‘Look after our elderly!’ – John Penrose joins calls to SCRAP loophole depriving OAPs of energy discount

Labour, Tory and SNP MPs have joined forces to call on No 10 to axe a loophole which allows energy suppliers with fewer than 250,000 customers to escape paying the ‘Warm Home Discount’. THERESA May has been urged by five powerful Commons Committee chairs to scrap rules depriving pensioners of…

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For years, Governments of all colours have failed to build enough houses to meet demand…

Spare a thought for the people, particularly the 20-and-30-something millennials, who struggle to pay rent, and can only dream about affording a deposit to buy a home of their own. For lots of us, rent or mortgages gobble up more than half our wages. That doesn’t leave much for other…

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Daily Mail: Ministers are urged to hammer ‘Putin crony’ Russian oligarchs with tough sanctions

The UK government’s long-awaited Magnitsky legislation getting Royal Assent Law will allow sanctions to be imposed on those linked to human rights abuses  Campaigners and MPs want ministers to make immediate use of the new powers Ministers are facing demands to hammer Russian oligarchs with tough sanctions today as the…

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