A double whammy of winter fuel payment cuts and scrapping a planned cap on social care costs is set to hit older people: Many older people will lose out financially under the government's policies. PeopleImages.com – Yuri A Before the general election, former prime minister Rishi Sunak was asked on TV why he “hated pensioners”. …
Scrapping FA Cup replays has upset smaller clubs, but they could still win from being matched against the top sides: Newport County took on Manchester City in the 2019 FA Cup. Jacek Wojnarowski/Shutterstock Football fans delight in historic moments enjoyed by their club. Exeter City supporters for example, will have fond memories of the FA …
What Rishi Sunak scrapping HS2 – and promising a new ‘Network North’– means for the north of England: UK prime minister Rishi Sunak has confirmed he is cancelling phase two of the long-standing high-speed rail network project, High Speed 2 (HS2). This comes two years after the government scrapped the eastern Leeds branch of the …
South Africa is scrapping special work permits for Zimbabweans – migrants will be left exposed: Immigrants, mostly Zimbabwaens, crowd the entrance of a government refugee centre in Johannesburg, in 2008. John Moore/Getty Images Hundreds of thousands of Zimbabweans have flocked to South Africa to escape economic hardship since the 1990s. The South African government has, …
BBC at 100: scrapping the licence fee would disrupt the whole broadcasting market: The BBC has been celebrating its 100th birthday this year, proudly looking back on a century of striving to inform, educate and entertain. The next few years could be tricky though – as questions over its funding threaten to crash the party. …
Bankers’ bonus cap: why the UK should be wary of scrapping a policy that protects economic stability: Shutterstock/Sven Hansche At a time of rising prices and an ever increasing cost of living, there are at last signs of a financial boost for an industry toiling away at the economic coal face. British bankers, it seems, …
Scrapping use-by dates could prevent huge amounts of food waste – here’s what else could help: Supermarkets are beginning to remove date labels on fruit and veg to tackle the food waste issue. Adam Melnyk/Shutterstock Before ending up on a European supermarket shelf, an avocado has effectively emitted 1.3 kilograms of carbon into the atmosphere. …
The road ahead for electric cars relies on affordability, not scrapping grants: Shutterstock/mpohodzhay Since 2011, the UK government has been providing a tax-payer funded discount on the sale of battery electric vehicles. Known as the “plug-in car grant”, it was designed to help persuade motorists make the switch from diesel or petrol and commit to …
Sports teams are finally scrapping Native American mascots – on both sides of the Atlantic: The Exeter Chiefs are the latest team to change their Native American branding. atsportphoto After two years of simply being called the Washington Football Team, the US capital’s American football franchise has unveiled its new name and branding: the Washington …
Google’s scrapping third-party cookies – but invasive targeted advertising will live on: Ink Drop/Shutterstock Google has announced plans to stop using tracking cookies on its Chrome browser by 2022, replacing them with a group profiling system in a move the company says will plot “a course towards a more privacy-friendly web”. The change is significant. …
South Africa in the news: Scrapping maths as a compulsory subject is bad news for South Africa – Expert: The Department of Education recently announced its proposal to remove mathematics as a compulsory pass subject in grades 7, 8, and 9, causing concern among education experts in South Africa. Speaking to the City Press, Grahamstown …