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Part One – Local and National News Review

Melissa Topping and Katie Sullivan, disabled women affected by new Barton Hill ‘Liveable Cites’ scheme, join Tony and Martin. Melissa and Katie describe how the new ‘Liveable Cities’ LTN scheme has adversely affected their lives as disabled ladies, how there wasn’t adequate consultation prior to implementing it at 3am, and how buses just aren’t up to the job. Does Bristol Clean Air Zone work? Carbon trading. Capitalist vs government solutions to environmental problems. Melissa’s and Susan’s statement in Council about new ‘Liveable Cities’ scheme in Barton Hill. Scheme breaches Equality Act. ‘Locked in and blocked in’ by ‘unliveable neighbourhood’ – A Barton Hill resident claims that her independence has been taken away due to the new infrastructure installed around her home as part of the East Bristol Liveable Neighbourhood trial. Melissa Topping suffers from multiple disabilities which have severely affected her over the years. Since 2010, she has been using a wheelchair and mobility scooter to access areas that she cannot on foot. A keen traveller, Melissa, 55, often loads her wheelchair and mobility scooter in her customised van to visit areas that she would not be able to otherwise. Avonvale Road used to be the entry point for Melissa Topping’s van to reach her home at the other end of Victoria Avenue – photo: Karen Johnson A new bus gate on Avonvale Road, however, now limits Melissa’s access to her own home on Victoria Avenue. While other traffic could divert through Byron Street, Melissa says it is too risky for her large van to be driven through the narrow street as it could hit parked cars. On a recent morning, Melissa told Bristol24/7 that her van “is everything to me”. She said: “Being able to get away with a little bit of independence, even if that is just occasionally, that’s everything. That’s the only thing that’s brought me out of severe depression with being disabled.” Melissa claims that the new liveable neighbourhood infrastructure means that larger emergency service vehicles, or any trader with a larger van, cannot access several roads across Barton Hill, Redfield and St George. But Bristol City Council say “the whole area will be accessible by emergency services although some routes may change depending on the location of modal filters” and that their team “will continue to engage with emergency services on the detailed design of the trial scheme”. Bristol24/7 has seen photos of paramedics parking their ambulances and running to where they need to get to, then running back and forth to their vehicle to retrieve equipment. We have also been sent a message from one firefighter who lives within the EBLN trial area saying “the blocked off roads could actually impact response times where seconds/minutes are the difference between rescuing someone or not”. The firefighter added: “I appreciate we can go a different route (when we eventually understand all the closures), but the amount of traffic to navigate will slow the response time.” The council’s FAQs also say that trade and delivery vehicles “can still access the whole area by car although their route may change,” with the liveable neighbourhood aiming “to share space between everyone, while preserving car access”. In order to access Victoria Avenue in her van, Melissa now drives around to Church Road, passes through Cobden Street and then reverses into her parking space. Melissa says this longer route means she has to endure extra pain due to her disabilities. “I can’t get down the safe clear entrance that I would normally use,” Melissa said. “They’ve also got a locked metal pole halfway down because they know that Byron Street is not accessible by emergency vehicles. So they’ve left that so that other vehicles can use the streets further up, but of course I can’t. “The anxiety isn’t really needed on top of everything else if I’m honest. Life’s hard enough already. To have all these barriers put in our way, it is unfair. Especially without any consultation whatsoever with disability groups or elders in the area.” A consultation on the EBLN opened in January 2022, with Bristol City Council now starting to plan a second liveable neighbourhood trial in Southville, Bedminster, Ashton Vale, Malago Vale, Windmill Hill and part of Totterdown. Almost 6,000 people have now signed a petition to stop the EBLN trial, with Melissa saying she is not the only person in the area with a large vehicle who has to deal with the “maze” that has been created: “We are now locked in, blocked in with no services, no repairs to our houses, no scaffolding, nothing.”

Election for new WECA Metro Mayor. The candidates say why they would be good. Mary Page, Green. Helen Godwin, Labour. Steve Smith, Conservative. Oli Henman, Lib Dem. Ian Scott, Independent. Arron Banks, Reform. Race to be West of England Metro Mayor kicks off — with six candidates to chose from Six people are standing for the role – and they had their first chance to plea for your vote The candidates for West of England Metro Mayor Arron Banks (Reform UK), Steve Smith (Conservative), Helen Godwin (Labour), Mary Page (Green), Oli Henman (Liberal Democrat), and Ian Scott (Independent) The race to be elected the next Metro Mayor for the West of England has kicked off today (April 3). All six candidates for the role appeared together at the West of England Combined Authority headquarters in Bristol, as campaigning kicks off for the election on Thursday May 1. The mayor is responsible for improving transport across the region and attracting and delivering major investment — and the role is only set to become more powerful under the Labour government’s “English Devolution” plans. Speaking to the Local Democracy Reporting Service, Conservative candidate and former Bristol City councillor Steve Smith said he would stop funding for more controversial liveable neighbourhoods in Bath and Bristol. Meanwhile Liberal Democrat candidate Oli Henman, who is a councillor on Bath and North East Somerset Council, said the Liberal Democrats were the only party who could “bring everyone together” and come up with a joint plan in the region. Green candidate Mary Page said it was not hypocritical to run for Metro Mayor after successfully campaigning to scrap Bristol’s elected mayor, who ran the city council. She said the Mayor of Bristol, who was directly elected, was a “dictatorial” role while the Metro Mayor role was about bringing people together. Brexit campaign donor and now Reform UK candidate Arron Banks stood by his 2017 comments describing Bristol as a “little Somalia.” He then blamed Somalians and Romanians for crime in the city. He also said that the role had very little power and there wasn’t much that whoever won could get done. Labour candidate Helen Godwin said she wanted to “get the buses sorted first,” and would not take anything off the table in terms of a mass transport network. But longtime Labour South Gloucestershire councillor Ian Scott, who is standing as an independent candidate after repeatedly not being selected as Labour’s Metro Mayor candidate, said he had more experience than her. He said he was not going to make any commitments before being elected. Current Labour mayor Dan Norris was elected in 2021 but since the 2024 general election he has also been the MP for North East Somerset and Hanham. Under Labour Party policy, he is not running for re-election as mayor. The full list of candidates is: Arron Banks (Reform UK) Helen Godwin (Labour) Oli Henman (Liberal Democrat) Mary Page (Green) Ian Scott (Independent) Steve Smith (Conservative)

Bills going up from April 1st. Rachel Reeves cuts to disabled benefits. Household bills rise for millions from today as ‘awful April’ hikes come into effect Tuesday 1 April 2025 A host of bills are rising from April 1, as ITV News North of England correspondent Rachel Townsend reports Millions of households across the country are facing rising bills across the board from today, in what’s being dubbed “awful April”. The annual bill for a household using a typical amount of gas and electricity is going up to £1,849 per year, an increase of £111, as Ofgem’s latest energy price cap takes effect. Water bills for households are also going up in England and Wales by £10 more per month on average, though it varies depending on the company. Meanwhile, most councils in England will hike tax by the maximum amount allowed, which is 4.99%, and on April 6 the rate of employer NICs will increase from 13.8% to 15%. Opposition critics have claimed families will be up to £3,536 worse off over the course of this Parliament as a result of what they call the government’s “jobs tax”. Raegan Furness, a full-time carer for her two disabled children, told Good Morning Britain she runs out of money by halfway through the month and urged energy companies not to push her family “beyond the edge”. “I don’t know where the (extra money) is gonna come from,” she said. “What am I gonna take from my children, what can I take from the home in order to give them energy companies that make billions in profit just to pay my bills? “They shouldn’t be forcing families like mine and children like mine – over the edge – beyond poverty.” Raegan Furness told Good Morning Britain she’s constantly running out of money An increase to the national living wage also comes into effect from today, which Labour insists will “give workers more money in their pockets” despite the hikes. Those eligible aged 21 and over will get a 6.7% pay increase, from £11.44 to £12.21 per hour, while 18 to 20-year-olds will receive an uplift of £1.40, from £8.60 to £10 per hour, under the changes. Angela Rayner, who is also overseeing Labour’s plans to upgrade workers’ right, said: “This pay rise for over three million of the lowest-paid workers was a priority for this government and means we’re already giving hardworking people more money in their pockets, and a proper wage increase worth over twice the rate of inflation. “These changes are part of our plan for change – to raise living standards for people across the country, including apprentices and young people, giving them more job security and the huge pay boost they deserve too.”

Bristol Disability Benefit Cuts Demo – Martin Cavanagh, President of PCS Union, gives a speech. New ‘Crips Against Cuts’ disabled campaign mounts nationwide DWP protests – but they weren’t without incident Chronically ill and disabled activists and allies took to the streets on Saturday 22 March against the Labour Party’s planned brutal cuts to their benefits. Protesters mobilised across the country in 14 locations to call out the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) disgraceful move to slash social security for sick and disabled people to meet chancellor Rachel Reeves’ arbitrary self-imposed fiscal savings. The demonstrations kicked off the start of chronically ill and disabled resistance to the government’s dangerous austerity-driven punch downs on the community. However, the protests weren’t without issue or incident. Most alarmingly, protesters were met with violent physical hate crimes at one protest – showing the unsafe and hostile climate Labour’s plans and rhetoric has stoked. In London, a small group of protesters gathered at Southbank along the River Thames holding placards and giving powerful speeches against the cuts: One disabled protester called the corporate media’s recent attacks on Personal Independence Payment (PIP) claimants’ access to the Motability scheme out for what it is: Exeter activists held a die-in to represent the deaths of chronically ill and disabled people that Labour’s cuts will foment: Sheffield drew a sizeable crowd with some poignant and on-point placards: Labour MPs didn’t have the balls to face protesters Protesters in Cambridge pitched up outside a local Jobcentre with a big banner. They followed this up by draping the banner over a local bridge in defiance against Labour’s plans: In Edinburgh, campaigners took their protest right to the constituency office front door of Labour Secretary of State for Scotland Ian Murray MP: Local media site the Edinburgh Reporter was on the ground interviewing protesters who spelled out what the cuts would mean for them and their loved ones: However, as the outlet noted, while Murray was in Edinburgh, he clearly didn’t have the balls to look his constituents in the face outside his office. Green Party co-leader Carla Denyer on the ground, but… Meanwhile, activists gathered together on College Green in Bristol to host speeches: As the Canary highlighted ahead of the protests, Bristol Central MP and Green Party leader Carla Denyer came out in support of chronically ill and disabled people fighting the cuts: Though, a word of caution might be warranted here. This is the same Denyer who also voted for Kim Leadbeater’s assisted dying bill at second reading, alongside her Green Party colleagues. All 350 Deaf and Disabled People’s Organisations (DDPOs) are against it due to the enormous risks it poses to chronically ill and disabled folks. So, while she may be an ally in opposing these cuts, protesters should be wary of thinking that she’s genuinely listening to the valid concerns and fears of our communities. The widespread protests show the depth of opposition to Labour’s callous plans from chronically ill and disabled people across the country. PCS national president Martin Cavanagh gave a speech at the Bristol demo: Throughout, he appealed to ‘class solidarity’ and argued that: Those who need support are somehow the problem. Those who need support are somehow the cause of all our ills in the UK. Well we all know that is a damn right lie. And every single one of us has a duty and responsibility to call it out. And comrades, what I find particularly disturbing, is that my background is DWP – clearly I’ve been evil in a previous life. But absolutely we understood and we knew back in the 1980s when I first started, that you absolutely on day one learned that anyone who came through that door, whether they were sick, had a disability, or just couldn’t find work, your job was to support them. Give them the financial leg up that they needed, when they needed it. And you were absolutely told that they shouldn’t leave that building until you’ve done everything you could to help them. And how quickly times changed.

To support disabled ladies against ‘Liveable Cities’ scheme go to Cafe Conscious, Avondale Rd, Barton Hill, Tuesday evening from 7pm. 

Matt O’Branain went to Jeremy Corbyn conference ‘We Demand Change’ in London, and gives a report. Follow Matt on X or Instagram. Lively conference, unclear plans – We demand change The SWP-organised Summit of Resistance (“We Demand Change”) on 29 March in East London was an impressive size. The organisers claimed 2,000 on site, which seems accurate, plus another 1,000 online. The crowd was not as uniformly old as at some events put on by the left. Jeremy Corbyn spoke at the event. He offered no support for the various electoral ambitions of the SWP, Feinstein, and the Greens. Rather, he projected the gathering as a meeting of campaigns offering mutual solidarity (which is what the publicity for the event promised). Artin Giles, speaking for Corbyn’s Peace and Justice project, insisted that the “We Demand Change” groups promised around the country should be to “build campaigns”, not to launch a new electoral bloc. Andrew Feinstein spoke from the platform twice, and his involvement here was one signal of what is intended. Previously he has been in lockstep with Corbyn in that electoral activity should be based on groups built locally rather than as part of an overarching national project and, in the St. Pancras and Holborn constituency where he ran against Starmer in 2024, has been using Assemble’s model of people’s assemblies. That sounds plausibly democratic, but they are unlikely to be a month-in-month-out panacea without being linked to working-class struggle. In normal times the “assemblies” are likely to be populated by a narrow layer of activists. Feinstein may have moved away from Corbyn. He has been in talks with the SWP about what comes after this event, and may have reached an agreement on We Demand Change being an umbrella for a move towards common electoral work. The lack of clearly-announced plans and debate meant that, as with the Owl of Minerva spreading her wings and bringing knowledge only at dusk, it was the last speaker in the final plenary who announced “the” plan. SWP national secretary Lewis Nielsen took that speech (as a Stand up to Racism office-holder rather than as SWP, although it is unclear when and how SutR agreed the policy he announced). He announced (it had not been discussed during the day) that We Demand Change would be holding more of these summits across the country with a view to setting up campaigning bodies. These will “build the resistance [and] a new politics” with a plan to mount “a socialist challenge to Labour in May 2026”, meaning an electoral challenge in next year’s local government elections. What this means for SutR’s “don’t vote for racists” policy (which generally implies voting Labour to defeat Reform), or for their declared united front with all labour movement bodies, who knows.

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The End Of Globalisation: Liberation Day?Trump ripping up trade agreements. Free trade. Nationalism vs globalism. Trump’s new trade tariffs – a disaster or a change? Emily Sheffield, former Editor of Evening Standard, on BBC QT, gives a case for Trump’s tariffs. Audience guy QT – at least Trump has a plan. Trump Says America Will Win ‘Economic Revolution,’ Promises ‘Historic’ Result President Donald Trump said that the United States is in the midst of an “economic revolution” and urged Americans to “hang tough” for a “historic” result. Trump’s comments came in a Truth Social post on Saturday, just days after he announced his worldwide reciprocal tariffs aimed at offsetting trade imbalances the United States has with other nations. “China has been hit much harder than the USA, not even close. They, and many other nations, have treated us unsustainably badly. We have been the dumb and helpless ‘whipping post,’ but not any longer,” Trump wrote. Notable tariffs Trump announced on Wednesday that are set to take effect on April 9 include a 34-percent discounted reciprocal tariff on China, a 20-percent tariff on the European Union, and a 46-percent tariff on Vietnam. “We are bringing back jobs and businesses like never before. Already, more than FIVE TRILLION DOLLARS OF INVESTMENT, and rising fast!” he added. A number of major companies have announced massive investments into the United States since Trump returned to office, which he says have been driven by his tariff policies. Stargate, a joint project among OpenAI, Oracle, and SoftBank, is investing $500 billion in America. Apple also announced a $500 billion investment, while other examples include Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company’s (TSMC) announcement of a $100 billion investment and Hyundai’s announcement of a $20 billion investment. Last week, Trump signed an executive order to expedite investments of over $1 billion. In his post on Saturday, Trump urged Americans to “hang tough” amid the economic realignment, which he says will not “be easy” but will produce a “historic” result. “THIS IS AN ECONOMIC REVOLUTION, AND WE WILL WIN. HANG TOUGH, it won’t be easy, but the end result will be historic. We will, MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!!!” Trump added. While Trump’s reciprocal tariffs on dozens of countries are set to take effect on April 9, his baseline tariffs on many other nations took effect after midnight on Saturday. His move is already yielding results, as he announced Friday that Vietnam offered to cut tariffs on America to zero if it can reach a deal with the United States.

King Charles convenes unconstitutional meeting of top UK and French nuclear military brass in Windsor Castle with top European military story. King meets with UK and French military top brass at Windsor Charles, head of the armed forces, held an audience with the Joint Chiefs of Staff from both countries in the castle’s White Drawing Room on Monday. Laura Elston Monday 24 March 2025 The King has met with the UK and France’s top military leaders at Windsor Castle. Charles, who is head of the British armed forces, held an audience with the joint chiefs of staff from both countries on Monday afternoon. He welcomed the 10 guests including Chief of the Defence Staff Admiral Sir Tony Radakin and his French counterpart General Thierry Burkhard to the royal residence’s White Drawing Room in Berkshire, where they posed for a group photo. The meeting came as Western military planning to enforce a potential ceasefire in Ukraine intensified in London, with discussions between the British and French military chiefs. Sir Tony, the head of the UK’s armed forces, said Europe’s two nuclear powers were “stepping up to forge a stronger and deeper partnership”. Alongside the heads of each nation’s army, navy and air force, Sir Tony and General Burkhard have discussed efforts to “galvanise” the European response to the situation in Ukraine – while Ukrainian, Russian and American officials attended talks in Saudi Arabia aimed at achieving a ceasefire. Also at Windsor with the King were Vice Chief of the Defence Staff General Dame Sharon Nesmith, First Sea Lord and Chief of Naval Staff Admiral Sir Ben Key, Chief of the General Staff General Sir Roly Walker and Air Marshal Allan Marshall. And from the French forces were French Army Chief of Staff General Pierre Schill, French Navy Chief of Staff Admiral Nicolas Vaujour, Chief of Staff of the French Air and Space Force General Jerome Bellanger, along with General Stephane Abrial.

Virginia Guiffre in hospital after car accident.

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Audience lady BBC Question Time 03Apr25 in Cardiff – ‘My mum was refused a scan and died of cancer.’

Dr Chris Busby shows weapons used in Gaza contain nuclear materials. I think, from the responses, its not clear what this picture means. So I explain simply. I thought it was clear. But maybe not. What I did is take the soil sample from close to the bomb impact site collected with a car vacuum cleaner by colleagues in Beirut. The samples were very hard to get as going near the site was forbidden. When they went there, they found the site was slightly radioactive still 6 weeks after the bomb (300 vs 100nSv/h). The samples were hidden in a bag of coffee and taken out to France by a passenger on a flight. In France the coffee was posted to me (it was good coffee). I examined it for gamma and beta radiation, no differences, then spread it thinly on a plastic dish of 9cm diameter. I placed a piece of plastic the size of a microscope slide on it, covered the dish with a plastic cover, placed it all in a closed glass vessel and left it for 30 days. The radioactive alpha emitter elements present in the sample decayed in this period and the alpha particles from the decay hammered into the plastic causing molecular damage to the polymers. I took the slide out and put it in concentrated potassium hydroxide at 80 degrees for 4 hours which etched the surface preferentially where the alpha particles had hit, causing tracks. What you see is a bubble that is like a cross section of the track. So each bubble shows an alpha particle track towards the plastic surface. There are of course more tracks away from the surface. If there are a lot of them clustered together in the microscope picture, it means that they have the same source, that is, lots of tracks from the same point. This means the presence of a solid particle of some radioactive alpha emitter. There are only a certain number of these in the environment and we know what they are and how they decay, what their decay half life is. The track number and the exposure time point to Uranium particles of between 1 and 5 micrometres. As to what it means: first, if one of these particles is inside you, your cells receive the hits and damage you see in the picture. This is thousands of times more radiation dose than is modelled by the risk model that is currently used to protect the public which diluted the energy into kilograms of organs. Such particles never existed in evolution. Second we found accidentally that the particles become airborne and deposit on the opposite clean side of the slide. This means that they do this anyway in the environment, something I told the Royal Society in 2001 but which the denied on the basis of calculations. Third, it means that the Israelis are using Uranium bombs. (Could be special new Uranium bombs, we have to wait and see if this is one). Make no mistake, IAEA know about this new weapon and the Russians have the technology, as do the USA and probably Iran. Probably it is the warhead of Oreshnik. Thanks to you all to ask for more information. I sort of assume that its clear what is going on. The final thing is that this method is tedious but cheap. I don’t have money to pay laboratories. And we cant trust laboratories. For example, an original sample was obtained from one of the first soldiers sent to the bomb site. He smuggled it to Jihad who is a chemist, and President of the Lebanese Chemists association. Jihad posted it the a French laboratory for analysis. They told him it had a lot of Uranium and they were not prepared to say how much or what kind. Everyone is frightened in this game. He nevertheless made a report saying that Israel had used a Uranium bomb. Its on the web.

Paul Parker, Clerk of Quakers, on the raid by Police of Youth London group, whilst they were in Westminster Quakers building.

Youth London campaign ‘Shut London Down’ to demand an end to genocide in Gaza. Yemen and British rule. Youth Demand STOP THE KILLING. SHUT IT DOWN In April, Youth Demand will shut London down with swarming road-blocks day after day after day. Join us in our biggest civil disobedience campaign yet to force action from the criminal British government. In 2024, we built a national youth resistance organisation. We mobilised over a thousand people to pull off 60 actions, from blockading central London during the summer, plastering a picture from the Gaza genocide on a Picasso painting and shutting down five UK cities in November. In April we are bringing things to a whole new level. We will shut down genocidal ‘business as usual’ in London for a month straight. It’s time for every single person to be in resistance. Action Curious? Come to a training!

Videos of complete show – Essentials: Michael Hudson | Blackrock/Vanguard | Netanyahu at the 7/7 London Bombings | Tony on Brexit & (4th Reich) Traitors of Arnhem | Evolution | War between God & Lucifer | Plan for three World Wars | Devil Worship: The Rise Of Satanism | Nuclear Armed IDF Doomsday Cult | Aanirfan | Armageddonists I have known: Nick Land (1976-8) | George Monbiot (1995-7) | Manna for the Revelation Generation: CONSPIRACY CLASSICS, longer interviews/lectures

Part Two – International news review, Accelerationist, Armageddonist reports and investigations

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MP3 of Friday 21st March 2025 show [right click to download] (from c. 11pm) This week’s full interview mp3s, bottom of page. SHOW STARTS 17:00 London time FOR c. 3½ HRS TO c. 20:30 – OUR LIVE STREAM to Listen live online. Alt. live streams RadioQUK.com, DJ Plug Radio OR Download Show After Transmission HERE. Repeats 11 & 5 AM & PM daily on our stream – Download NOT THE BCFM POLITICS SHOW ANDROID APP which Google Play banned [Aurora store] [APKpure] – [Apple App store] – Only 31% trust UK Press! – UK media oligopoly TONY’S BOOKS: Bilderberg.org – 2 PAPER–BACKS – TONY’S CHANNELS: Telegram – Bitchute – 911 forum – Radio4All – The Land Is Ours – VK – Twitter/X – Farcebook – Brighteon – Rumble – RT Live on Rumble –  Goebbelsesque YouTube: The Wrong Story; Peter Borenius; Occult Geopolitics & cancelled Public Enquiry

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Part One – Local and National News Review

George Ferguson and Joe Banks join Tony and Martin. Fadumo Farah, resident of Barton Hill, explains how Council put bollards in their road at 3am in the morning, as a liveable cities venture, and when locallers got upset, 50 cops, drones, and a helicopter turned up! Disabled and parents who need cars not considered. There was no real consultation before hand. ITV West on Barton Hill scheme – disabled trapped in homes. Barton Hill community group Coffee Conscious meet 6.30pm every Tuesday – look online.  Police join contractors as bus gate installed before sunrise Dozens of police officers joined council contractors in the early hours of Thursday morning as a bus gate in Barton Hill was finally installed. The bus gate, part of the East Bristol Liveable Neighbourhood trial scheme, is now on Avonvale Road. On Thursday, some people drove their cars straight through the gate in both directions while others took alternative routes, with Beam Street becoming particularly busy. At around 4am, a small group of women lay down on Marsh Lane to prevent contractors painting the road and installing another bus gate outside Barton House. One man who parked his car on Beam Street to get a newspaper from the Spar on Avonvale Road, called the move to install the bus gate before sunrise “sneaky”. He said: “I had a feeling they’d do that at nighttime. It will cause chaos.” Several of the protesters who lay down on Marsh Lane are currently fasting because it is Ramadan and were unable to have their Suhoor pre-dawn meal. Another protester said that no legal notice had been given that the roads would be closed in order to install the bus gates. Fadumo Farah, who lives in Barton House, said that she left her home before 4am after being notified about what was happening via a WhatsApp group. She said: “The police officers told me they were here to keep the peace but it looks like they were assisting. “We were only four women and one man. We were peacefully protesting and there were around 50 police officers… “They said we would get arrested and we were breaking the law for protesting on the road.” As protesters filmed police officers, one officer filmed the protesters. The newly installed bus gate on Avonvale Road – photo: Martin Booth When contractors divided themselves to work on different sections of the infrastructure including on Marsh Lane and Avonvale Road, protesters also split up. Infrastructure was also installed before dawn on Victoria Avenue. Farah added: “My position is supporting the community. As soon as I saw so many police officers, that was really disappointing because there were only a few of us… “I have seen so many women broken and crying. We missed our special meal with our family this morning and now we are fasting… “I asked them to bring us water or something but they refused to do that.”

Brett Christophers on privatisation. The New Enclosure by Brett Christophers — the sale of the century The massive privatisation of public property is key to understanding Britain today What was the biggest privatisation in the UK in recent decades? British Telecom or British Gas? The electricity grid, utilities or the railways? Think again. It is easier to get the right answer if you start by asking what was the UK’s biggest public asset when the privatis­ation drive began with the arrival of Margaret Thatcher in Downing Street in 1979. It was not industrial holdings, transport infrastructure or the telephone system — it was land and the public buildings erected on it. Land makes up a staggering share of national wealth. An estimate prepared in 2017 by the Office for National Statistics concluded that out of total national wealth of £9.8tn, land accounted for £5tn and houses and other structures added another £3.5tn on top of that. Of all of the land in Britain, in the late 1970s public agencies owned 20 per cent; institutional owners held another 20 per cent, and 60 per cent was in the hands of private individuals. As Brett Christophers outlines in his book The New Enclosure, it was the transfer into private ownership of roughly half of the public estate that was by far the largest element of Britain’s privatisation programme. The disposal of land and buildings, council homes, military facilities, NHS land and school playing fields transferred property — which at current prices would be worth around £400bn — from the public to the private sector. To put that figure in perspective, ahead of the 2007-08 financial crisis Britain’s public debt came to just short of £500bn. The fact that this huge sale of property does not feature more prominently in the national narrative — at least at the level of North Sea oil, say — reflects the fact that these gigantic disposals took place in dribs and drabs over a matter of decades, often at cutdown prices. Even allowing for inflation, the public sector did not realise anything close to current value from the sales, leaving the public balance sheet in a depleted state. Christophers’ account may come as a shock to many readers. That in itself is worthy of comment. How did land become so invisible as part of the privatisation story? Since time immemorial it has been the dominant asset. Back to the Domesday Book of the Normans, economic and political power depended on land ownership. Beginning in earnest in the 1500s, the wave of enclosures — fencing in land previously used for common grazing — supercharged the development of agrarian capitalism. Right up until the beginning of the 20th century, the landed elite were a dominant force in British politics and society. As such, they also attracted criticism.

Joe’s article on big Israeli firms building student tower blocks in Bristol. Huge student flats market in UK. Israel/Gaza conflict. George who has some Jewish heritage is disgusted by the genocide. George on what’s happening to former Bristol Zoo area. The Bear Pit when George was Mayor – art gallery . Joe and George discuss planning in Bristol and what went wrong over the years leading to Council Housing Officers not doing their job properly. ‘The Fight for Bristol’ book – George was part of a more collaborative system in the past. Building potential in North Bristol. Bristol vehicle dwellers. Not enough affordable housing. How Bristol’s tallest building will be linked to Israel’s atrocities If you stood in the Bearpit this winter – a sunken 1960s concrete plaza in the middle of St James Barton roundabout in Bristol’s city centre – you would have seen up to a dozen tents pitched on its raised grass sides. As the relentless traffic goes round above like water circling an enormous plughole, you are confronted with the raw end of Bristol’s housing crisis. Tragically, it no longer registers as a shock. Tents like these can be found all over the inner city, from parks to roundabouts to the walls of the cathedral. Beyond the centre, hundreds of battered vans and caravans line residential streets, industrial estates and the avenues of the Downs – homes to the growing mass of people who cannot afford a roof over their head in a place with the least affordable housing of any major British city outside London. Looking up from the tents at the Bearpit, you see a very different, but equally emblematic feature of Bristol’s housing crisis. Across the road, the former 18-storey Premier Inn, originally built as offices in the 1970s, is currently being demolished floor by floor. In its place will stand two high-rise towers. One of these will be a 28-storey Purpose-Built Student Accommodation (PBSA) block, the other an 18-storey ‘Co-Living’ block – a new housing product similar to PBSA, with small bedrooms and shared amenity spaces, but aimed at young professionals. The larger tower will be Bristol’s tallest ever building, two storeys higher than the Build-to-Rent development Castle Park View, completed in 2022. It will be a defining landmark on the skyline, visible from across the city.

Jeremy Corbyn on the Gaza conflict – he wants a Chilcot type inquiry. Jeremy Corbyn Demands Answers About Who Authorised British Participation in the Gaza Genocide Palestine Deep Dive Speaking to Palestinian Deep Dive’s Ahmed Alnaouq, Jeremy Corbyn says, “I want to know and I really do want to know who in the British government authorised the overflying of Gaza? Who in the British government authorised the delivery of weapons? Who in the British government knowingly provided weapons to a country that has been arraigned before the ICJ and the ICC?” To these answer, the former UK Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn is demanding a “Chilcot-style” inquiry into the British government’s participation in the Gaza genocide. The Chilcot Report, officially titled the Iraq Inquiry, was an independent public inquiry into the UK’s involvement in the 2003 Iraq War, chaired by Sir John Chilcot. The Report exposed intelligence failures, lack of planning and questioned the legal basis for the war. Corbyn said he remains “constantly astonished” by the attitude of successive UK governments, which continue to enable Israel’s assaults on Gaza, an onslaught he describes as “a Second World War-Style carpet bombing.” However if the government refuses such an inquiry, Corbyn says he will not be deterred from continuing to demand one by billing further parliamentary debates. He also says an alternative would be a public inquiry inspired by the Russell Tribunal on the Vietnam War, “so we will have an open process with expert opinions, witnesses and evidence.” Corbyn urged people everywhere to keep up the pressure on their governments to stop the genocide in Gaza. He emphasised the need to use every available avenue— street protests, raising awareness and protesting against Elbit Systems weapons factories in the UK in particular— to demand justice and accountability. Interview recorded March 19 2025

World has not seen this level of evil since the Nazis –  Al Jazeera – Netanyahu genocide with Ben Gvir fascist – only solution is ‘ethnic cleansing only solution’ extermination – Netanyahu accused of war crimes but still has impunity.- international community has failed – Al Jazeera – Mustafa Barghouthi – SecGen Palestinian National Initiative  Inside Story – Israel violated ceasefire. Jonathan Cook article – Netanyahu path back to Genocide – The Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) armed group accused Israel of “deliberately sabotaging all efforts to reach a ceasefire”. Israeli assaults across Gaza resume, effectively shattering the fragile ceasefire with Hamas. At least 404 Palestinians have been killed and 562 wounded as Israel launched a massive assault on Gaza, shattering the fragile two-month-old ceasefire with Hamas. Tuesday’s attack took place across Gaza, including in Khan Younis and Rafah in southern Gaza, Gaza City in the north, and central areas like Deir el-Balah. Many of those killed in the attacks were children, Gaza’s Ministry of Health said. Palestinian Health Ministry said that “404 martyrs and 562 injuries arrived at Gaza Strip hospitals so far”, adding that “a number of victims are still under the rubble”. Hamas, which governs Gaza, said it viewed Israel’s attacks as a unilateral cancellation of the ceasefire that began on January 19. “Netanyahu and his extremist government are making a decision to overturn the ceasefire agreement, exposing prisoners in Gaza to an unknown fate,” Hamas said in a statement. It called on people in Arab and Islamic nations, along with the “free people of the world”, to take to the streets to protest the assault. Why has Israel shattered the ceasefire in Gaza? Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has refused to implement phase two of the ceasefire agreed upon with Hamas. Israel has launched its biggest assault on Gaza since January 19, when a ceasefire was agreed upon between Hamas and Israel. Hundreds of Palestinians have been killed and many more have been forced to flee their homes. Israel says the strikes were ordered due to a lack of progress in talks to extend the ceasefire. The White House has confirmed it was consulted about the attacks before they were carried out. Hamas is calling on Israel to be held responsible for violating the agreement. So, can Netanyahu achieve his goals through war? Presenter: James Bays Guests: Mustafa Barghouti – secretary-general of the Palestinian National Initiative Scott Lucas – professor of US and international politics at University College Dublin Daniel Levy – president of the US Middle East Project

Double Down News and Al Jazeera put together compilation of Israeli war crimes – horrendous and shocking degree of evil . We never see dead Hamas fighters on News – 36 hospitals hit in Gaza. What did Al Jazeera’s investigation into Israeli war crimes in Gaza reveal? The I-Unit investigated thousands of videos and photos posted to social media by Israeli soldiers. By Richard Sanders and Al Jazeera Investigative Unit When they entered Gaza on October 27, after three weeks of aerial bombardment following Hamas’s October 7 attack on Israel, Israeli troops took their iPhones with them. “We live in an era of technology, and this has been described as the first livestreamed genocide in history,” Palestinian novelist Susan Abulhawa told Al Jazeera’s investigative unit (I-Unit). In the year since, Israeli soldiers have posted thousands of videos and photos on Instagram, Facebook, TikTok and YouTube. These videos and photos form the foundation of the I-Unit’s new film, which investigates Israeli war crimes primarily through the medium of the evidence Israeli soldiers themselves have provided. As journalists in the West sought to portray the war on Gaza as complex and nuanced, a flood of social media posts from Israeli soldiers suggested they regarded it as anything but. The I-Unit decided to investigate these posts. It expected to have to dedicate considerable resources to geolocation – the use of satellite maps and other sources to identify specific locations – and to the use of facial recognition software to scan the internet to identify the soldiers featured in the photos and videos. What it found, however, was that, for the most part, soldiers posted material in their own names on publicly accessible platforms and often gave details of when and where the incidents depicted took place. The I-Unit began collecting these videos and photos, compiling a database of more than 2,500 social media accounts. It showed the footage to a range of military and human rights experts, including Dixon, Charlie Herbert, a retired major-general in the British Army, and Bill Van Esveld, the associate director for the Middle East and North Africa at Human Rights Watch. It also employed teams on the ground to film the testimony of witnesses and made use of Israeli drone footage collected by Al Jazeera Arabic. What did the investigation find? The behaviour displayed in the photos and videos ranges from crass jokes and soldiers rifling through women’s underwear drawers to what appears to be the murder of unarmed civilians. It will be for prosecutors to decide the guilt or otherwise of the soldiers, but both Dixon and Van Esveld told Al Jazeera that several of the incidents documented merited investigation by international investigators. Most of the photos and videos fell into one of three categories: wanton destruction, the mistreatment of detainees and the use of human shields. All three may be violations of international humanitarian law (IHL) and war crimes under the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court…

Clips of Israeli ambassador to the UK Tzipi Hotelvy Sophy Ridge, Sky News – Israel broke ceasefire – Hamas must release all hostages. ‘We are dealing with terrorists’ says Israeli ambassador to the UK  Speaking to Sky’s Sophy Ridge, Tzipi Hotovely says that “we are at a point where Hamas uses these people as human shields”, and that Israel has “no other choice” than to put pressure on Hamas. In an interview with Sky News, Israel’s ambassador to the UK Tzipi Hotovely was challenged on her claims that Hamas had broken the ceasefire.Hotovely claimed that Israel had renewed attacks on the Gaza Strip because Hamas had failed to return the agreed captives.But Sky presenter Sophy Ridge argued Hamas had returned all of the captives agreed in phase one and that Israel had failed to move to phase two of the agreement as scheduled.It comes after three days of intense Israeli shelling of the st  

Ian Carrol on the Joe Rogan podcast – who are far right block in Israel? they are the same terrorists who founded the Israeli state through violence

Scott Ritter ….on Netanyahu battle with Shin Bet over Netanyahu violating National Security, can he sack the Shin Bet boss. Netanyahu disputes court order freezing decision to fire Shin Bet chief PM says government will decide who heads domestic spy agency as protests against Ronen Bar dismissal continue Benjamin Netanyahu is locked in a fierce battle with Israel’s judicial system after the supreme court blocked his attempt to fire the head of the Shin Bet domestic intelligence agency. Amid protests against ministers’ vote to sack Ronen Bar, the top court on Friday froze the decision, with the order remaining in place until the court can hear petitions filed by the opposition and an NGO against the dismissal of the chief of the Shin Bet. Netanyahu said in a post on X that “the government of Israel will decide” who headed the domestic security agency, writing: “The State of Israel is a state of law, and according to the law, the government of Israel decides who will be the head of the Shin Bet.” The Shin Bet has been investigating Netanyahu’s close aides for alleged breaches of national security, including leaking classified documents to foreign media, and allegedly taking money from Qatar, which is known to have given significant financial aid to Hamas. In a letter made public late on Thursday, Bar said his dismissal was motivated by Netanyahu’s “personal interests”. The security chief referred to the conclusions drawn by his agency’s investigation into the Hamas attack on 7 October 2023, which said “a policy of quiet had enabled Hamas to undergo massive military buildup”. He added: “The dismissal of the head of the service at this time at the initiative of the prime minister sends a message to all those involved, a message that could put the optimal outcome of the investigation at risk. This is a direct danger to the security of the state of Israel.” The court ruling said the freeze on Bar’s dismissal would remain until the appeals were presented to the court before 8 April. According to the earlier government statement announcing his dismissal, Bar was supposed to leave his post when his successor was appointed, or by 10 April at the latest. Bar, whose tenure was meant to end next year, was appointed by the previous Israeli government, which briefly forced Netanyahu from power between June 2021 and December 2022. His relations with the prime minister had been strained even before the 7 October Hamas attack that sparked the war in Gaza, notably over a proposed judicial overhaul that had split the country. Relations worsened after the 4 March release of the internal Shin Bet report on the attack, which acknowledged the agency’s own failures but also pointed to wider policy issues in the run-up.

Despite Tel-Aviv posters celebrating Trump support, not all is rosy between Trump and Netanyahu – Are King Charles and Netanyahu working together against Trump

? Was the ceasefire violation Netanyahu and the British Establishment an attack on Donald Trump – Donald Trump is turning on Benjamin Netanyahu… The return of Trump has made clear that the Middle Eastern sands are shifting Few in Israel are likely to have been more startled by the US’s decision to hold direct talks with Hamas than Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Karoline Leavitt, the White House press secretary, said that Israel had been consulted about the discussions, which partly concerned the release of US hostages held in Gaza. Whether Jerusalem was pleased about being cut out of such sensitive talks, however, is another question entirely. But the return of Trump made clear that the Middle Eastern sands were shifting. And fast. First, the President and his Middle East team were able to secure a temporary ceasefire that saw about 30 Israeli hostages released in exchange for over 2,000 Palestinian prisoners over a six week period that drew to a close last weekend. Trump wanted an end – or at least a pause – to the fighting before he returned to office and the agreement kicked in mere hours before he was sworn in. Then, during Netanyahu’s visit to Washington in early February, Trump revealed his audacious Gaza transfer proposal that could see the Strip fall under US control and most Gazans emigrate. But an alternative scenario could also be playing out here – that when it comes to concluding the war, Trump has come to believe that Netanyahu cannot get the job done. The result is a pair of competing narratives suggesting that, while Trump appears committed to Netanyahu’s leadership, he’s not so subtly undermining Bibi in increasingly public fashion. Perhaps, most worryingly for Netanyahu, Washington’s efforts are working: over the weekend, Trump hostage affairs envoy Adam Boehler said that Hamas had proposed a five-to-ten year truce with Israel that would see it lay down its arms and remove itself from governing Gaza. It’s a startling proposal, made all the more unprecedented by Washington’s willingness to negotiate with Hamas in stark contradiction to long-standing US opposition to direct engagement with terror organisations. And Netanyahu’s inner circle was reportedly displeased by the Americans going rogue: according to a Times of Israel report last week, Ron Dermer, Israel’s Strategic Affairs Minister, “lashed out” at US hostage envoy Boehler upon learning about meetings the latter had held in Doha with a senior Hamas delegation. With Israeli elections at least a year away, Netanyahu faces little immediate threat of dethronement. But his political longevity is partly hinged on the belief that Trump has Bibi’s back; that he views Netanyahu as an equal, rather than a junior partner. That this current White House – unlike its predecessor – seeks to elevate rather than undermine Israel’s leader. As massive posters praising Trump across Israel convey, the Israeli public wants (needs) to believe that Trump is committed to ensuring their sovereignty and security as the threat of war’s return remains constant. And Netanyahu needs to project himself as the embodiment of Washington’s new-found affirmation. With alternative leadership nowhere to be found in Israel, Bibi is still managing to maintain this facade. But as the unilateral efforts by Trump’s team are beginning to make clear, Trump may have less faith in Bibi’s abilities than even Biden and Harris before him.

David Lammy says ‘Israel is in breach of international law’ – UK Foreign secretary David Lammy told the House of Commons on Monday when asked about Israel withholding humanitarian aid: “Well, my honourable friend is right. “This is a breach of international law. In Parliament, Foreign Secretary David Lammy stated that Israel is in break of international law over its blockade of Gaza, in response to a question from Rupa Huq MP. She said: “I welcome my right hon. Friend’s strong statement that blockading all aid into Gaza, including UK aid, is “appalling and unacceptable”. What discussions did he have with G7 colleagues about what can be done about this provocative action during Ramadan, and what consequences are there for what people are saying is a breach of international law?” Foreign Secretary David Lammy replied: “My hon. Friend is right: this is a breach of international law. Israel, quite rightly, must defend its own security, but we find the lack of aid—and it has now been 15 days since aid got into Gaza—unacceptable, Toggle showing location ofColumn 42hugely alarming and very worrying. We urge Israel to get back to the number of trucks we were seeing going in—way beyond 600—so that Palestinians can get the necessary humanitarian support they need at this time.” No 10 rows back on Lammy’s claim Israel broke international law in Gaza Downing Street has rowed back on the Foreign Secretary’s assertion that Israel had broken international law by blocking aid shipments to Gaza. Number 10 said instead that the country was “at clear risk of breaching” its legal obligations after questions were raised about the UK Government’s position following remarks made in the Commons by David Lammy. Asked by Labour MP Rupa Huq what the consequences would be for the “provocative action” of blocking aid during the holy month of Ramadan, the Foreign Secretary had told the House on Monday: “Well, my honourable friend is right. “This is a breach of international law. “Israel, quite rightly, must defend its own security, but we find the lack of aid – and it has now been 15 days since aid got into Gaza – unacceptable, hugely alarming and very worrying.” Asked whether Mr Lammy had been speaking for the whole of Government, the Prime Minister’s official spokesman said: “As the Foreign Secretary said, and CDL (the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster) said on the morning round, our position remains that Israel’s actions in Gaza are at clear risk of breaching international humanitarian law. “And we continue to call on the government of Israel to abide by its international obligations when it comes to humanitarian assistance to the population in Gaza.”…

Heathrow fire at power station – is it 1. an accident, 2. Russia 3. Extinction Rebellion or 4. MI5 to blame it on XR or Russia? or Western Secret Services? Starmer’s role in Ukraine. Heathrow fire at power sub-station – is it 1. an accident, 2. Russia 3. Extinction Rebellion or 4. MI5 to blame it on XR or Russia? or Western Secret Services? Starmer’s role in Ukraine. No attacks on Ukraine Infrastructure for 30 days – What will Putin do next? John Sawers – position of Europe and Ukraine so opposite to that of Putin’s. ‘Very old’ transformer failed and started Heathrow substation fire, expert claims, as hundreds of thousands are left stranded… amid incredulity that small blaze caused global chaos An experienced electrical engineer today blamed the catastrophic failure of an ‘oil-filled transformer’ for the devastating fire that has shut down Heathrow Airport and embarrassed Britain on the world stage. Tom Watters, who has worked on critical infrastructure around the world, told MailOnline the crucial substation powering Heathrow and west London contains ‘very old’ equipment and blamed a ‘lack of investment’ for the crisis. The substation fire in Hayes involved 25,000 litres of cooling oil igniting, the London Fire Brigade (LFB) has said. MailOnline can also reveal that a report for London Mayor Sadiq Khan in 2022 identified major problems with the electricity supply system in the Heathrow area. It warned that the North Hyde substation, which exploded into flames last night, has been running at 106.2 per cent of capacity. Electrical engineer Mr Watters, director of Sanguine Impact Investments, told MailOnline: ‘An oil filled transformer has obviously failed and caused the massive fire. ‘This looks like a very old transformer and it’s surprising that such an old piece of critical equipment was still in service. I assume a lack of investment is the reason. ‘The design of the substation while being ok is also very old style. Modern substations are normally enclosed using gas as the insulation’. It came as Heathrow announced it would restart some flights later today, with priority for passengers who have been left stranded there.

Macron warns French population to prepare for Nuclear war France issues its citizens with an invasion guide – including how to survive a nuclear attack – after Macron warned Europe must prepare for war France is set to issue a survival manual to households across the country, warning citizens how to respond to an invasion or any other ‘imminent threat’. The dramatic move comes as tensions rise in Europe and fears grow over Russia’s aggressive tactics. The new 20-page booklet, reportedly packed with 63 measures, will advise the French on how to protect themselves and their families in the event of armed conflict, natural disasters, industrial accidents or even a nuclear leak. It will include tips on how to create a ‘survival kit’ with essentials including six litres of water, canned food, batteries, a torch and basic medical supplies such as paracetamol and bandages. Crucially, it will offer advice on what to do if an attack is imminent, including how to join local defence efforts, such as signing up for reserve units or firefighting groups. Citizens will also be told to ‘lock their doors’ in the event of a nuclear incident – advice that has already drawn ridicule from commentators. Despite the alarming content, the French government insists the booklet is not a direct response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. President Emmanuel Macron has previously warned that Europe must be prepared to confront the ‘Russian threat’ and adapt to the possibility that America could scale back its military support. Earlier this week, Macron revealed that French fighter jets equipped with new generation hypersonic nuclear missiles will be sent to the German border as part of his bid to renew France’s airborne nuclear deterrent. Officials from the General Secretariat for Defence and National Security (SGDSN), which oversaw the booklet’s creation, claim the aim of the survival guide is simply to bolster France’s resilience in the face of ‘all types of crises’. The decision to draft the booklet reportedly dates back to 2022, in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic, as part of a national strategy to improve public preparedness. But the timing of its release – expected before summer if approved by Prime Minister François Bayrou – has raised eyebrows. French newspaper Le Figaro noted that the kit’s rollout ‘could easily suggest that the state is reacting to the unstable international situation’. Macron has recently called for Europe to rearm in the face of Russia’s aggression in Ukraine and America’s wavering commitment to upholding European security under Donald Trump…

Rachel Reeves cuts benefits to pay for war with Russia Huge cuts to UK benefits planned as Government looks to slash spending Rachel Reeves faces calls to step back from becoming ‘Labour’s austerity Chancellor’ as she prepares to slash billions of pounds from welfare and other Government budgets Rachel Reeves is expected to slash billions of pounds from the welfare bill and other government budgets as she battles to balance the books. The Chancellor’s room for manoeuvre is believed to have been wiped out by global turmoil and sluggish economic growth. But she faced calls not to become “Labour’s Austerity Chancellor” as speculation mounting over major spending cuts in the Spring Statement. The Treasury was due to present plans for big-ticket items like tax and public spending to the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) on Wednesday for its Spring forecast. A Government source said the “world has changed a lot” since the Budget in October, when the OBR indicated she had £9.9billion of wiggle room within her self-imposed borrowing rules. The watchdog is now expected to downgrade its forecast due to global factors like Donald Trump’s threats of trade tariffs, as well as higher than expected inflation and borrowing in the UK. This significantly raises the stakes for the Chancellor’s Spring Statement on March 26. Last week, Keir Starmer failed to rule out spending cuts or tax hikes but said the “big decisions on tax” had been taken in the Budget. A Government source said: “Clearly the world has changed a lot since the autumn Budget. “People are watching that change happen before their eyes. The Office for Budget Responsibility will reflect that changing world in its forecasts later this month and a changing world will be a core feature of the Chancellor’s response later this month.” The plans are believed to involve cuts to welfare, Whitehall budgets and wider government efficiencies. Work and Pensions Secretary Liz Kendall has been drawing up reforms to reduce the number of people on health-related benefits and get them back into work.

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