If you see ‘Sid’, tell him not to touch this load of old flannel with a bargepole. https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2023/11/22/who-would-buy-natwest-shares/
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‘Absurd’: Laura Trott Blasted For Saying Disabled People Must Do ‘Their Duty’ By Working From Home
A Conservative minister is facing a backlash for suggesting people with mobility and mental health problems should do “their duty” by working from home. https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/laura-trott-disabled-work-duty_uk_655cfd2ce4b0c0333bede2d3
The tax cuts expected as Jeremy Hunt sets out Autumn Statement
Chancellor Jeremy Hunt is expected to confirm moves to cut taxes and put the squeeze on benefits as he delivers his Autumn Statement on Wednesday. https://inews.co.uk/news/the-tax-cuts-expected-as-jeremy-hunt-autumn-statement-2768900
Whitty Warnings UK Engulfed Covid, Inquiry Hears
Senior government scientists were warned more than a month before lockdown that it was a case of “when not if” the UK would be engulfed by a Covid epidemic, it has emerged. https://inews.co.uk/news/politics/whitty-warnings-uk-engulfed-covid-inquiry-hears-2769547
Universal Credit to rise for millions in Tory Autumn Statement U-turn
But Mr Hunt is expected to set out brutal spending plans that will starve public services of the cash they need in order to announce tax cuts. The Tories hope that a tax-slashing bonanza will turn around their dire poll ratings and encourage voters to forget how they have raised taxes more in the past…