Benefits claimants denied one-off £10 Christmas payment under Universal Credit

Benefits claimants will no longer be entitled to a one-off £10 payment to help with Christmas costs under the government's flagship welfare programme. The tax-free payment made to people on certain benefits in the first week of December will be taken away once they are moved onto Universal Credit, the Department for Work and Pensions has confirmed today. The move has been described as "another example of cruelty" by claimants, who will be forced to struggle through one of the hardest...

Tommy Robinson posts videos defending bully who ‘waterboarded’ Syrian refugee

Tommy Robinson has shared videos on social media defending an alleged bully who waterboarded a Syrian schoolboy. The EDL man, who was recently recruited by UKIP leader Gerard Batten, blamed the victim for the disturbing attack saying he has been targeted by "left-wing fascists" because he was "white". In a number of videos shared on a fan's Twitter account, Robinson fumed over the sympathy shown to the refugee and his family. He said: "Why is this kid being portrayed as the ultimate...

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