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The Weeping Angel wrote: ↑Sat Mar 15, 2025 5:08 pm Not that they'll get any credit for it.Every columnist’s kid takes A Levels, probably traditional academic ones, so they’ll indeed get no thanks. The mad papers have already lined Becky Francis up as some sort of leftist obsessed with inclusion at the expense of quality. Inclusion in this case is likely to involve thinking about white working class boys, you’d think that were positive. But they’ll moan about that too.
Youngian wrote: ↑Sat Mar 15, 2025 1:15 pm For goodness sake open a reception centre where refugee claimants can reach it safely. Reform don't even talk about real illegal immigration (abscondees arriving legally on visas) as it can't provide pictures of 'invading' black men in boats.They don't want a solution. They want scapegoats.
The Weeping Angel wrote: ↑Sun Mar 16, 2025 12:06 pm Fortunately the plans to freeze pip have been dropped.If they ever existed...
The legislation will prevent people receiving health-related benefits from having their entitlements automatically re-assessed if they enter employment.
The move is said to be in response to surveys suggesting disabled people and those with long-term health conditions fear they will not get their benefits back if they try employment, but it does not work out.
A recent Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) survey found 200,000 people receiving health-related or disability benefits were ready to work if the right job or support was available.
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