'Rishi Sunak failed to mention 400,000 pensioners are set to get nasty tax shock in triple lock plus speech'

'Rishi Sunak failed to mention 400,000 pensioners are set to
get nasty tax shock in triple lock plus speech'

Has Rishi Sunak forgotten his Spring Budget in 2021? And his Chancellor Jeremy Hunt’s Autumn Statement in 2022? While he was Chancellor, the Prime Minister froze the income tax thresholds until April 2026. Then Hunt extended the freeze until 2028. Rishi Sunak has promised to bring in a ‘triple lock plus’ scheme to stop pensioners … Read more

South Africa begins voting in most important election in THIRTY YEARS as High Commissioner admits there is 'still hangover from the past'

South Africa begins voting in most important election in
THIRTY YEARS as High Commissioner admits there is 'still hangover
from the past'

Today, South Africa goes to the polls as approximately 28 million citizens cast their vote in what some are describing as the country’s most important general election since the end of apartheid in 1994. Perhaps for the first time in almost exactly 30 years, South Africans have the very real opportunity to end decades of … Read more

HAVE YOUR SAY – Should we scrap ‘Mickey Mouse’ university degrees? COMMENT NOW

HAVE YOUR SAY - Should we scrap ‘Mickey Mouse’ university
degrees? COMMENT NOW

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has said that if re-elected he plans to shut down “Mickey Mouse” degrees at UK universities and instead the cash saved will be poured into creating 100,000 apprenticeships a year by 2029/30. Unveiling his latest election pledge, Mr Sunak said: “Improving education is the closest thing we have to a silver … Read more

Mike Parry hilariously mocks hand embroidery ‘Mickey Mouse’ degree amid calls for shutdown: ‘You could stitch the Bayeux Tapestry!'

Mike Parry hilariously mocks hand embroidery ‘Mickey Mouse’
degree amid calls for shutdown: ‘You could stitch the Bayeux
Tapestry!'

Broadcaster Mike Parry has brutally mocked “Mickey Mouse” degrees in Britain amid calls for a shut down of the costly courses. It comes after Prime Minister Rishi Sunak pledged to shut down “Mickey Mouse” university courses and create 100,000 apprenticeships a year instead, if the Tories are re-elected. The “Mickey Mouse” phrase was coined for … Read more