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Scientists demand cancer warnings on bacon and ham sold in UK Successive governments criticised for doing ‘virtually nothing’ to reduce risk in the decade since cancer link found

Simply shocking
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Tax authorities examine finances of key Nigel Farage ally Exclusive: HMRC conducts scoping exercise into Reform UK backer ‘Posh George’ Cottrell’s income from business and wealth

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Conservatives to announce £5,000 tax rebate for young homebuyers Speaking at the party's conference, Shadow chancellor Mel Stride will say the proposal will be funded by cuts to public spending worth £47bn.

Same old, same old, why now, you had many years in power. Political talk benefits polititions and rarely the general public, same as this current government, promised the earth and how the changes take place once in power.
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Petition: Do not introduce Digital ID cards We demand that the UK Government immediately commits to not introducing a digital ID cards. There are reports that this is being looked at.

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Tax the rich more to fill hole in public finances, Labour members tell Starmer Exclusive: PM urged to conduct a ‘radical change of direction’ as the government attempts to plug gaps in the public finances

Deliver what you promised to gain our vote, thus far you have reneged on most. www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...

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Jeremy Corbyn: People Have Been Denied an Alternative In a wide-ranging interview with Tribune, Jeremy Corbyn discusses his hopes for the new Left party, the potential for coalition building, and his determination to overcome sectarianism on the way to f...

Let’s remember why we’re doing this: to transform society so that everyone can live in dignity.

My interview with @tribunemagazine.bsky.social on the need for a real, democratic alternative.

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Going well then on your watch, all the talk of a £22bn black hole when you entered No: 11 and then tried to justify all cuts, and now we are at £41bn!
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Kemi Badenoch tops party leaders expenses rankings - Poli... Parliamentary expenses have surpassed £15m

What the most vulnerable can live without, is what they cannot, strange how the system works, we live in a back to front society, we accumulate the wealth for governments and corporates but we are less valued.
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This Labour government has failed. People want real transformative politics – we will give it to them | Jeremy Corbyn More than 500,000 people have signed up to our new party to help build a genuine alternative to poverty, inequality and war, says former Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn

For too long, people have been denied a real political choice.

Not anymore.

My piece for the Guardian on the extraordinary response to www.yourparty.uk

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It will go higher.

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Ofwat to be abolished in ‘reset’ of water industry regulation Environment secretary backs plan to end sewage spills and financial mismanagement in England and Wales

This isn't the solution, swap like for like, the only solution is nationalisation and and really do we all know this apart from the government?
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Millions to be forced to work for longer under state pension reform Labour opens door to later retirement age after launching review three years ahead of deadline

The costs to us are enormous, work longer pay in more taxes utility hikes food hikes poverty hikes food bank hikes health care chaos this government appears an extension of the Tory party, as an avid labour supporter they have lost me and I dare bet I am not alone
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HMRC 'doesn't know' how many billionaires pay tax in the UK "There is much public interest in the amount of tax the wealthy pay. People need to know everyone pays their fair share," a group of MPs warn.

Well, well, what a surprise, and I dare say if we, the general public owed £10 we would be bombarded with letters, threatened with court action a potential fine.
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Reform UK under fire for putting teenagers in charge of vital public services Party has put youngsters in charge of hundreds of millions of pounds of spending at local authorities

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Alarm call for Keir Starmer as stark poll shows voters don't understand his plan The pundits and politicos have had their say on Keir Starmer's first year. But there's only one verdict that matters: Yours

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Widespread Labour dissent over welfare bill is sign things are going very badly for Starmer Prime minister deployed ministers to contain rebellion after more than 100 Labour MPs signed amendment to bill

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London Tube fares will remain most expensive in Europe, passenger watchdog warns London will continue to have some of the most expensive transport fares in Europe after the Government ordered four years of above-inflation hikes, the capital’s passenger watchdog has warned.

What a government, is this a government for the working classes or the capitalists? Having lived abroad the transport service here is extremely poor and the cost is extortionate. www.standard.co.uk/news/transpo...

PPE from company linked to Mone did not meet required safety standards, court told Department of Health wants refund of £122m spent on unused surgical gowns, but PPE Medpro says it went into contract with ‘eyes wide open’

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Full cost of failed pandemic- PPE finally revealed after major fraud probe The Covid counter-fraud commissioner uncovered the £1.4billion figure in the first phase of his investigation into wasteful Tory spending during the Covid-19 pandemic

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Train firms must stop criminalising 'innocent errors', report finds An inquiry found "disproportionate" punishments for often innocent mistakes.

They do, I have been caught up in that scenario. South West London you need to study which card is accepted at which station and the stations could be minutes apart. Is it oyster, touch, 60+, or another smart card? The system appears to set up to make you fail then the fine.
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Four jailed over 'outrageous' £6m NHS Scotland contract fraud The four men conspired to defraud the health service out of huge sums during the procurement of telecoms services.

Where there's money there's greed, always have been unscrupulous vultures, now let's keep this momentum up and consider the PPE scandal as being an outrageous NHS contract. That money left the budget and people everywhere suffer/ed as a consequence of that continued greed.
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Bonuses banned for 10 English water bosses over sewage pollution Sanctions, including for Thames Water CEO, announced as part of new government powers under Water Act

It's a start, but really not good enough, months ago I read if bonuses were banned salaries would increase. These companies should be in public ownership and public ownership only, we know that as corporate GREED appears to be a very real addiction.
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Bonuses banned for 10 English water bosses over sewage pollution Sanctions, including for Thames Water CEO, announced as part of new government powers under Water Act

It's a start, but really not good enough, months ago I read if bonuses were banned salaries would increase. These companies should be in public ownership and public ownership only, we know that as corporate GREED appears to be a very real addiction.
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Train firms must stop criminalising 'innocent errors', report finds An inquiry found "disproportionate" punishments for often innocent mistakes.

They do, I have been caught up in that scenario. South West London you need to study which card is accepted at which station and the stations could be minutes apart. Is it oyster, touch, 60+, or another smart card? The system appears to set up to make you fail then the fine.
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Four jailed over 'outrageous' £6m NHS Scotland contract fraud The four men conspired to defraud the health service out of huge sums during the procurement of telecoms services.

Where there's money there's greed, always have been unscrupulous vultures, now let's keep this momentum up and consider the PPE scandal as being an outrageous NHS contract. That money left the budget and people everywhere suffer/ed as a consequence of that continued greed.
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‘New dawn’: first train service renationalised under Labour begins Minister hails ‘cultural reset’ – although first South Western Railway service involved rail replacement bus

They provided a very poor, service and some of their trains were filthy and disgraceful and It appeared there was never any attempt to keep them clean the majority of the time it was difficult to see out their windows, good news but let's hope managers also change
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The Guardian view on billionaire Britain: tax wealth fairly or face democratic unravelling | Editorial Editorial: Without bold reform which makes the rich pull their weight, rising inequality risks eroding public trust and fracturing social stability

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No 10 delays child poverty strategy with tens of thousands more facing hardship Exclusive: Flagship policy put back until at least autumn amid fears cost of removing two-child benefit cap will outweigh political benefit

We wanted reform from the previous government, but what we didn't want was reform from inside the party itself, that was to stay as we knew it, the labour party, what went wrong, where is the party we voted for, believed in, had hopes for, where are they?
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Nigel Farage skips crucial EU update to go on holiday in latest shameless move Nigel Farage has whined about the Government's EU reset agreement, but it turned out he missed a key update to the Commons because he has gone on holiday

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