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Britain is living on the poverty line, and there will be no lifeline under this government
Citizens Advice is helping someone with bailiff-related problems every three minutes as many in Britain finds itself descending into poverty with no lifeline in sight. UK households have fallen behind on essential bills such as council tax and electricity by as much as £18.9 billion, according to the independent charity, with total debts of almost £7.5 billion in tax credit overpayments, £2.84 billion in council tax and £2.2 billion in water bills. The damning report shows that household debt has...
Shocking G4S failings at Britain’s first privatised prison revealed as minister refuses to resign
Suicides, drugs and violence with impunity, vulnerable prisoners locked up 23 hours a day and corridors littered with cockroaches, blood and vomit all featured in a shocking prisons inspectorate report that had HMP Birmingham taken off private security firm G4S within hours. With prison assaults, drugs taking and self-harm at record levels nationally, the government will have lots of questions to answer about the unprecedented crisis and how contracts are awarded to the private sector are properly managed. “HMP Birmingham...
Watch – Trees and homes uprooted in a massive landslides which left four dead, in India
Torrential rain caused landslides across south India - leaving four dead and dozens of homes destroyed
Pine forests smell the way they do due to volatile gasses that help them get as much sunlight as possible
Scientists have long tried to understand why forests emit the gasses that give off that distinctive pine smell
Mayan civilisation ‘wiped out by deforestation’
The collapse of their culture has shocking implications for unsustainable logging today, say scientists
Jeremy Corbyn’s Labour maintains poll lead over Conservatives
In comes amid a renewed row over anti semitism after Scottish Labour suspended Cllr Jim Sheridan over a tweet
MPs demand more money because Brexit has “increased their workload”
MPs are calling for a rise in their allowances because Brexit has increased their workload, The New European has reported. Expenses watchdog Ipsa (Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority) has said it has received representations from MPs to raise their staffing budget because the work on their plate has gone up since the referendum. Under current rules, MPs can claim £150,900 a year for staffing costs, rising to £161,550 in London, although they can apply for an increase. In its report on...
Victim ‘lived just three doors from hammer maniac’ in South East London
The woman - named locally as 30-year-old office worker Anna Gos - was savagely attacked near her home in Eltham, south east London, along with her 64-year-old mother
In pics – Flashback to HMP Birmingham prison riot where lags were seen with guard’s helmet & keys
HMP Birmingham has been taken back into government control after G4S debacle