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Universal Credit – “could plunge claimants into poverty & even leave them destitute”
The Work and Pensions Committee has today released its report on Government proposals to move people from older benefits onto Universal Credit. The influential group of cross-party MPs has called for the Government to delay the vote on these regulations even going so far as to say that ‘getting the process wrong could plunge claimants into poverty and even leave them destitute’. If these proposals are voted through, three million people currently receiving many older benefits - including those with a mental...
Fresh embarrassment for Boris Johnson in wake of water cannon scandal
As if Boris Johnson's reputation couldn't take more of a hiding, fresh after the revelations that the water cannons he was warned were a waste of time as London Mayor lost £300k, it emerges that having resigned from the cabinet he is coining it in, paid £90k for two-hour speech to a hedge fund. Boris Johnson was paid a huge £90k for around two hours work on a speech, far exceeding his annual salary. The fee, listed in parliament’s register of...
British mum stranded in India fighting for life after bitten by mosquito while on holiday
A British woman is stranded in India and fighting for her life after she was bitten by a mosquito while on holiday. Balvinder Singh, 35, flew out to India last month to attend a family wedding and a month-long holiday but fell ill just two days before she was due to return home. The mum-of-three suffered vomiting and diarrhoea and was rushed to hospital when she started having seizures, where she had a heart attack and organ failure. Two weeks...
Violent attacker on loose in grounds of hospital after reportedly stabbing nurse
Staff at University Hospital Ayr and Ailsa Hospital have been told to stay in their rooms, while a police chopper circulates overhead
Knife thugs caught on CCTV stabbing boy to death in broad daylight jailed for life
Ozell Pemberton was chased by the yobs before being knifed in front of horrified shoppers
Second suspect charged in connection with ‘flying kick’ attack on London cop in court
Kursan Euell, 20, indicated not guilty pleas to two counts of assault occasioning actual bodily harm
Police officer in court accused of leaving man with head injuries after battering him with baton
PC Sunil Narr, 31, of West Midlands Police, pleaded not guilty to a charge of ABH and will go on trial next year
Arrest after two live pipe bombs found in north west London flat
The devices were found in the unoccupied flat in Harlesden just after 9.30am morning.
Truffles “will be extinct within a generation due to climate change”
The world's most expensive mushrooms could be wiped out by 2050 - as they cannot last without water for more than three weeks