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  • Removing caps on benefits could save the government billions of pounds, study finds

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    Zionist Keir ‘Kid Starver’ Starmer. Image thanks to The Skwawkbox.

    https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/removing-caps-benefits-could-save-government-billions-pounds-study-finds

    REMOVING caps on benefits could save the government billions of pounds rather than cost money, a progressive economic think tank says.

    The New Economics Foundation (NEF) report, published today, says that the cost of benefit caps could be outweighed by the gains to be made from abolishing them.

    Gains include easing extra pressure on the NHS and other services resulting from the poverty caused by the caps, according to the experts.

    The benefit cap was introduced in 2013 by the Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government and limits the amount of benefits a household can receive.

    The two-child limit was introduced by the Tory government in 2017. It restricts the application of child tax credit and universal credit to the first two children in households.

    The NEF estimates that axing the caps could save £1.5 billion a year over the next five years alone through lower demand on public services.

    In the longer term — in 20 or 25 years — children lifted from poverty could have estimated future net earnings of £920 million a year higher, with an extra £490m returned to government through taxation and reduced spending on social security.

    “In reducing child poverty rates, pressures on the NHS, schools and social services will reduce, enabling the reallocation of resources to other areas of high demand,” the report states.

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    https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/removing-caps-benefits-could-save-government-billions-pounds-study-finds

    Keir Starmer says pensioners can freeze to death and poor children can starve and be condemned to failure and misery all their lives.
    Keir Starmer says pensioners can freeze to death and poor children can starve and be condemned to failure and misery all their lives.

  • NHS buildings ‘falling apart’ as government sidesteps urgent funding issues

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    https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/nhs-buildings-falling-apart-government-sidesteps-urgent-funding-issues

    A general view of staff on a NHS hospital ward at Ealing Hospital in London

    CAMPAIGNERS slammed the government for “not talking seriously” about health service funding today, after it emerged that the bill to fix crumbling NHS buildings has soared while patients and staff are left in harm’s way.

    New figures show that the cost to eradicate NHS repairs in England jumped to £13.8 billion in 2023, up by a fifth compared to the previous year.

    Costs amounting to £3bn were attributed to “high-risk” repairs, which could cause injury if left unaddressed.

    NHS Providers deputy chief executive Saffron Cordery said: “Vital bits of the NHS are literally falling apart after years of underinvestment nationally.

    “The safety of patients and staff is at risk.

    “The list of essential repairs across the NHS waiting to be done keeps getting longer and the costs are rocketing.”

    The spiralling maintenance backlog outstrips the cost of running the NHS estate itself, which also increased by 11 per cent to £13.6bn.

    King’s Fund chief executive Sarah Woolnough said the backlog has grown due to the “repeated raiding” of capital budgets to shore up day-to-day running costs, coupled with “short-term sticking plaster solutions.”

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    https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/nhs-buildings-falling-apart-government-sidesteps-urgent-funding-issues

  • Temporary tax on the super-rich could raise £130bn for green schemes, Greenpeace says

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    Experienced climbers scale a rock face near the historic Dumbarton castle in Glasgow, releasing a banner that reads “Climate on a Cliff Edge.” One activist, dressed as a globe, symbolically looms near the edge, while another plays the bagpipes on the shores below. | Photo courtesy of Extinction Rebellion and Mark Richards
    Experienced climbers scale a rock face near the historic Dumbarton castle in Glasgow, releasing a banner that reads “Climate on a Cliff Edge.” One activist, dressed as a globe, symbolically looms near the edge, while another plays the bagpipes on the shores below. | Photo courtesy of Extinction Rebellion and Mark Richards

    https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/temporary-tax-super-rich-could-raise-ps130bn-green-schemes-greenpeace-says

    Funds could insulate all draughty homes, fund free bus travel, and retrain millions of workers for a green future

    A TEMPORARY tax on the super-rich could generate enough money to fix every poorly insulated home, fund free bus travel and retrain three million workers in green industries, Greenpeace revealed today.

    A new report commissioned by the climate group proposes introducing an annual 2.5 per cent tax on all individual wealth above £10 million over the next five years.

    This “national renewal tax” would impact less than 75,000 people — 0.1 per cent of the population — and raise up to £183 billion for the Treasury.

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    An analysis by Oxfam found that the richest 1 per cent emit as much carbon as two-thirds of all humanity.

    Greenpeace UK’s climate campaigner Georgia Whitaker said: “The oversized carbon footprint of the super-rich is a clear rationale for ensuring that they play an oversized role in fixing the crisis that they have an oversized role in creating.

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    Patriotic Millionaires member Julia Davies, who wrote the report’s foreword, said: “This report highlights that a small, temporary tax on our wealth could transform the lives of millions, while tackling the greatest threat humanity has ever faced — the climate crisis — all while investing in a strong forward-facing economy with quality stable jobs for the British people.”

    https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/temporary-tax-super-rich-could-raise-ps130bn-green-schemes-greenpeace-says

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  • Labour continues popularity freefall as it marks 100 days in government

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    https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/labour-continues-popularity-freefall-it-marks-100-days-government

    Prime Minister Keir Starmer during his talks with Nato Secretary General Mark Rutte in Downing Street, in London, October 10, 2024

    LABOUR and Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer’s approval ratings are still nosediving as the government marks 100 days in office tomorrow.

    New Ipsos polling reveals Sir Keir’s net popularity has fallen to a record low of minus 26 points — worse than Reform leader Nigel Farage.

    Rachel Reeves was doing even worse at minus 30 points with four in nine saying she is doing a bad job as Chancellor.

    Experts blamed No 10 “turf wars,” scandals over ministerial freebies and cutting pensioner benefits as the Labour Party’s net popularity also plummeted 13.5 points to minus 21 points since the general election.

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    https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/labour-continues-popularity-freefall-it-marks-100-days-government

    Keir Starmer explains that he feels no shame or guilt benefitting personally from gifts from the rich and powerful while insisting on policies of severe austerity causing suffering and death.
    Keir Starmer explains that he feels no shame or guilt benefitting personally from gifts from the rich and powerful while insisting on policies of severe austerity causing suffering and death.
    Zionist Keir Starmer is quoted "I support Zionism without qualification." He's asked whether that means that he supports Zionism under all circumstances, whatever Zionists do.
    Zionist Keir Starmer is quoted “I support Zionism without qualification.” He’s asked whether that means that he supports Zionism under all circumstances, whatever Zionists do.
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