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DIY dentistry on the rise as 90% of NHS practices not seeing new patients

Article: Aug 8, 2022

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Our NHS dental system is in tatters, with most surgeries closed to new patients and appointments near impossible to get.

This Conservative Government is forcing people into costly private care and unsafe DIY dentistry. It can't go on.

Read the article by The Guardian here
Britain heading for year-long recession - but PM and Chancellor nowhere to be seen

Article: Aug 8, 2022

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"The Conservatives have crashed the economy and now neither Boris Johnson nor Nadhim Zahawi are anywhere to be found.

"At a time of national crisis we deserve better than these shirkers."

Daisy Cooper

Read the article by The Mirror here
Half a million facing mortgage timebomb as London homeowners hit with 0.5% interest rate rise

Article: Aug 8, 2022

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This is a hammer blow to homeowners already struggling with skyrocketing bills.

We have a Zombie Government: Johnson's clocked off and Truss and Sunak are completely clueless on how to solve the cost of living crisis.

It's time for an immediate tax cut.

Read the article by the Evening Standard here
UK to be hit by drawn-out recession and 13% inflation, Bank warns

Article: Aug 5, 2022

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The Conservatives' recession is on the horizon and millions of people will suffer as a result.

The British public will never forgive the Conservative party for their disastrous economic policies and tax hikes.

Read teh article by the Evening Standard here
Ofgem confirms energy price cap to be updated every three months

Article: Aug 5, 2022

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This is a disaster.

Not only is the average household facing a nearly £1,300 rise in bills this October, but they're now facing yet another rise in January.

The government must step in to stop this increase of hardship over the winter.

Read the article by The Guardian here
BP sees biggest profits in 14 yeras!

Article: Aug 5, 2022

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These mega profits and an unfair, indefensible, slap in the face for everyone across the country.

As the Tories are fight each-other, millions are facing nightmare bill rises.

The Government's windfall tax must extend to these profits to provide urgently needed help.
Liz Truss wants to slash wages in the north - how is that levelling up? asks ED DAVEY

Article: Aug 3, 2022

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"The very same people who spent years promising to level up our great country now want to level it down - by cutting pay for some of our country's most hard pressed key workers…"

@EdwardJDavey

Read the article by The Express here
Conservative candidates missing the point about tax

Article: Aug 3, 2022

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Martin Wrigley - Lib Dem Prospective Parliamentary Candidate

No-one likes paying tax. I think we can all agree on that.

And the prospective leaders of the Conservative party have certainly made tax a key battleground as they bicker about who should be the country's next Prime Minister. It's said that one of them has put up tax levels some 17 times, and the other one would cut taxes and borrow more instead.

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