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Govt breaks SECOND manifesto pledge in a day – this time on pensioners
The pensions ‘triple-lock’ guarantee on increasing in line with the highest of earnings, inflation or 2.5%, will not be met next year.
How to help end trail hunting on National Trust land
Fox hunting was outlawed - but trail hunting is still allowed on National Trust land.
#TaxtheRich trends as NI hike dubbed the new ‘poll tax’
A 1 per cent millionaire tax would raise £260 billion in 5 years - tax the rich?
LBC clip from 2019 comes back to haunt PM
“Read my lips we will not be raising taxes on income, on VAT or National Insurance.”
WATCH: Sunak insists new climate budget is ‘three times higher’ than previously stated
The planet is getting hotter and the Tories can't decide how much money they have allocated to combat it. Great!
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.