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Government Allocates £5 Billion to Reduce Welfare Costs Amid Post-Pandemic Surge
00:18 GOV.UK: Pathways to Work: Reforming Benefits and Support to Get Britain Working Green Paper
GOV.UK: Personal Independence Payment Official Statistics to January 2025
The Times: Labour announces major PIP and benefit cuts
Robert St. Ephen (on X): Robert’s post
I'm 76, and had worked since i was 16. Explain to me how the UK's State Pension is a benefit. Where has the money i paid into it gone? You talk Ponzi scheme? I give you the UK Government.
Image: Total Outstanding Debt chart
Trump on the Warpath: Pushing for War with Iran and the Wider Resistance Bloc
07:50 France24: Israel strikes military targets in southern Syria over national security concerns
Al Mayadeen English: Around 50 martyred, injured in US-UK aggression on Yemeni cities
Al Mayadeen English: USS Harry S. Truman attacked for second time within hours: Saree
The Cradle: Ben Gvir to rejoin Netanyahu coalition praising mass killings in Gaza
The Cradle: Yemen launches ballistic missile at Israel, says 'no dialing down' despite US war
Al Mayadeen English: Israeli raids target missile battalion in Homs, Syria
Iran Screenshot (Telegram): US bases in Arab world, Exposed to Yemen
Net Zero and GB Energy: A Farce of Hot Air and Empty Promises
16:51 GOV.UK: Great British Energy
Great British Energy will be a new, publicly owned, clean energy company. Great British Energy works with the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero.
Institute For Public Policy Research: Push ahead on ‘most ambitious’ approach to Great British Energy or risk disappointing voters, IPPR urges government
Digital Catapult: Accelerating the digital future
The Telegraph: Net zero makes UK dangerously dependent on China, warns Badenoch (Archived)
Carbon Brief: Factcheck: Why Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch is wrong about UK’s net-zero goal
IPPR: A second wind: Maximising the economic opportunity for UK wind manufacturing
China is the global wind superpower: China accounts for three-fifths of the world’s capacity in wind nacelles and blades.
Energy Dashboard: Live and historical GB National Grid electricity data
Nuclear Energy Institute: Land Needs for Wind, Solar Dwarf Nuclear Plant's Footprint
Shady Actions in Bristol: Roadblocks Installed Under Cover of Night
24:25 Bristol City Council: View a map of Bristol's Clean Air Zone
BBC: Questions about police response to bus gate protest
Bristol Live: Bus gate branded 'absolute rip-off' as judge says signage should be improved
Bristol 24/7: Police & crime commissioner ‘investigating’ heavy police presence in Barton Hill
GOV.UK: English Devolution White Paper: Power and partnership
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Billetto (Event): Supporting Farmers for Food Security Symposium, March 2025
The Food Finders Hub: The Food Finders Hub is a free online platform dedicated to connecting communities with fresh, local food sources across the UK
Fatsoma (Event): Thetford Truth and Freedom Festival
Ursula von der Leyen’s Wild Proposal: Eye-Watering Sums for EU Defence
34:48 EU Debates (YouTube): Ursula von der Leyen's Urgent Call: Europe Must Prepare for War to Secure Peace! Historic Speech
GOV.UK: UK and EU to ramp up pressure on Russia and boost defence initiatives
The Fallout of the West’s Syria Gamble: Replacing Assad with Al-Qaeda Will Not End Well
43:23 The Cradle: Former Al-Qaeda in Syria founder named as caretaker Foreign Minister
GOV.UK: UK pledges up to £160 million to support Syria’s recovery and stability in post-Assad era
GOV.UK: Update on Syria: Lifting asset freezes on 24 entities
Kurdistan 24 English (on X): Captagon seizure
Vanessa Beeley (Telegram): Kids in Aleppo
Vanessa Beeley (Telegram): Shocking video from Jableh shows bodies dumped after HTS massacre
Starmer’s Not-So-Secret Mission: Brexiting Brexit
51:28 GOV.UK: Strengthening ties with Europe
The House of Commons Library: Debate on the UK applying to join the European Union
Met Police Lose Bid for Anonymity in Tribunal Over ‘Gender Critical’ Beliefs Case
53:42 Sex Matters: Met Police tribunal anonymity bid rejected
Google Drive: Melanie Newman -v- Metropolitan Police Service - Statement Of Melanie Newman
I have “gender critical” (GC) beliefs, by which I mean I know there are two sexes with immutable biological differences between them.
Legislation: Equality Act 2010, Section 15
Acas (2020): The Equality Act 2010, a:gender and me (Emma Dunn, Chair, a:gender)
And Finally: DOGE UK A Genuine Plan or Just More Lies?
1:00:02 GOV.UK: Mass cancellation of government credit cards in crackdown on wasteful spend
Keir Starmer (on X): Keir’s lies
Taxpayers' money should be spent on improving people's lives - not wasteful government credit cards.
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