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Universal Credit causing major hardship, says report
More people are worse off under Universal Credit, according to a report published by a cross-party committee of MPs. Following evidence given by organisations including Mind and anti-poverty charity The Trussell Trust, the Public Accounts Committee has published their latest report which adds to the growing concern surrounding Universal Credit. Responding to the report, Director of External Relations at Mind, Sophie Corlett said:“Today’s hard-hitting report from the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) adds to mounting concerns about Universal Credit. The damning...
Fragile seashores were “cradle of evolution” for first fish
Fish originated in shallow ocean waters - such as lagoons - some 480 to 360 million years ago before diversifying
Sir Philip Green named as person involved #MeToo scandal during House of Lords speech
Sir Philip Green, owner of Top Shop, was named by Labour peer Peter Hain, who said he was using parliamentary privilege in the public interest to out the businessmen, after an injunction banned a national paper from naming him. Earlier in the week, the Telegraph ran an article accusing an unnamed and prominent businessman of racial & sexual abuse of staff. Hain told the House of Lords: “Having been contacted by somebody intimately involved in the case of a powerful...
Six different types of tiger surviving in the wild – but three have already been wiped out
Efforts to save the tiger from extinction have been boosted after ecologists concluded that there are SIX different types of the big cat still surviving in the wild
University Union president sparks controversy for promising to vandalise mural of fallen WWI soldiers because it depicts ‘white men’
The president of Southampton University's Students' Union has caused outrage by threatening to vandalise a painting of students who were unable to complete their degrees as they went to fight in WW1
Tiny songbird with an unusually long bill discovered on remote island
The striking brown and yellow bird is just four inches long including a half an inch beak and tips the scales at a quarter of an ounce - less than two teaspoons of sugar
Flu virus ‘could quickly become resistant to drug developed to fight possible pandemic’
Experts warned that it would have to evolve just two genetic mutations for the antiviral to fail
“Rip off” drug companies charging NHS a THOUSAND pounds for mouthwash
An MP has said that over £230 million a year is wasted because of obscene prices charged for out-of-patent medications and custom mixtures with much cheaper ingredients, it has been claimed. The wastage also includes mouthwash, used for relieving mouth ulcer pain in chemotherapy patients, being sold at scandalous mark-ups, of up to a thousand pounds. Dr Philippa Whitford, Central Ayrshire MP, said: “NHS England is being ripped off to the tune of £230 million a year as the price...
Violence in prisons sees worrying spike with 26 assaults against staff a day
The jail system across the UK appears to be at breaking point with a record number of assaults on prison officers. In the year to June here were almost ten thousand (9,485) assaults on staff within prisons, this is a rise of a staggering 27 per cent, which amount to 26 a day. Almost a thousand of the 9,485 total, resulted in a “serious” incident, which needed medical treatment. Overall assaults rose 20% to a record high of 32,559, including...