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Some recent Budget rumours have been truly jaw-dropping. None more so than the latest suggestion about pensions.Hurriedly removing National Insurance relief on employer contributions is bad enough, as it could up-end auto enrolment scheme administration, but exempting public sector employers is absolutely astonishing.Forcing these extra costs only onto private sector employer contributions would worsen our existing two-tier pension system.Public sector employees already enjoy much better pensions than private sector employers can afford.This suggested change would widen the disparity, damaging private sector workers pensions, while forcing them and their employers, who will suddenly see their pension costs soaring, to pay for…

Dame Esther made her feelings known in a passionate message to the Health Secretary (Image: Steve Reigate/Getty)“Deeply disappointed” Esther Rantzen has penned a furious letter to the Health Secretary after he said he would vote against the assisted dying Bill.The Childline founder, who has stage four lung cancer, questioned how Wes Streeting could support the current law which “will force me to fly to Dignitas in Zurich to die alone”.Mr Streeting voted in favour of a 2015 Bill that aimed to allow terminally ill people who are nearing death to request medical help to die. But he told backbench MPs…

Some say “Whataboutism” is never justified, that it’s just a cheap rhetorical device. Wrong.Whataboutism is simply a label used to deride usually valid comparisons which are inconvenient and damaging for the Left and the unaccountable “elite.” Just as “populism” is now deemed pejorative, when in fact it simply describes movements, such as Brexit, that are popular with most of the people who care.So let me commit some Whataboutism.How would the “elite” react if President Trump had sent scores of his campaign experts to Blighty to help weaken the Remainers?What would 10 Downing Street, or the Auntie Beeb say if the…

A serving police officer accused of having links to an ISIS jihadist, who posted a series of racist comments on social media, has been dismissed without notice following a misconduct hearing.PC Ruby Begum was praised as a role model in 2020 for confronting anti-lockdown protesters while wearing a hijab, while serving in the Met Police’s Taskforce.However, her career was today in ruins after a misconduct panel found her responsible for posting a series of derogatory tweets about Jews and which mocked the 9/11 terror attacks before she joined the force, initially as a special constable in 2014.She used offensive language…

Millions of pounds in Winter Fuel Allowance (WFA) has been paid out to people living outside the UK, it has emerged.In the year 2023/24 there were 34,307 of the payments made to people across the EU, including in Italy, Romania, Croatia and Bulgaria.There were 25 payouts in Croatia, eight in Iceland and an unspecified “low” number in Liechtenstein. Despite not being in the EU, claimants also received payments in Switzerland.The shock revelation follows the backlash over the controversial scrapping of WFA to all pensioners, which was one of the first major decisions by new Chancellor Rachel Reeves, who is set…

The UK is set to be thrown into the deep freezer as shocking new weather maps reveal a snow blast and sub zero temperatures.Brand new predictions show the maps turning white and purple – depicting snowfall – across vast swathes of Britain in just over two weeks.The date in question is Friday, November 8 showing the snowy conditions stretch as far as Devon and the south coast of England.The maps from WXCharts reveal that areas around Aberdeen could get as much as 10cm per hour of snow on the day – although everywhere from Wick on the North coast of…

British diplomats in Moscow were hit by a Federal Security Service-staged stunt as the UK’s deputy ambassador Tom Dodd was targeted by a throng of “journalists” at a city airport.The Russian Foreign Ministry alleged the senior diplomat “snatched the badge” of one journalist and “pushed a girl with a microphone who was asking him a question”.In videos of the altercation at Vnukovo airport, Dodd is seen handing back the badge, but also seeking to exit the terminal to a waiting diplomatic vehicle without being harassed by a rent-a-mob.The scuffles came after the arrival of two senior diplomats from London to…

In the weeks leading up to his ill-fated snap election, Rishi Sunak had to plead with his deputy Prime Minister Oliver Dowden not to resign as an MP.Amid the chaos of Mr Sunak plunging the Tory machine into an election that sent many in his party’s headquarters into a state of panic, Mr Dowden hoped he could finally leave the bear pit of Westminster.However in an ominous warning of the party’s mood, the Prime Minister had to beg his deputy to stay on, fearing the optics of such a move and the blow it would be to remaining Tory candidates…

A 60-year-old woman has been arrested on suspicion of “manslaughter” after three people died at a care home in Swanage, Dorset.Detective Chief Inspector Neil Third, of the Major Crime Investigation Team, said: “Our heartfelt thoughts and condolences are with the families and loved ones of those who tragically died and they are being supported by officers.“As part of our investigation, we have made one arrest to enable us to establish whether there have been actions or omissions which are grossly negligent and gather as much information as we can about what has happened.”It is important to note that the arrest…

To understand the new politics stance and other pro nationals of recent times, we should look to Silicon Valley and the quantified movement of the latest generation. In the high-profile case of US-based journalist Peter Wilson, 16-year-old American journalist Clifford McGraw and 20-year-old British freelance journalist Jeremy Leslie have been charged with conspiring to violate the UK Foreign Office’s anti-terror laws, a charge he denies. On Monday, UK attorney Andy McDonald revealed that he had spoken. “Few worry about catching Covid anymore, as it’s just a matter of time before they do,” says Tea, a teacher at a school for…