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[Alex Wickham @alexwickham]

Latest interaction with the broken British state

Elderly relative gets @HMRCgovuk letter threatening £10-a-day fine for a late tax return for a deceased relative (of course no tax is due)

Try to call HMRC, no one available (of course) so it says use online chat

Online chat says nobody is around to speak (of course), so use AI chatbot

Chatbot says call (of course)

No way of emailing or contacting them

Meanwhile the fine apparently goes up

How many elderly people do they hound who don’t have younger relatives to sort things out for them? Dread to think.

When do you ever hear a politician talk about anything like this?

[Conrad Quilty-Harper @Coneee]

The two private jets which flew Truss and Johnson to Balmoral are £80 million French Dassault aircraft which replaced the British "flying pig" BAe 146 - and the two trips' CO2 emissions added up to about 12,700 kg https://t.co/gjjbPNj8zw

[Merope @meropemills]

I’ve been thinking about this piece for a year. There’s so much more I could say. The only thing that matters is that Martha should be alive today…

‘We had such trust, we feel such fools’: how shocking hospital mistakes led to our daughter’s death https://t.co/DzNearcQeQ

[Alex Wickham @alexwickham]

EXCLUSIVE: UK gas producers and electricity generators may make excess profits totalling as much as £170 billion over the next two years, according to Treasury estimates that will be handed to the next prime minister when they take office

https://t.co/cz9szuWjob

[Alex Wickham @alexwickham]

Last year the Treasury commissioned Project Shine to look at impact of rising energy prices on UK industry

In Nov 2021 ministers were briefed stark warnings - even before Russia invaded Ukraine

9 months later, govt launched consultation on what to do...

https://t.co/hzUYMLee7t

[Opinion by Metro.co.uk @MetroOpinion]

Owami Davies went missing on the streets of south London in early July.

The 24-year-old student nurse vanished without a trace – so why aren’t we hearing more about this tragic and terrifying case?, asks Natalie Morris.

🧵https://t.co/9uFPThnldc

[tess atkinson @tessatkinson]

@DionneGrant happy birthday Dionne! 💫

[Charlene White @CharleneWhite]

Well this is rather exciting, @itvnews is expanding and looking for talent inc:

- presenters
- reporters
- graphic designers
- content editors … and loads more!

Check out the video below. Here’s the link to apply 👉🏾 https://t.co/8YpgBLYY1F

[Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan @MayorofLondon]

The Met Office has now issued a red warning for extreme heat on Monday and Tuesday. This is potentially dangerous and a very serious consequence of climate change.

I urge Londoners to be very careful and to look after each other in the comings days.

[Alex Wickham @alexwickham]

EXCLUSIVE:

The UK government is trying to block disclosures to the COVID inquiry, according to people with knowledge of legal advice received by ministers

Huge questions for any future PM as the inquiry will be a major political problem at next election

https://t.co/d1mNdQiVdQ

[Raven Smith @Raven__Smith]

I’m not a grammar nut, but it’d be great for the education secretary to speak in coherent sentences when apologising for middle fingering the people who pay her salary.

[Alex Wickham @alexwickham]

**** Inside the Week of Boris Johnson’s Downfall ****

From the people in the room where it happened

Your Saturday long read on @BloombergUK:

https://t.co/62UHtchLnt

[tess atkinson @tessatkinson]

So excited to see @NotAgainBen’s third book The King Is Dead released into the wild 👑 🔥 Buy buy buy!

[ellie 🪐 @eleanorbate]

congrats 2 famous book author @notagainben on the launch of his third (!) book please enjoy my number one fan at a book signing photo to celebrate

[🇯🇲Candice Carty-Williams🇯🇲 @CandiceC_W]

Do you know how actually mad this is

[Dionne Grant @DionneGrant]

Remembering all who lost their lives and loved ones in the Grenfell Tower fire five years ago today.

For everyone impacted - survivors, residents, the community - my thoughts are with you on another painful anniversary.

We will never forget! #Justice4Grenfell 💚

[tess atkinson @tessatkinson]

@eleanorbate love!!

[King Kamar @Karim_Kamar]

When the music makes you have to end your phone call 📲 #pianolife

[Alex Wickham @alexwickham]

Just a quick note from me on my final Playbook... thanks very much for reading and see you in a few weeks 🙏

https://t.co/krwcyorhj4