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Hard Left hits back at Keir Starmer as Unite union SLASHES funding for Labour by 10% with boss Len McCluskey warning new leader must stick to Corbynista agenda Sir Keir Starmer has been trying to distance himself from the Jeremy Corbyn era Unite is cutting affiliation to Labour by 10 per cent amid anger at … Read more
Zoos are facing extinction as a result of the pandemic as they say they are unable to access vital funding to help them survive. The British and Irish Association of Zoos and Aquariums (BIAZA) says zoos will struggle to survive the winter without immediate government intervention. Although the government launched the £100 million Zoo Animals … Read more
Hans and Julia Rausings’ funding for charities hit by coronavirus pandemic tops £34m as they add another £8m to the pot Hans and Julia Rausing have almost doubled a multi-million-pound fund In July they said they were providing £10 million for small and medium charities Figure is in addition to the £16.5 million emergency fund they donated … Read more
Space debris — detritus orbiting Earth from satellites — is a growing problem which threatens the future of human space exploration. To tackle this issue, the Business Secretary Alok Sharma has announced £1million in funding, via the UK Space Agency (UKSA), for seven space-cleaning programmes. Astronomers are concerned that high-value craft in low-Earth orbit, such … Read more
A staff member who appeared on The Yorkshire Job Centre last night said she feared she was funding the lifestyle of drug users and is often scared of clients ‘self sabotaging’. Pip, from Leeds, works for the Social Justice team at the Southern House Job Centre and appeared on the Channel 4 programme on Tuesday … Read more
The job of Chancellor of the Exchequer is always one of the most difficult in Government, as I know from personal experience. During my spell at the Treasury in the early 1990s, I had to grapple with a series of momentous problems – the advent of recession, rising inflation and the impact of Black Wednesday, … Read more
Tory MPs have slammed the ‘funding discrepancy’ between Scotland and England after official statistics showed public spending per person north of the border is almost £2,000 more than the UK average. Conservative backbenchers in Westminster said that if the SNP government in Holyrood believed in independence then it should refuse to accept English taxpayers ‘subsidising … Read more
Laurence Fox today led calls to strip the BBC of its licence fee funding over the bungled decision to play Land of Hope and Glory and Rule Britannia at the last Night of the Proms but not sing the ‘racist’ words to avoid offending the woke. Critics accused the BBC of ‘erasing history’ and caving in … Read more
Singer Taylor Swift has launched a blistering attack on President Donald Trump, accusing him of ‘dismantling’ the US Postal Service in an attempt to rig the November presidential election. ‘Trump’s calculated dismantling of USPS proves one thing clearly: He is WELL AWARE that we do not want him as our president,’ Swift wrote in a … Read more
‘Lost Tory decade’ of social care funding could be the result of ageism, new report warns The UK’s adult social care system could be unsustainable without intervention The impact of social care cuts was particularly felt in services for older people The problems of social care have becomeapparent during the pandemic By Daniel Martin for … Read more