Ruth Barker

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@nazirafzal @ShabanaMahmood She is not the first Muslim Home Secretary. Remember Sajid Javid? He was HS in 2018. So where were all the right wing protesters then?

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@Max060258 @DanNeidle @doingalrighty But she was correct in saying no. She had sold her interest in the Manchester house. But HMRC treats her as still owning it because she put her share in trust for a minor. Had her son been 18 at the time, the lower rate of SDLT she paid would have been correct.

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@BuckleyWells @DanNeidle @doingalrighty That is my reading of it. Had she waited until her son was 18, the HMRC rules on trusts for minors would not have applied and she would have correctly paid the lower rate of SDLT.

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@SandraDunn1955 Rent is included in UC. Rents are higher than they have ever been. That is part of the problem.

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@DoUBelieveThat @Docstockk Logically, if a woman aborts a full term baby the day before it is due to be born and gives birth to a dead baby, that is now legal. If she gives birth to the baby first and then kills it immediately after birth, that is murder. This hasn't been thought through properly.

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@bwthornton @theAliceRoberts I don't know how much input you have into production but I have just had to give up watching your programme on Stonehenge due to the continuous over-dramatic background music. I can't focus on what you are saying because of trying to block out the music. Such a shame.

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@CarlEveCrime We three Kings of Leicester Square
Selling ladies' underwear
No elastic, how fantastic
Only five pounds a pair

On a family holiday I taught this version to our nieces and nephews. The next day, touring a National Trust garden, what did they sing to test the echo in a grotto?

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@MargaretOG66351 Online exclusion is an issue, but if he has no friends or family nearby, loneliness may also be a factor. For some elderly people, moving into residential care means company and meals laid on and gives them a better quality of life.

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@Baddiel I deal with cases where vulnerable elderly people have been "persuaded" or duped into making wills to benefit a particular member of their family or carer. The risk of those people being "persuaded" to agree to assisted dying is real.

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@Peston Have they learned nothing from the Liz Truss debacle?

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@NiSibeal @LucyGoBag And even if parents get social services funding, they have to find and recruit the carers themselves and deal with the admin. In our area there is a shortage of care workers so I have funding I can't use and no actual help.

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@EdanaThe2nd @LucyGoBag That's very true. We didn't qualify for transport at our last school so we did the school run every morning and I was very glad of the contact with the other school run parents.

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@soosiepink @ollyp3 @LucyGoBag In theory children with a ECHP could to school during Covid but in practice that was not always possible. Many of our school staff could not work because of their own family so our school only took the most vulnerable and children of key workers. I had my SEN child at home 6 mths

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@Itsasecret0555 @ItsJamesPowers @MartinSLewis Which begs the question of how many pensioners could be overpaying tax without knowing it. Someone to check their finances would be helpful.

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@Itsasecret0555 @ItsJamesPowers @MartinSLewis Even if that is £540 a month you are paying too much tax. Get someone to check your figures as you may be due a refund.

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@DizzySpeIIs @jcrfear @MartinSLewis No they don't. Banks have to keep your financial information private.

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@PColak13 @DianaHarding7 They do get legal advice, but if the video footage clearly shows them lobbing bricks at Police or setting fire to bins, they will be advised to plead guilty.

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@BrexitJean @DianaHarding7 If the video evidence stands up, they can hardly deny it.

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@BarristersHorse @WhatNowDoc The Court of Appeal will have given guidance as a result of that appeal which will apply now. Committing crimes in the context of a riot or mass public disorder is an aggravating factor, leading to higher sentences than if the crimes were committed in isolation.