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More pensioners to get winter fuel payments this year - but confusion remains over who will qualify news.sky.com/story/more-p...

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A Showdown Over The Power Of The Courts Is Headed To The Senate The One Big Beautiful Bill Act has a provision buried halfway through its 1,000-plus pages that would take away power from the courts. www.huffpost.com/entry/a-show...

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Richard Tice is just an MP. Does he have the authority to make decisions like this ??

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Well done Home Secretary Yvette Cooper for acknowledging there is evidence that the lack of a migrant return deal after Brexit is 'a factor' in the increase in the number of people making dangerous small boat Channel crossings

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Linda McMahon is 6 years OLDER than Ruby Bridges. This isn't ancient history. It's our history. And they want to erase it. Who controls the past controls the future. Who controls the present controls the past. -- Orwell

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Home Secretary Yvette Cooper acknowledges there is evidence that the lack of a migrant return deal after Brexit is 'a factor' for people making dangerous small boat Channel crossings youtu.be/blhTU1em0WQ?...

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Disgraceful. Rubio never misses an opportunity to be a bleating sheep. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...

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Critically endangered by #hunting and #palmoil #deforestation in #Papua, sweet-faced #marsupials black spotted #cuscus need your help. Every time you visit the supermarket, make sure you #BoycottPalmOil #Boycott4Wildlife @palmoildetect learn more wp.me/pcFhgU-n7

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Doctors are being replaced by associates. But why did the medical regulator make that so easy?

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For the life of me I cannot figure out why Donald Trump is trying to destroy higher education

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Pensions minister says there's no prospect of a return to universal winter fuel payments Torsten Bell told MPs - 'It’s not a good idea that we have a system paying a few hundreds of pounds to millionaires, and so we’re not going to be continuing with that'

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Eleven charities, including Citizens Advice, Save the Children UK, and Trussell, warn that the two-child limit has pulled 37,000 children into poverty since Labour took office www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...

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Police will have to "deprioritise" some crimes if their budgets are slashed, the UK's top officers have warned Keir Starmer www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...

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EU nature conservation law Legislation downgrading protection of wolves finally adopted - www.consilium.europa.eu/en/press/pre...

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If the Court follows this highly significant AG Opinion, then we need to consider what the consequences of a Member State having “significantly deviated from the model of a constitutional democracy” means in practical and procedural terms. /1

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Rachel Reeves has said pensioners should be "in no doubt" that more people will qualify for winter fuel payments by the end of the year www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...

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'A Britain that is better off cannot rely on a handful of places forging ahead of the rest' Chancellor Rachel Reeves announces £15bn of investment for transport infrastructure in the North and Midlands, along with plans to change Treasury rules to allow more regional projects to get funding

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ALL are Lunatics but he who can analyse his delusions is called a Philosopher Bierce To improve is to change; To be perfect is to change often Former nasty highly intelligent thug ⛪🌄 No obligation to be who you were even 5 minutes ago Alan Watts Solely responsible to Party? Dictatorship. Attlee🇬🇧⚒️ 🦄🧲

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Great to talk to Naga and Charlie about #parkinsons - catch up on iPlayer around 0725. And don’t forget to sign the Parky petition! petition.parliament.uk/petitions/71...

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www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... Going to be on BBC Breakfast at 0720 talking about what happens when a high profile person like Morten Harket announces they have got #Parkinsons

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This statement puts everything into perspective…

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Can we get to 40K by midnight? Yes, if we try - please sign or ask a friend to sign

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Another sniffy and nosy walk with #sophiefromromania this morning

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It’s always struck me as insane that clean electricity is tied to the price of polluting gas and oil…not just tied to it but charged at nearly 4 times the rate of gas per kWh. Hardly surprising that people hesitate before going to the expense and disruption of heat pump installation

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😡👊🏻😡👊🏻😡👊🏻😡👊🏻 I gather the latest #reformUK acquisition is toeing the party line. Remember this? Hope there will be no backlash.

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@profjacob.bsky.social posts really interesting threads on significant happenings in the EU. If you’re interested in the effects of policies of Member States on the EU as a whole, you should read his posts.

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Ten jewels of English nature at risk from development and Labour’s planning bill - The Guardian

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The Employment Rights Bill could deliver the biggest boost for workers in a generation – but it’s under threat. Add your name now to demand it passes in full.

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Act with love, not fear. Disrupt with hope. Protect with rage. This isn’t just protest, it’s LOVE IN ACTION. Join the movement. For all we love. 💚 #ExtinctionRebellion #ActNow #LoveInAction #ActWithCare #Nonviolent #DirectAction #PeacefulResistance

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“I’ve walked through lavish estates and through slums. These walks have made something startlingly clear: Kampala is a city unfriendly to pedestrians. Yet so many of its citizens – especially the most vulnerable – walk daily out of necessity. We must make our cities safer and more walkable for all.”

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Safe level of atmospheric CO2 - 350 ppm Level in 1995, when governments got together at COP1 to address climate change - 363 ppm Level today - 430 ppm

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Strong words from insurer Allianz's board member about how the climate crisis is badly affecting insurance companies. Boo-hoo! Insurance companies are complicit - their insurance of fossil fuel projects enables climate and ecological destruction. They should just stop now. #InsureOurSurvival

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Climate crisis on track to destroy capitalism, warns top insurer - Action urgently needed to save the conditions under which markets – and civilisation itself – can operate, says senior Allianz figure #climatecrisis Story by me www.theguardian.com/environment/...

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This past semester was the most stressful of my academic career. I had 180 students and about half cheated at some point in the semester They submit weekly reflections where the questions are opinion-based, graded only on effort, don't care about grammar SO MANY students submitted ChatGPT essays

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