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How freebie culture is a passport to economic disaster — and solution has to be political
Freebies are not just fiscally ruinous, but also have other baneful consequences. Punjab, for instance, has not just emptied the state exchequer but also harmed soil because excessive groundwater is drawn using…
Liz Truss: If London does well, so does Britain
Liz Truss has pledged to help Londoners weather the growing economic storm as the two Tory leadership candidates came under growing pressure to do more to deal with the financial “timebomb” facing millions of families.Writing in the…
Scots are having to RATION food as shops limit customers to essential items only
ISLANDERS are being forced to ration essential food items like milk and bread after a wave of ferry cancellations due to a vessel breakdown, it’s emerged.
It comes amid revelations that SNP ministers funnelled more than £230,000 of a…
Government drift means it will be ‘too late’ to help poor with energy bills, warns…
GORDON Brown has warned a “vacuum” at the top of the Government means it will soon be “too late” to help the poorest with their energy bills when they rise in October.
The former Labour Prime Minister said an emergency budget was…
Who is RCP Singh at the centre of JD(U)-BJP drama?
The ties between allies JD(U) and the BJP were already strained, even before RCP Singh, once Nitish Kumar’s right-hand man, quit the party. Now the tension has escalated with speculation rife that the Bihar CM is…
Mark Smith: A William Wallace pilgrimage – and what I learned from it
You’re having a laugh aren’t you? I’ve put the William Wallace memorial in London into Google Maps on my phone and am listening to the voice instructions as I walk along the road. We’re nearly there. “Turn right into Little Britain”…
Cost of living crisis a ‘national emergency’, says Gordon Brown
The former Labour Chancellor and Prime Minister said that millions of families face financial ruin as interest rates continue to rise and electric bills soar. He said a package of support should be agreed by Government now before the…
Patient enduring six-year hospital discharge delay, figures reveal
A hospital patient has seen their discharge delayed by more than six years, new figures reveal.
Freedom of information requests obtained by the Scottish Conservatives revealed one NHS Grampian patient has been waiting 2312 days to…
Almost six in 10 young Scots still not signed up for free bus scheme
Six months into a flagship scheme allowing young Scots to travel for free on buses, uptake remains low, according to the latest figures.
Across Scotland 413,909 youngsters have signed up for the scheme, Scottish Labour said, but…
Did Shiv Sena’s Sanjay Raut smuggle his column out of jail? The newest controversy, explained
The Enforcement Directorate is now probing how Shiv Sena published Sanjay Raut's 'Rok Thok' column in the Saamna. The Sena leader is currently behind bars for alleged irregularities in the Patra Chawl scam and is…