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And a lot of people who might be needed to support my pension through spending and paying taxes if I live much longer
Haven't seen the stats but I'm guessing many are prospective higher earners as well 🫤
Haven't seen the stats but I'm guessing many are prospective higher earners as well 🫤
November 27, 2025 at 1:06 PM
And a lot of people who might be needed to support my pension through spending and paying taxes if I live much longer
Haven't seen the stats but I'm guessing many are prospective higher earners as well 🫤
Haven't seen the stats but I'm guessing many are prospective higher earners as well 🫤
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All the Right Wing apologists are cheering the fall in UK immigration announced today while missing what could be a huge problem - 99% of emigrants are under the age of 35. That’s a big brain drain.
November 27, 2025 at 12:49 PM
All the Right Wing apologists are cheering the fall in UK immigration announced today while missing what could be a huge problem - 99% of emigrants are under the age of 35. That’s a big brain drain.
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A Utah man who was spared execution this fall after developing dementia during his 37 years on death row has died of apparent natural causes.
Utah death row inmate with dementia dies 3 months after court blocked his execution
A Utah man who was spared execution this fall after developing dementia during his 37 years on death row has died of apparent natural causes.
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November 27, 2025 at 1:00 PM
A Utah man who was spared execution this fall after developing dementia during his 37 years on death row has died of apparent natural causes.
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UK net migration drops by two-thirds as government rolls out tougher policies reut.rs/4ogOTRh
UK net migration drops by two-thirds as government rolls out tougher policies
Long-term net migration to Britain fell by more than two-thirds in the year to June, official data showed on Thursday, extending a downward trend fuelled by tougher government policies to curb arrivals.
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November 27, 2025 at 1:01 PM
UK net migration drops by two-thirds as government rolls out tougher policies reut.rs/4ogOTRh
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Soyuz spacecraft blasts off for International Space Station with Russian and American crew reut.rs/4rfGS1M
Soyuz spacecraft blasts off for International Space Station with Russian and American crew
A Russian Soyuz MS-28 spacecraft blasted off for the International Space Station (ISS) on Thursday with two Russian cosmonauts and one NASA astronaut on board, a live stream of the launch showed.
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November 27, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Soyuz spacecraft blasts off for International Space Station with Russian and American crew reut.rs/4rfGS1M
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- A 100,000 drop in net migration costs us £7bn
- Scrapping the two-child benefit cap costs us £3bn
What gets more attention?
James O’Brien says 'we have become a ludicrous country'.
- Scrapping the two-child benefit cap costs us £3bn
What gets more attention?
James O’Brien says 'we have become a ludicrous country'.
November 27, 2025 at 11:11 AM
- A 100,000 drop in net migration costs us £7bn
- Scrapping the two-child benefit cap costs us £3bn
What gets more attention?
James O’Brien says 'we have become a ludicrous country'.
- Scrapping the two-child benefit cap costs us £3bn
What gets more attention?
James O’Brien says 'we have become a ludicrous country'.
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...referring to the reduction in spending on PIP/elements of universal credit.
These were dropped from the welfare bill over the summer.
The OBR appears to forecast long term spending without welfare reductions.
So have the plans quietly been drop entirely?
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These were dropped from the welfare bill over the summer.
The OBR appears to forecast long term spending without welfare reductions.
So have the plans quietly been drop entirely?
@mrjamesob.bsky.social
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November 27, 2025 at 10:39 AM
...referring to the reduction in spending on PIP/elements of universal credit.
These were dropped from the welfare bill over the summer.
The OBR appears to forecast long term spending without welfare reductions.
So have the plans quietly been drop entirely?
@mrjamesob.bsky.social
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These were dropped from the welfare bill over the summer.
The OBR appears to forecast long term spending without welfare reductions.
So have the plans quietly been drop entirely?
@mrjamesob.bsky.social
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Personal Independence Payment (PIP) and Universal Credit
Has anyone seen much about this in relation to the budget?
The OBR report yesterday included 'increased' welfare spending due to 'reversal' of 'welfare spending' plans announced earlier this year.
Exploring this suggests it's likely...
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Has anyone seen much about this in relation to the budget?
The OBR report yesterday included 'increased' welfare spending due to 'reversal' of 'welfare spending' plans announced earlier this year.
Exploring this suggests it's likely...
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November 27, 2025 at 10:39 AM
Personal Independence Payment (PIP) and Universal Credit
Has anyone seen much about this in relation to the budget?
The OBR report yesterday included 'increased' welfare spending due to 'reversal' of 'welfare spending' plans announced earlier this year.
Exploring this suggests it's likely...
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Has anyone seen much about this in relation to the budget?
The OBR report yesterday included 'increased' welfare spending due to 'reversal' of 'welfare spending' plans announced earlier this year.
Exploring this suggests it's likely...
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Did you know we’re launching our new-look app soon? 📲
We’ve started rolling it out already, and everyone will have access by 10 December.
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We’ve started rolling it out already, and everyone will have access by 10 December.
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November 27, 2025 at 11:03 AM
Did you know we’re launching our new-look app soon? 📲
We’ve started rolling it out already, and everyone will have access by 10 December.
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We’ve started rolling it out already, and everyone will have access by 10 December.
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Romania signs deal to buy French Mistral air defence systems reut.rs/3M1bfsN
Romania signs deal to buy French Mistral air defence systems
Romania's defence ministry said it will buy French Mistral air defence systems worth more than 626 million euros ($726 million), part of a joint procurement deal with several other European Union states.
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November 27, 2025 at 11:10 AM
Romania signs deal to buy French Mistral air defence systems reut.rs/3M1bfsN
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UK's Reeves fights criticism that she raised taxes to fund welfare reut.rs/4p9Fg8o
UK's Reeves fights criticism that she raised taxes to fund welfare
British finance minister Rachel Reeves fought back against criticism that she was raising the tax burden to a post-war high to fund more welfare spending and that she was returning the Labour Party to its high-tax, high-spend past.
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November 27, 2025 at 11:15 AM
UK's Reeves fights criticism that she raised taxes to fund welfare reut.rs/4p9Fg8o
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French President Emmanuel Macron has announced that volunteers aged 18 and 19 will start serving next year in a 10-month new military service program as France seeks to bolster its armed forces to address growing threats.
Macron unveils new French voluntary military service
French President Emmanuel Macron has announced a new military service program for volunteers aged 18 and 19. Starting next year, they will serve for 10 months.
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November 27, 2025 at 11:16 AM
French President Emmanuel Macron has announced that volunteers aged 18 and 19 will start serving next year in a 10-month new military service program as France seeks to bolster its armed forces to address growing threats.
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UK's Halfords profit jumps 1% on strong bicycle sales reut.rs/43XpVzk
UK's Halfords profit jumps 1% on strong bicycle sales
Britain's Halfords reported a 1% rise in first-half profit on Thursday, as strong bicycle sales helped offset costs and other inflationary pressures.
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November 27, 2025 at 11:40 AM
UK's Halfords profit jumps 1% on strong bicycle sales reut.rs/43XpVzk
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First Post Budget Poll:
➡️REF – 1% (-12)
🔵CON – 42% (+2)
🟢GRN – 8% (+1)
🔴LAB – 12% (-)
🟠LD – 11% (-)
🏏LBW -3% (+1)
🍆VD - 8% (-3)
😆LOL - 6% (+2)
🛒VAT - 20% (-)
👨🦳OAP - 5% (-2)
🤕 DIY - 4% (-)
Conservatives to form the next government with 436 seats in Parliament.
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➡️REF – 1% (-12)
🔵CON – 42% (+2)
🟢GRN – 8% (+1)
🔴LAB – 12% (-)
🟠LD – 11% (-)
🏏LBW -3% (+1)
🍆VD - 8% (-3)
😆LOL - 6% (+2)
🛒VAT - 20% (-)
👨🦳OAP - 5% (-2)
🤕 DIY - 4% (-)
Conservatives to form the next government with 436 seats in Parliament.
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November 27, 2025 at 9:06 AM
First Post Budget Poll:
➡️REF – 1% (-12)
🔵CON – 42% (+2)
🟢GRN – 8% (+1)
🔴LAB – 12% (-)
🟠LD – 11% (-)
🏏LBW -3% (+1)
🍆VD - 8% (-3)
😆LOL - 6% (+2)
🛒VAT - 20% (-)
👨🦳OAP - 5% (-2)
🤕 DIY - 4% (-)
Conservatives to form the next government with 436 seats in Parliament.
🇬🇧
➡️REF – 1% (-12)
🔵CON – 42% (+2)
🟢GRN – 8% (+1)
🔴LAB – 12% (-)
🟠LD – 11% (-)
🏏LBW -3% (+1)
🍆VD - 8% (-3)
😆LOL - 6% (+2)
🛒VAT - 20% (-)
👨🦳OAP - 5% (-2)
🤕 DIY - 4% (-)
Conservatives to form the next government with 436 seats in Parliament.
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Russian losses per 27/11/25 reported by the Ukrainian General Staff
+1140 men
+1 tanks
+3 ACVs
+21 artillery
+1 MLRS
+1 AD system
+2 aircraft (Taganrog)
+214 UAVs
+1140 men
+1 tanks
+3 ACVs
+21 artillery
+1 MLRS
+1 AD system
+2 aircraft (Taganrog)
+214 UAVs
November 27, 2025 at 9:40 AM
Russian losses per 27/11/25 reported by the Ukrainian General Staff
+1140 men
+1 tanks
+3 ACVs
+21 artillery
+1 MLRS
+1 AD system
+2 aircraft (Taganrog)
+214 UAVs
+1140 men
+1 tanks
+3 ACVs
+21 artillery
+1 MLRS
+1 AD system
+2 aircraft (Taganrog)
+214 UAVs
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Ukraine endured another drone attack overnight, with Russia launching 142 strike UAVs from multiple directions, including over 90 Shaheds. Air defenses, EW units, and mobile fire teams downed or suppressed 92 drones across the north, south, and east. Strikes were recorded in 18 locations.
November 27, 2025 at 9:41 AM
Ukraine endured another drone attack overnight, with Russia launching 142 strike UAVs from multiple directions, including over 90 Shaheds. Air defenses, EW units, and mobile fire teams downed or suppressed 92 drones across the north, south, and east. Strikes were recorded in 18 locations.
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According to Politico, the US insists a peace deal must come first before any talks on long-term security guarantees for Ukraine. Senator Marco Rubio has reportedly told European partners that Trump is open to future security discussions, but only after an agreement to end the war is signed.
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November 27, 2025 at 9:42 AM
According to Politico, the US insists a peace deal must come first before any talks on long-term security guarantees for Ukraine. Senator Marco Rubio has reportedly told European partners that Trump is open to future security discussions, but only after an agreement to end the war is signed.
Idiots
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Lukashenko, who enabled Russia’s invasion by opening Belarusian territory, says Zelensky should agree to a peace plan now “to avoid losing Ukraine”.
November 27, 2025 at 9:44 AM
Lukashenko, who enabled Russia’s invasion by opening Belarusian territory, says Zelensky should agree to a peace plan now “to avoid losing Ukraine”.
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Russia is shifting toward reusable drones as supply issues and battlefield demands mount. Platforms like the Night Witch and Bulldog-13 now carry multiple munitions, resist jamming, and return for reuse, saving costly tech. Interceptor drones are also evolving, using electric rods or even cans.
November 27, 2025 at 9:47 AM
Russia is shifting toward reusable drones as supply issues and battlefield demands mount. Platforms like the Night Witch and Bulldog-13 now carry multiple munitions, resist jamming, and return for reuse, saving costly tech. Interceptor drones are also evolving, using electric rods or even cans.
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Ukraine and the UK have signed a deal to produce the Ukrainian interceptor drone "Octopus" on British soil. Defense Minister Shmyhal said the agreement will enable large-scale manufacturing, potentially thousands per month, with all units destined for Ukraine’s air defense.
November 27, 2025 at 9:48 AM
Ukraine and the UK have signed a deal to produce the Ukrainian interceptor drone "Octopus" on British soil. Defense Minister Shmyhal said the agreement will enable large-scale manufacturing, potentially thousands per month, with all units destined for Ukraine’s air defense.
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Ukrainian border guard artillery units have received a second DITA self-propelled howitzer from Czech manufacturer Excalibur. In production since 2023, DITA is one of the newest systems globally, capable of striking targets up to 40 km away.
November 27, 2025 at 9:53 AM
Ukrainian border guard artillery units have received a second DITA self-propelled howitzer from Czech manufacturer Excalibur. In production since 2023, DITA is one of the newest systems globally, capable of striking targets up to 40 km away.
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It unfairly targets already isolated rural communities. +£742.50/yr is unacceptable to access the local city for jobs and education. It penalises those who live far from services and deepens rural isolation.
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First Bus leaves Cornwall & Pay-Per-Mile Tax replaces it - Connect Bude
Earlier this month First Bus announced it will end all its operations in Cornwall by 14 February 2026, citing relentless financial pressure: rising operating costs outpacing inflation, steeply falling...
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November 26, 2025 at 7:51 PM
It unfairly targets already isolated rural communities. +£742.50/yr is unacceptable to access the local city for jobs and education. It penalises those who live far from services and deepens rural isolation.
connectbude.co.uk/2025/11/firs...
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Last year a goal was steadying the ship and sort out unfunded Tory spending commitments.
This year it's allowed things like scrapping the 2-child benefits cap, lifting 450k children out of poverty.
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This year it's allowed things like scrapping the 2-child benefits cap, lifting 450k children out of poverty.
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November 27, 2025 at 8:13 AM
Last year a goal was steadying the ship and sort out unfunded Tory spending commitments.
This year it's allowed things like scrapping the 2-child benefits cap, lifting 450k children out of poverty.
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This year it's allowed things like scrapping the 2-child benefits cap, lifting 450k children out of poverty.
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I would like to point out to people who like this year's budget, that actually on the measure of things, it's very similar to last year's budget.
Higher taxes, focused mostly on those who can afford more.
Supporting increased spending on public services and infrastructure.
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Higher taxes, focused mostly on those who can afford more.
Supporting increased spending on public services and infrastructure.
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November 27, 2025 at 8:13 AM
I would like to point out to people who like this year's budget, that actually on the measure of things, it's very similar to last year's budget.
Higher taxes, focused mostly on those who can afford more.
Supporting increased spending on public services and infrastructure.
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Higher taxes, focused mostly on those who can afford more.
Supporting increased spending on public services and infrastructure.
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Nor what the actual figure is.
November 27, 2025 at 8:22 AM
Nor what the actual figure is.