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Council housed boy, 17, in a tent who then became emaciated & detained in psychiatric hospital
A vulnerable 17-year-old who was housed in a tent by a council became emaciated and was detained in a psychiatric hospital, the local government watchdog has said. The shocking story will leave many aghast at how the council dealt with this young man, who can't be named for legal reasons. In 2016 the teenager spent five weeks in a tent, four weeks in a static caravan and several nights sleeping rough after approaching Cornwall council for help. The council shockingly...
Budget “more trick than treat” as Amazon let off & potholes get more cash than pupils
I don't know how the Government have the cheek to say austerity is over then deliver this budget with a straight face says GMB Union Chancellor Philip Hammond’s budget has been ‘more trick than treat’ after Amazon were given a free pass until 2020 at least and school children were handed a pittance. The Chancellor announced a new digital services tax which gives the likes of Amazon a free pass until at least 2020. Meanwhile the UK’s desperately under-funded education system was...
Universal Credit blunder left Family-of-three with just 74 pence to live on – for a week
Melissa Whitchurch and her partner Chris Steer desperately rummaged around their home looking for things to sell so that they could buy food for their five-year-old daughter Cheyenne.
Budget giveaways will benefit rich families 14 times more than the poor
Philip Hammond’s budget, which was billed as marking an end to austerity, will actually benefit rich families 14 times more than the poor, new analysis has revealed. The Resolution Foundation crunched the numbers on the latest budget finding almost half of the income tax are set to go to the top ten per cent of households. Households in the top cohort will gain £410 from income tax and benefits changes announced yesterday, whereas those in the poorest ten per cent...
Tens of thousands sign open letter from Jewish leaders asking Trump to stay away from Pittsburgh until he denounces white nationalism.
President Trump, you are not welcome in Pittsburgh until you stop targeting and endangering all minorities.
Commemorative Brexit 50p worth less as pound drops during Hammond’s Budget speech
Hammond’s Brexit 50p will be worth less than yesterday’s 50p. - As Hammond delivered his budget statement the pound fell again on world markets, 0.2% on the dollar.
“Too litle, too late” Dankse Bank permits Whistleblower to testify before Danish & European Parliaments
Today the Danske Bank whistleblower, Mr. Howard Wilkinson, was informed by Danske Bank that the secrecy agreement the Bank required him to sign in 2014 has been partially waived. Mr. Wilkinson has been granted permission to testify before the European and Danish Parliaments, and to provide information to the U.S. Department of Justice, and the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission concerning the money $230 billion money laundering scheme for which Danske Bank participated in. Stephen M Kohn from Kohn, Kohn...
Over nine in ten children around the world breath toxic fumes
A shocking study has found that over nine in ten children across the world live in places that suffer with toxic air. The World Health Organisation (WHO) said that 93 per cent of all children live in environments with air pollution levels above its guidelines, which could be devastating to their long term health. The crisis is damaging children in both rich and poor countries – from low birth weight to poor neurodevelopment, asthma to heart disease. Almost every field of health...
Mining & using Bitcoins produces same amount of carbon dioxide as whole of UK’s cars
The cryptocurrency could produce enough emissions to raise global temperatures by 2°C as soon as 2033 if its popularity continues to rise