Boris Johnson plans to visit Scotland this week, comedian Janey Godley has created a hilarious voice over from his 2019 visit which has left Twitter in stitches. The Prime Minister is set to head to Scotland to 'unite the union' and talk to Scots about the benefits of staying in the union.
'No decision' on Universal Credit uplift as Tories set to abstain from benefit vote
18.01.2021 - 19:02 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
Universal Credit payments is yet to be made, Number 10 has said. It comes as Boris Johnson told his MPs to abstain from a Parliamentary vote on extending the £20 weekly benefit rise forced on by Labour.
Downing Street said chancellor Rishi Sunak will give further information on the next steps for the temporary increase on Universal Credit “shortly” and insisted a decision on whether or not it would continue was still to be made. “We know it runs out at the end of March, we know that households
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27.01.2021 / 12:33
Political covid decisions led to UK's second wave of infection, warns public health expert
Linda Bauld said the overall response will be viewed as a "system failure" in a damning verdict on the government's leadership.Her remarks come one day after Prime Minister Boris Johnson said the government did "all we could" to tackle the pandemic - despite shocking figures putting Britain among the worst in the world."I think we’re going to look back on this as a system failure," prof Bauld told BBC Radio Scotland."I think we came into this pandemic under prepared for a virus like this, we at
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25.01.2021 / 14:25
Scottish Tories urge Labour and the Lib Dems to boycott second independence referendum
indyref2 was extended to “anyone who believes in democracy in Scotland.” The Scottish Government’s preferred option for securing another referendum is based on a joint agreement with the UK Government. This was the basis of the 2014 referendum, but Prime Minister Boris Johnson has said he will not consent to another vote.Over the weekend, it emerged that the SNP’s plan B involves the Scottish Parliament organising its own referendum.
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21.01.2021 / 19:28
Universal Credit cut would plunge 20,000 Scots children into poverty
poverty told MPs on the Commons Scottish Affairs committee that families will suffer if the temporary increase is scrapped in March.
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18.01.2021 / 11:43
Citizens Advice Scotland calls for £20 weekly Universal Credit uplift to be made permanent
Citizens Advice Scotland (CAS) has called on the Chancellor, Rishi Sunak, to retain the £20 increase in Universal Credit ahead of a Westminster debate on Monday. New figures from the charity show that the proportion of benefits advice related to Universal Credit given out in Scotland between April and December 2020 increased by 10 per cent compared to the previous year.
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15.01.2021 / 15:17
Tory plan to rip up workers' rights will be fought 'tooth and nail'
Boris Johnson’s Business Department plans to dump rules governing the 48-hour week and rest breaks at work.
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14.01.2021 / 12:35
Boris Johnson sparks fears Universal Credit payments could be cut by £20 per week from April
poorest families have been worst affected by the coronavirus pandemic's economic fall out and are likely to find it harder to recover as society rebuilds, a new report warns. People already trapped in poverty when Covid-19 hit were the most financially vulnerable and they tend to work in the sectors which have been hit hardest, the Joseph Rowntree Foundation (JRF) said.