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Iain Duncan Smith trends on Twitter following TV debut of I, Daniel Blake
Former Secretary of State for Work and Pensions Iain Duncan Smith was trending on Twitter last night following the television debut of I, Daniel Blake. Ken Loach's drama showed on BBC 2 in a prime time spot this weekend, telling the story of an out-of-work carpenter who is denied employment and support allowance despite his doctor finding him unfit to work. Clips of Loach and Mark Steel lamenting the Department of Work and Pensions and the benefit sanctions regime emerged. They said the...
Carluccio’s to pay ‘Settled Status’ for EU staff in memory of Antonio
Carluccio's has announced it will pay 'Settled Status' for EU staff in memory of its founder Antonio, who made the journey from Europe to London to set up the established chain. EU citizens wishing to stay in the UK after 30 June 2021 will have to apply to the government in order to have an indefinite right to remain. Applications will cost £65 for adults and £32.50 for under-16s, a charge that was dubbed "unacceptable" by Nicola Sturgeon. The Scottish government was...
Train passenger died after being stabbed to death aboard London-bound train from home counties
The man was knifed on the Guildford and Waterloo service just before 1am today.
Pre-Brexit hit as house price growth slowest since 2013
The Nationwide building society has reported that compared with a year earlier there was a house price rise of only 0.5 per cent in December, the lowest level since February 2013. The lender believes that uncertainty over the economic outlook is hampering confidence in the housing market. London and surrounding areas saw a small fall in house prices in 2018. The average house price in the UK in December 2018 was £212,281 compared to £211,156 in December 2017. Northern Ireland...
Fat cat Friday: Business bosses’ 2019 pay hits total average annual salary
As if you weren’t feeling rubbish enough after going back to work, the news that top bosses have already made more than the average salary for the year already, is unlikely to fill you with joy..Unless of course you are a CEO. Chief executives of FTSE 100 firms have average pay packets £3.9 million, around £1,000 per hour and are now paid 133 times more than the average worker. So when the clock strikes 1pm they have made the money most...
Jeremy Vine caller breaks down saying “we’re being ruined by Brexit”
A woman broke down on live television yesterday after describing the emotional impact that Brexit has had on her life. Appearing on the Jeremy Vine show the caller said her family is going to suffer because of Britain's exit from the European Union, which she says has "ruined the country". "We're going to struggle to put food on our table because a few of you don't like foreigners", she added, saying her husband’s construction business was now in trouble because of a...
Former boyfriend jailed for murder after stabbing ex-girlfriend more than 20 times
Gediminas Jasinskas, 30, was sentenced today at Norwich Crown Court
Firefighters at the scene of a blaze at empty NHS hospital
Around 60 firefighters have been tackling the blaze which adjoins to Bedford hospital
The FTSE has lost more value in last 12 months than the UK has paid into the EU in decades
Economic worries, Brexit uncertainty and the trade war between the US and China saw the FTSE 100 tumble by 12.5 per cent during 2018, wiping out more than £240 billion off shareholder value. The blue-chip index of top UK shares ended the year at 6,728 points, down from 7,687 on the last trading day of 2017. The sell-off has inflicted significant losses on pension funds, major fund managers and small investors alike. Shares in major house builders fell sharply amid...