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Variant-busting Covid vaccine to be given to 26 million over-50s by December
Health Secretary Steve Barclay has ordered 26 million people to be jabbed with the new variant busting Covid booster by December to ease winter pressure on the NHS. But there are no plans to give the fourth jab to under 50s, NHS England…
Top Tory in talks with energy bosses to slap families with £320 levy for 20 years
Chancellor-in-waiting Kwasi Kwarteng is in talks with energy bosses to slap households with a £320 levy for the next two decades, say sources.The Business Secretary’s plan to keep gas and electric prices down now would mean lumbering the…
Paedophiles grooming kids with vapes as e-cigs become teenage fashion craze
Paedophiles are grooming kids with vapes as the e-cigs become the latest teenage fashion craze.Trading Standards officers have logged 2,268 incidents of underage vaping in the last 12 months, a near 2,000% increase on the previous year. And…
Peers hand out 25% fewer Parliament passes since crackdown on lobbyists
Peers have handed out 25% fewer Parliamentary passes since a crackdown on lobbyists gaining access to the Houses of Parliament.Last April the Mirror revealed some 566 passes had been sponsored by peers - which has dropped to just 419 this…
‘Greedy’ Liz Truss has claimed nearly £5,000 in expenses for energy in last five years
Prime Minister-in-waiting Liz Truss has claimed £4,817 in taxpayer expenses on gas and electric in the last five years.Yet she says she won’t “bung more money into the system” to help hard-up Brits facing fuel bills of £3,500 a year – and…
Tory Efficiency minister Jacob Rees-Mogg spent £1,300 travelling to Wales
‘Efficiency Minister’ Jacob Rees-Mogg spent more than £1,300 travelling from London to Wales, the Sunday Mirror can reveal.The top Tory visited Wrexham AFC during a trip to discuss “opportunities to bring UK Civil Service jobs to the town”…
Tory MP tells voters ‘illusion’ of help with soaring bills ‘isn’t going to…
A Tory MP has told voters the government paying their gas bills is an "illusion" that "isn't going to happen" and people will "have to live with" soaring prices. Sir Desmond Swayne also said the Covid furlough scheme, which saved millions…
Minister says PM ‘tackling’ sewage spills – despite order to vote against…
A Tory minister has claimed Boris Johnson is the first PM ever to tackle sewage spills - despite ordering MPs to vote against a “duty” to stop it.Thousands were angry after heavy rain last week led to dozens of popular coastal spots having…
Minister insists 10 days ‘not long’ to wait for energy bills help plan
Ten days is ‘not long’ for the public to wait for news on how the government will help them with spiralling bills, a senior minister said today. Families have been increasingly anxious over the cost of living crisis, accusing Boris Johnson…
Energy price cap branded ‘very bad idea’ that has ‘outlived purpose’ by…
The energy price cap was “a very bad idea” that has “outlived its purpose”, an energy industry expert has said.Robert Buckley, head of relationship development at energy consultancy Cornwall Insight, said the price cap was “always going to…
