Voters in Burrator will go to the polls in June in a delayed election for West Devon Borough Council. The poll for the ward was originally due to take place on May 4 along with the elections for the Borough’s other wards, but was postponed following the sad death of …
Read More »Record 3,000,000 emergency food parcels handed out in a year, 1m to children
A record near-three million emergency food parcels have been handed out at food banks in the year to March, with the number provided for children topping a million for the first time. The figures from the Trussell Trust charity represent a 37% increase compared to the previous year. A total …
Read More »Labour Together’s handy ‘Stevenage Woman’
A THINK TANK called Labour Together identified a key demographic of voters, termed the “Stevenage Woman,” that Labour needs to win. According to its report, titled Red Shift, this Stevenage Woman is against nationalisation: only 7 per cent of this group is in favour of public ownership. These claims were all …
Read More »Five stories you may have missed this week
Labour Party’s choice of LTA as election battleground branded ‘short-sighted’ The Labour Party’s denouncement of the government’s plan to scrap the lifetime pension allowance as a “£1bn bung to the richest 1%” is short-sighted, Barnett Waddingham says. TPR authorises Royal Mail as UK’s first CDC scheme The Pensions Regulator has …
Read More »Royal Mail surrenders after two-year battle with angry Plymouth village
A Plymouth village has won a two-year battle with Royal Mail after the delivery company finally reinstalled a post box that was removed without permission two years ago. The original post box was removed without planning permission by a kebab shop owner and sparked outcry among residents and businesses, with …
Read More »Royal Mail strikers sacked for saying ‘scab’ on social media in ‘attempt to remove union’
Exclusive: The Communication Workers Union claims a large number of the suspensions involve the alleged use of the word “scab” – a name given to workers who break strikes and cross picket lines abour MP Ian Lavery (pictured) said the number of suspensions “looks like discrimination” ( Image: Newcastle Chronicle) …
Read More »‘Czech sphinx’ Royal Mail investor advised by ex-Labour star Chuka Umunna
A Czech energy tycoon that trade union leaders claim is plotting a takeover of Royal Mail is being advised by Chuka Umunna, The Telegraph can disclose. The former Labour leadership hopeful, who was a prominent critic of Royal Mail’s privatisation while a frontbench MP, has been hired by Vesa Equity, …
Read More »Kev Kringle Maguire’s naughty list includes turkey for Truss and camel penis for Hancock – Kevin Maguire
Kevin Maguire hands out his annual awards to those who have been naughty and those who have been nice – and there’s no surprise that the Tories have been the latter Video Loading Video Unavailable The video will auto-play soon8Cancel Play now Kwasi Kwarteng in November reveals he warned Liz …
Read More »CWU strikes: “They are punishing us for fighting back – but they are losing”
Walkouts by around 115,000 postal workers organised in the CWU are continuing this month, after the union turned down Royal Mail’s derisory 2% pay offer. Royal Mail bosses have become increasingly belligerent, threatening further cuts to pay and conditions in an attempt to break the strikes by any means …
Read More »What life was like in Stoke-on-Trent in 1982 – the last time the inflation rate was this high
The Eighties was one of the greatest decades in human history. A time when the pop charts were ruled by electronic dance music and new wave and fashion was just awful (big hair and leggings). It was the time of the Rubik’s Cube, VHS tapes and Walkmans and remember when …
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