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The Department for Work and Pensions has agreed to change its controversial policy of cold-calling vulnerable and disabled people and trying to persuade them to accept lower benefit claims than they are legally entitled to.

AnatolyKasparov wrote: ↑Thu 15 Jul, 2021 2:46 pm The transcript of today's "levelling up" speech is now doing the rounds on social media.

My goodness, "blather" doesn't begin to do it justice.

Battersea bedroom dweller Paul Watson added “GB News' credibility didn't last long. What does this melt think he's doing?” Dick Delingpole, brother of the self-styled saviour of western civilisation, wanted to know “Who’s surprised that GB News turns out to be just another Sky/BBC?” And one Brexiteer brains trust stopped his grey matter hurting long enough to moan “No more GBNEWS for me. This is stoking racism”.

RogerOThornhill wrote: ↑Thu 15 Jul, 2021 3:42 pm

AnatolyKasparov wrote: ↑Thu 15 Jul, 2021 2:46 pm The transcript of today's "levelling up" speech is now doing the rounds on social media.

My goodness, "blather" doesn't begin to do it justice.

Gist of it seems to be "Elect a local mayor* and then it's up to them to do the levelling up"

* "and in so doing we'll make the local authority landscape even more of a mess than it is now"

refitman wrote: ↑Thu 15 Jul, 2021 6:05 pm One less good person at the Guardian. Sad news.

The high street strategy includes plans to encourage walking and cycling; funding to tackle graffiti, and a chewing gum removal taskforce; a national high streets day; funding to save local pubs; the extension of pavement licences for hospitality; and plans to encourage street parties, particularly for the Queen’s platinum jubilee next year.