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Tax on the poor? PM breaks election pledge with tax rise to try and fix social care crisis
It will come into force in April 2022.
‘Absurd:’ Legal action against Home Office over ex interpreter barred from UK who was shot 3 weeks ago
“Having been accepted by the MoD it is then absurd they are rejected by the Home Office without any reason."
Nigel Farage’s GB News audience gets sliced in half
The disappointing numbers come amid speculation over whether chairman of GB News Andrew Neil will return for his nightly show.
Builders forced to down tools as Brexit bites again
"Brexit is now causing builders to down tools due to soaring material costs. Brought to you from the same government who promise to 'Build back better’," political commentator Marina Purkiss said.
US-led airstrikes killed 22,000 civilians in Middle East ‘forever wars’
More than 5,000 civilians were killed in 2003 alone - almost all during the invasion of Iraq.
‘Awful’ Braveheart statue finds new home
"The statue of Cristiano Ronaldo at Madeira airport has been surpassed in its awfulness by this Braveheart statue."
Shocking moment pack of dogs tear fox cub to pieces on hunt
"What is most shocking about this apart from the fact that a fox was brutally ripped apart by a pack of hounds is the complete casualness and nonchalance of those involved and watching."
PM slammed over plans to fund social care with National Insurance hike
"Boris Johnson’s social care plan looks every bit as well planned and thought through as his Brexit plan."
New Zealand close to eliminating Delta variant – Ardern announces
In August the PM locked the country down after finding a single case of coronavirus infection.