Weston’s MP, John Penrose, has welcomed news that Arts Council England has chosen two Weston-based arts organisations, Theatre Orchard and Trigger Productions, to receive grants of over £600,000 pounds. The money is to support, develop, and champion the work of local artists, and both Theatre Orchard and Trigger Productions have…
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This article was originally written Geraldine Scott, Political Reporter, and published in The Times. The government is resisting calls to release a review almost five years old into the security risks posed by granting “golden visas” to Russians. The tier 1 visa route, whereby wealthy individuals could buy the right…
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This article was written by John and originally published on All through the pandemic, Universal Credit (UC) was the dog that didn’t bark. No matter what happened with furlough, ‘bounceback loans’ or dozens of other one-off schemes to minimise the economic damage of a once-in-a-century medical emergency, UC carried on…
Read More This article was written by John for The Times Red Box Perhaps no other measure of social progress is as compelling as how long a newborn baby is expected to live. One of the greatest achievements of the twentieth century was that UK girls born in 1900 were expected to…
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