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UK welfare spending is 10.6% of GDP.
Right wing press never mentions that it is well below the OECD average.
UK has some of the least generous welfare across OECD.
No questions asked about billions given away in corporate welfare, uncosted tax reliefs to corporations/rich.
Right wing press never mentions that it is well below the OECD average.
UK has some of the least generous welfare across OECD.
No questions asked about billions given away in corporate welfare, uncosted tax reliefs to corporations/rich.
Guidance and methodology: Benefit expenditure and caseload tables
www.gov.uk
July 23, 2025 at 6:54 AM
UK welfare spending is 10.6% of GDP.
Right wing press never mentions that it is well below the OECD average.
UK has some of the least generous welfare across OECD.
No questions asked about billions given away in corporate welfare, uncosted tax reliefs to corporations/rich.
Right wing press never mentions that it is well below the OECD average.
UK has some of the least generous welfare across OECD.
No questions asked about billions given away in corporate welfare, uncosted tax reliefs to corporations/rich.
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UK universities are in the top 3 in global reputation. But they are losing money, cutting programmes, and laying off staff.
International students are the safety net—and it’s being pulled away.
International students are the safety net—and it’s being pulled away.
Will the government’s immigration plans be good for our universities?
The Immigration White Paper aims to reduce international student numbers. But universities need them. Can the circle be squared?
eastangliabylines.co.uk
May 29, 2025 at 5:48 PM
UK universities are in the top 3 in global reputation. But they are losing money, cutting programmes, and laying off staff.
International students are the safety net—and it’s being pulled away.
International students are the safety net—and it’s being pulled away.
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trying to imagine the reaction to two planes falling off an aircraft carrier with kamala harris as president
May 7, 2025 at 1:12 AM
trying to imagine the reaction to two planes falling off an aircraft carrier with kamala harris as president
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'Bamburgh Castle' nachine and hand embroidery by UK textile artist Rachel Wright #womensart
May 6, 2025 at 8:23 AM
'Bamburgh Castle' nachine and hand embroidery by UK textile artist Rachel Wright #womensart
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Everyone in the past was neurotypical, which is how we got things like this single-author, eight-volume encyclopedia of ferns
May 6, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Everyone in the past was neurotypical, which is how we got things like this single-author, eight-volume encyclopedia of ferns
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Today, we take an important step towards Europe's energy independence.
With our Roadmap, we will complete the phasing out of all remaining Russian energy into our Union.
While ensuring stable supplies for businesses and consumers.
This is REPowerEU in action.
→ europa.eu/!gWYj97
With our Roadmap, we will complete the phasing out of all remaining Russian energy into our Union.
While ensuring stable supplies for businesses and consumers.
This is REPowerEU in action.
→ europa.eu/!gWYj97
May 6, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Today, we take an important step towards Europe's energy independence.
With our Roadmap, we will complete the phasing out of all remaining Russian energy into our Union.
While ensuring stable supplies for businesses and consumers.
This is REPowerEU in action.
→ europa.eu/!gWYj97
With our Roadmap, we will complete the phasing out of all remaining Russian energy into our Union.
While ensuring stable supplies for businesses and consumers.
This is REPowerEU in action.
→ europa.eu/!gWYj97
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get some posters printed and put them all over DC and outside Mar a Lago
May 4, 2025 at 7:24 PM
get some posters printed and put them all over DC and outside Mar a Lago
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Elizabeth Catlett, Sharecropper, 1952, two colour lino cut. The US artist utilised printmaking with extreme skill to explore themes of her fellow African Americans in a 20th century era of Civil Rights activism #womensart
May 4, 2025 at 5:58 AM
Elizabeth Catlett, Sharecropper, 1952, two colour lino cut. The US artist utilised printmaking with extreme skill to explore themes of her fellow African Americans in a 20th century era of Civil Rights activism #womensart
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Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, the Supreme Court’s newest member, denounced on Thursday what she described as "relentless attacks" on judges, and an environment of harassment that "ultimately risks undermining our Constitution and the rule of law."
Attacks on Judges Undermine Democracy, Warns Ketanji Brown Jackson
Speaking to a judicial conference, the Supreme Court justice said attacks were designed to intimidate and influence.
www.nytimes.com
May 2, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, the Supreme Court’s newest member, denounced on Thursday what she described as "relentless attacks" on judges, and an environment of harassment that "ultimately risks undermining our Constitution and the rule of law."
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The central thing that politicians need to grasp is very simple:
You don't defeat Farage by agreeing with him.
You don't defeat Farage by being "Farage lite".
You need to go out and persuade Reform voters that he is a liar, a charlatan, and working against their material interests.
You don't defeat Farage by agreeing with him.
You don't defeat Farage by being "Farage lite".
You need to go out and persuade Reform voters that he is a liar, a charlatan, and working against their material interests.
May 3, 2025 at 7:26 AM
The central thing that politicians need to grasp is very simple:
You don't defeat Farage by agreeing with him.
You don't defeat Farage by being "Farage lite".
You need to go out and persuade Reform voters that he is a liar, a charlatan, and working against their material interests.
You don't defeat Farage by agreeing with him.
You don't defeat Farage by being "Farage lite".
You need to go out and persuade Reform voters that he is a liar, a charlatan, and working against their material interests.
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Today, on World Press Freedom Day, we honour the women and men who dedicate their lives to the truth.
They work tirelessly to keep us well-informed.
They hold power to account.
They speak up. They challenge the status quo.
And sometimes they pay the ultimate price for it.
They work tirelessly to keep us well-informed.
They hold power to account.
They speak up. They challenge the status quo.
And sometimes they pay the ultimate price for it.
May 3, 2025 at 6:59 AM
Today, on World Press Freedom Day, we honour the women and men who dedicate their lives to the truth.
They work tirelessly to keep us well-informed.
They hold power to account.
They speak up. They challenge the status quo.
And sometimes they pay the ultimate price for it.
They work tirelessly to keep us well-informed.
They hold power to account.
They speak up. They challenge the status quo.
And sometimes they pay the ultimate price for it.
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The VA has abruptly ended the only low-interest, affordable loan modification option for thousands of vets who are behind on their mortgages.
If you're a vet at risk of foreclosure, we want to hear your story.
If you're a vet at risk of foreclosure, we want to hear your story.
If you're a military veteran at risk of foreclosure, NPR wants to hear from you
The VA has abruptly ended the only low-interest, affordable loan modification option for thousands of vets who are behind on their mortgages. We want to hear your story.
www.npr.org
May 2, 2025 at 6:30 PM
The VA has abruptly ended the only low-interest, affordable loan modification option for thousands of vets who are behind on their mortgages.
If you're a vet at risk of foreclosure, we want to hear your story.
If you're a vet at risk of foreclosure, we want to hear your story.
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Rubio publicly criticizing an ally for cracking down on right-wing extremism. And Germany hitting back. We are in a new world
May 2, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Rubio publicly criticizing an ally for cracking down on right-wing extremism. And Germany hitting back. We are in a new world
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Macquarie ‘very proud’ of Thames Water ownership
2006-2017: TW debt up from £3.4bn to £10.8bn
£2.7bn taken in dividends; £2.2bn in loans
Bills hiked; sewage dumped in rivers; leaks unplugged; no new reservoirs
Shareholders enriched. No retribution.
Macquarie now owns Southern Water
archive.ph/iro7N
2006-2017: TW debt up from £3.4bn to £10.8bn
£2.7bn taken in dividends; £2.2bn in loans
Bills hiked; sewage dumped in rivers; leaks unplugged; no new reservoirs
Shareholders enriched. No retribution.
Macquarie now owns Southern Water
archive.ph/iro7N
Macquarie ‘very proud’ of Thames Water ownership
Debt-laden utility a ‘better business after our stewardship’, says executive from Australian group
www.ft.com
April 29, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Macquarie ‘very proud’ of Thames Water ownership
2006-2017: TW debt up from £3.4bn to £10.8bn
£2.7bn taken in dividends; £2.2bn in loans
Bills hiked; sewage dumped in rivers; leaks unplugged; no new reservoirs
Shareholders enriched. No retribution.
Macquarie now owns Southern Water
archive.ph/iro7N
2006-2017: TW debt up from £3.4bn to £10.8bn
£2.7bn taken in dividends; £2.2bn in loans
Bills hiked; sewage dumped in rivers; leaks unplugged; no new reservoirs
Shareholders enriched. No retribution.
Macquarie now owns Southern Water
archive.ph/iro7N
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Bank chiefs to Reeves: Ditch ring-fencing to boost UK economy.
Speculative part of banking was ring-fenced from retail after the 2007-08 crash to contain crashes.
Most post-crash reforms now reversed, govts push deregulation.
Playing with fire. People will bear the cost of reckless practices.
Speculative part of banking was ring-fenced from retail after the 2007-08 crash to contain crashes.
Most post-crash reforms now reversed, govts push deregulation.
Playing with fire. People will bear the cost of reckless practices.
Bank chiefs to Reeves: Ditch ring-fencing to boost UK economy
The bosses of HSBC, Lloyds Banking Group, NatWest Group and Santander UK have told the chancellor the moment has come to abolish bank ring-fencing in an explosive letter obtained by Sky News.
news.sky.com
April 28, 2025 at 7:09 AM
Bank chiefs to Reeves: Ditch ring-fencing to boost UK economy.
Speculative part of banking was ring-fenced from retail after the 2007-08 crash to contain crashes.
Most post-crash reforms now reversed, govts push deregulation.
Playing with fire. People will bear the cost of reckless practices.
Speculative part of banking was ring-fenced from retail after the 2007-08 crash to contain crashes.
Most post-crash reforms now reversed, govts push deregulation.
Playing with fire. People will bear the cost of reckless practices.
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Mark Carney is asked how the lessons of Brexit apply to Trump's tariff policy.
"When you break off or substantially rupture trade relations with major trading partners... you end up with slower growth, higher inflation, higher interest rates, volatility, a lower currency, a weaker economy." ~AA
"When you break off or substantially rupture trade relations with major trading partners... you end up with slower growth, higher inflation, higher interest rates, volatility, a lower currency, a weaker economy." ~AA
April 28, 2025 at 10:32 AM
Mark Carney is asked how the lessons of Brexit apply to Trump's tariff policy.
"When you break off or substantially rupture trade relations with major trading partners... you end up with slower growth, higher inflation, higher interest rates, volatility, a lower currency, a weaker economy." ~AA
"When you break off or substantially rupture trade relations with major trading partners... you end up with slower growth, higher inflation, higher interest rates, volatility, a lower currency, a weaker economy." ~AA
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Harvard has set an example for other higher-ed institutions - rejecting an unlawful and ham-handed attempt to stifle academic freedom, while taking steps to make sure students can benefit from an environment of intellectual inquiry, rigorous debate and mutual respect. Let’s hope others follow suit.
April 15, 2025 at 3:52 AM
Harvard has set an example for other higher-ed institutions - rejecting an unlawful and ham-handed attempt to stifle academic freedom, while taking steps to make sure students can benefit from an environment of intellectual inquiry, rigorous debate and mutual respect. Let’s hope others follow suit.
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