” as they allow Labour’s budget amendments
The Conservative Party have been accused of giving up governing after they accepted a raft of Labour amendments to the Budget. They decided not to take the Labour changes to a vote, as they feared they could lose, as the DUP are, essentially, on strike. The DUP won't support the Government due to the Brexit deal May agreed last week. This move has effectively removed May's working majority, meaning they probably faced an embarrassing almost-certain defeat. MPs were expecting to...
Man found battered to death in South west London suburb
Police say 58-year-old Carl Whitehead's body was discovered at an address in Teddington, south west London, on Saturday
One of the earliest of the long necked dinosaurs has been dug up in Brazil
About the size of a car, the new species is a distant cousin of the sauropods, such as Brontosaurus, which grew into the largest terrestrial animals ever to walk the earth
Leave referendum win saw surge in antidepressants prescribed
Researchers found that antidepressant prescribing in England rose by 13.4 per cent relative to other types of drug in the immediate aftermath of the 'leave' EU referendum victory in 2016
Improving dementia care and treatment saves the NHS thousands of pounds
Care homes that treated residents with a new cost-effective care plan devised by experts saved the NHS up to £4,000 after nine months.
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Animal rights charity blasts ‘I’m A Celebrity…Get Me Out of Here’
The People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) has called on the programme to scrap the 'despicable' trials involving live animals.
Shameless Grenfell fraudster claimed he suffered “anxiety & constant nightmares” after losing ficitious family
Sharife Elouahabi, 38, pocketed more than £100,000 meant for Grenfell Tower victims by claiming he lived in a flat where an entire family died
Pope used his ‘World Day of the Poor’ to have a pop at rich people
Pope Francis offered several hundred poor people, homeless, migrants and unemployed a lunch on Sunday - and blasted those who do not help the disadvantaged people in society.