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Time Travel
Proof Of Time Travel! UK Government Send Man To Year 2365 in Secret Mission!
medium.com - Betsy Feliciano
The MYSTERIOUS guy, who states he is a previous employee of the UK Government, visited the year 2365 by time travel. This was right after getting an …
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Public Policy
This 'Maybot state' has imprisoned us in a technocratic, target-obsessed dystopia
The Telegraph - By Sherelle Jacobs
Brexit is an opportunity to dismantle our chaotic 'spreadsheet state' It is said that the era of robots is coming. But looking at our Government, you would be forgiven for thinking it is already here.
VICE
Domestic Abuse
This Influential UK Parliamentary Committee Just Backed a Stalkers Register
VICE - Broadly
The Home Affairs Select Committee, which advises British lawmakers on policy, announced its support of a national database of serial stalkers and domestic abuse perpetrators. In a landmark win for stalking
DWP
DWP blasted over 'misleading' Universal Credit advert 'that is playing people for fools'
mirror.co.uk - Dan Bloom
The Tory government has been accused of "playing people for fools" with a "misleading" advert about Universal Credit . The image on Twitter last week …
Fake News
UK government accused of lack of action on Russian fake news
seattlepi.com - www.seattlepi.com
LONDON (AP) — The chair of an influential British parliamentary committee said Monday that the government has failed to take seriously the threat …
CNBCadded this to World News
Michael Gove
UK government announces plans to ban plastic straws, cotton-buds, and stirrers
CNBC - Anmar Frangoul
The U.K. government has laid out plans to prohibit the distribution and sale of plastic straws, stirrers and cotton buds. The ban, which is subject to …
Pensions
Universal Credit is a stone-cold omnishambles
politics.co.uk - www.politics.co.uk
By Joe Anderson "When you’re in a hole, stop digging" was Denis Healy's famous advice for politicians in trouble. It seems someone at the DWP has just …
The Guardianadded this to Top Stories
Philip Hammond
Children's services are at breaking point, experts say
The Guardian - Patrick Butler Social policy editor
Charities, teaching unions and medical colleges accuse UK government of ignoring young people Children’s services from Sure Start to schools and NHS mental health are at breaking point, according to a
News (Wales)
Call made for M4 tolls to be saved over congestion 'chaos' fears
walesonline.co.uk - Robert Harries
A Welsh AM has said he wants to keep the Severn Crossing tolls as he believes scrapping them will invite "chaos" to parts of Wales. The tolls on both …
DWP
Devastated mum's miscarriage in shower 'due to stress caused by Tory welfare cuts'
mirror.co.uk - Amanda Keenan, Chris kitching
A grieving mum claims she suffered a devastating miscarriage at home due to stress caused by Tory welfare cuts and her financial struggle. Victoria …
Disability
'Shocking' inequality remains in Scotland, finds study
heraldscotland.com - www.heraldscotland.com
Meanwhile gender pay gaps show “shocking” levels of inequality in how women’s work is valued, the Commission said. Disabled people are twice as likely …
Northern Ireland
Corbyn slams UK Government’s ‘terminally incompetent’ Brexit negotiations
irishexaminer.com - Monday, October 22, 2018 - 06:09 PM
Jeremy Corbyn has slammed the British Government’s “terminally incompetent” Brexit negotiations and demanded Theresa May make way for a Labour …
BBC News
Fighting
The parents of children who died fighting IS visit Syria
BBC News - BBC World
The parents of British men and women who died fighting against the Islamic State group have visited Syria. Among them was the father of Jac Holmes from Bournemouth who died last October. The 24-year-old
Sexual Harassment
Tell the UK Government: Help Create a World Where #SheIsEqual
globalcitizen.org - www.globalcitizen.org
As the late global icon Nelson Mandela said, “As long as the nation refuses to acknowledge the equal role of more than half of itself, it is doomed …
Optometry
How will Brexit affect optometry?
aop.org.uk - by Selina Powell
The AOP has published answers to common questions that practitioners may be pondering as the deadline for Brexit nears. The guidance covers a broad …
BBC News
Interest Rates
Northern Rock mortgages: Homeowners trapped on high interest rates
BBC News - BBC World
Mark and Lisa Elkins are being forced to sell the house they've lived in for 15 years. They took out a mortgage with Northern Rock back in 2003. When an American private equity firm, Cerberus, took over
Cannabis
UK government must look into legalising cannabis, says former Met Commissioner Bernard Hogan-Howe
independent.co.uk - Harriet Agerholm
Former Metropolitan Police chief Bernard Hogan-Howe has called for an urgent review of the evidence supporting cannabis legalisation. It marks a …
Electric Vehicles
Advantages of electric vehicles
bloombreg.co
Electric cars have increasingly been making the headlines in recent months. You might have seen that major car manufacturer Volvo has announced that …
Scottish Government
Scottish Government scraps Saudi trade role amid questions over dead journalist
inews.co.uk - Mark McLaughlin
A plan to appoint a Saudi trade specialist at Scotland’s international development body has been scrapped after the death of journalist Jamal …
Northern Ireland
Post-Brexit agriculture plans will have serious impact on the north
irishnews.com - Michael McHugh
The British government’s post-Brexit agriculture plans will have a “serious impact” on farms in Northern Ireland, MPs warned. The government’s …
Welsh Government
Concern mounts that HS2 means Wales will lose out on 'billions of pounds'
walesonline.co.uk - David Williamson
Cross-party concern is mounting about the cost of HS2 amid fears that Wales will “lose out on billions of pounds” as a result of the high-speed rail …
Holyrood
Post-Brexit fishing quota powers should be transferred to Holyrood
heraldscotland.com - www.heraldscotland.com
The new legislation is expected to replace the EU Common Fisheries Policy (CFP) and enable the UK to control access to its waters and set UK fishing …
Pensions
DWP: Thousands already on Universal Credit on Teesside as 'flawed' rollout continues
gazettelive.co.uk - Mike Brown
More than 5,000 Teessiders have already been moved onto the struggling Universal Credit benefit, new figures show. The full rollout of the …
Eurovision Song Contest
UK government rejects petition calling for the Eurovision final to become a bank holiday
gaytimes.co.uk - www.gaytimes.co.uk
The petitions committee says that it wasn’t “clear” what action the petition wanted to take. A petition calling for the final of the Eurovision song …
Scottish National Party
party letter demanding action over the death of journalist Jamal Khashoggi
snp.org - by SNP
Dear Secretary of State, We the undersigned are writing to you regarding the UK Government’s ongoing support for the Government of Saudi Arabia in …
The Telegraph
Article 50
If the UK reneged on the Irish backstop, as Mr Raab wishes, could it ever be trusted again?
The Telegraph - By Neale Richmond
It was disappointing to learn that the UK Government’s current Brexit Secretary thinks an extension to any post Brexit transition period could replace the already agreed need for an Irish specific backstop
BuzzFeed
UK Politics
22 Ridiculous Petitions That Were Rejected By The British Government
BuzzFeed - Scott Bryan
"Introduce a law so that Rick & Morty never leaves Netflix."
DWP
Universal Credit advisors earning £1,000 a day could owe 'MILLIONS' in dodged taxes
mirror.co.uk - Alan Selby
Consultants behind the Government’s hated Universal Credit scheme dodged paying tax on their earnings. A probe found Department For Work and Pensions …
Scottish Government
Mhairi Black: Tories know Universal Credit causes harm despite their speeches
thenational.scot - www.thenational.scot
Before the general election the DWP Committee in Westminster heard evidence of claimants waiting longer than 12 weeks for their first payments, …
The Guardianadded this to UK Politics
Philip Hammond
UK government borrowing target back on track
The Guardian - Phillip Inman
Philip Hammond’s plan to bring down the government’s annual borrowing was back on track last month after a blowout in August that knocked the chancellor off course. Public sector net borrowing in September,