UK records 4,950 excess winter deaths amid cost of living crisis

New official data shows that a significant amount of people lost their lives last winter - and it seems as is a lack of governmental legislation and poor insulation could be to blame.

Stark new figures estimate that some 4,950 excess winter deaths last year in the UK were down to people living in cold and damp homes.

New official data from the End Fuel Poverty Coalition says those figures were recorded during winter 2022/23.

The Warm This Winter study also found that, when the average winter temperature in the UK drops below four degrees centigrade, the level of excess winter deaths sky-rockets.

https://www.euronews.com/2024/01/19/uk-records-4950-excess-winter-deaths-amid-cost-of-living-crisis

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UK records 4,950 excess winter deaths amid cost of living crisis

New official data shows that a significant amount of people lost their lives last winter - and it seems as is a lack of governmental legislation and poor insulation could be to blame.

Stop the UK Government from spying on all of our bank accounts

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The Government is sneaking in new powers to spy on all of our bank accounts on the premise of dealing with welfare fraud and error.

It will force banks to flag people who meet secret criteria to the government.

Everyone wants fraudulent uses of public money to be dealt with, and the government already has strong powers to check the bank statements of suspects.

But this is a major expansion of government power that takes away our financial privacy like never before and does away with the presumption of innocence - the democratic principle that you shouldn't be spied on unless police suspect you of wrongdoing.

Petition:
https://you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/stop-the-government-from-spying-on-all-of-our-bank-accounts

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Petition/Campaign to Stop the Data Grab Bill

The Data Protection and Digital Information Bill will gut UK privacy laws, attacking our ability to challenge data abuse and expanding ways in which the Government can snoop on you.

The bill contains powers that would enable them to snoop on the bank accounts and financial assets of anyone who claims ANY benefit. That includes child benefit and the state pension, alongside tax credits and universal credit.

https://action.openrightsgroup.org/hands-off-our-data

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UK - New political funding rules sneak in

The Tory government passed a statutory instrument that will increase the amount of money that an individual can donate to a party without declaring who donated it, from £7,500 to £11,180. We are concerned about any move that could see more money flowing anonymously into our politics.

The same statutory instrument increased the national election spending cap by 80%, from £19.5m to about £35m. This is the amount that party HQs can spend, there is another cap for how much local candidates can spend.

https://www.electoral-reform.org.uk/new-political-funding-rules-sneak-in/

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New political funding rules sneak in

When people are asked about the problems with money in politics, few raise the issue of there not being enough. In fact, the public are deeply concerned about big money in politics with

David Cameron’s Appointment to Cabinet 'Another Reminder Why the House of Lords Must Go'

Former Prime Minister David Cameron’s appointment as Foreign Secretary – despite having left Parliament in 2016 – has triggered fresh calls to abolish the House of Lords.

Cameron replaces James Cleverly, who has moved to ousted cabinet minister Suella Braverman’s former role of Home Secretary.

There is no constitutional requirement for a cabinet minister to be an elected MP, but it is very rare that senior offices of state are held by unelected politicians. Lobbyist Cameron has been handed a seat in the 800-odd member House of Lords for life to take up the role.

Today campaign group Republic demanded a written constitution and elected upper house following the move.

Republic’s CEO, Graham Smith, said: “This appointment joins a string of recent outrages that remind us of the urgent need to ditch the Lords in favour of an elected upper house.

https://bylinetimes.com/2023/11/13/david-camerons-appointment-to-cabinet-another-reminder-why-the-house-of-lords-must-go/

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David Cameron’s Appointment to Cabinet 'Another Reminder Why the House of Lords Must Go' – Byline Times

The disgraced former Prime Minister has been handed a seat in the Lords for life.

Victoria Atkins: Reinstate our NHS as a fully public service

Dear Rt. Hon. Victoria Atkins,

As you begin your time as Health Secretary, we ask you to fix the NHS crisis by reinstating our NHS as a fully public service and ending NHS privatisation now!

See full letter and add your name to it:

https://weownit.org.uk/act-now/victoria-atkins-reinstate-our-nhs-fully-public-service

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Victoria Atkins: Reinstate our NHS as a fully public service

The new Health Secretary must commit to fix the NHS crisis by reinstating our NHS as a fully public service.

UK ‘in violation of international law’ over poverty levels, says UN envoy

Poverty levels in the UK are “simply not acceptable” and the [UK] government is violating international law, the United Nations’ poverty envoy has said ahead of a visit to the country this week, when he will urge ministers to increase welfare spending.

Olivier De Schutter, the UN’s special rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights, cited research showing universal credit payments of £85 a week for single adults over 25 were “grossly insufficient” and described the UK’s main welfare system as “a leaking bucket”.

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2023/nov/05/uk-poverty-levels-simply-not-acceptable-says-un-envoy-olivier-de-schutter

#UnitedKingdom #UK #poverty #InternationalLaw #violations #hunger #food #shelter #Dystopia #ToryFascists #ToryDictatorship #ToryFascistDictatorship

Russian money has completely corrupted the British establishment

Hamas launched its deadly attack against Israel on Vladimir Putin’s birthday. “The Hamas terror campaign in Israel is a huge win for Putin,” Bill Browder told me. “Not only has the press completely sidelined his murderous war in Ukraine as they focus on Israel, but now he’s seeing his oil revenue increase which is the main way he’s funding his war.”

https://www.theneweuropean.co.uk/bill-browder-on-the-kremlins-interference-with-brexit-fighting-for-justice-and-a-russia-without-putin/

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“Russian money has completely corrupted the British establishment”: Bill Browder on the Kremlin's influence over Brexit and a Russia without Putin

The US investor and prominent anti-Putin activist is gloomy about the likelihood of ousting the dictator

England to diverge from EU water monitoring standards

This is the latest example of the UK diverging from EU environmental standards. Recent analysis found that many toxic chemicals and pesticides banned in the bloc since Brexit are not outlawed for use in the UK. Ministers have also sought to rip up EU-derived sewage pollution rules for housebuilders.

In 2019, the last time the full water assessments took place, just 14% of rivers were in good ecological health and none met standards for good chemical health. The government has said it does not intend to deliver a complete update until 2025, the latest permissible date under the new WFD.

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/oct/27/england-to-diverge-from-eu-water-monitoring-standards

#ToryCorruption #ecocide #Brexit #BrexitBenefits #BrexitFails #ToryDictatorship #Orwellian #greed #ToryProfiteers #ToryFascists #ElectoralDictatorship #ToryFascistDictatorship

Call an immediate general election

The Prime Minister should call an immediate general election to allow the British public to have their say on how we are governed, we should not be made to wait until January 2025
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Consistent opinion polling has shown the British public have lost confidence in the current government. The NHS is in crisis, the asylum system is broken, there are delays at the ports, and institutions are failing. The British people should be given a say on what to do next.

https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/641904

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Petition: Call an immediate general election

The Prime Minister should call an immediate general election to allow the British public to have their say on how we are governed, we should not be made to wait until January 2025

UK fails to ban 36 harmful pesticides outlawed for use in EU

Campaigners say Britain becoming ‘toxic poster child of Europe’ and accuse ministers of breaking Brexit promise on standards

Though ministers promised the UK would not water down EU-derived environmental standards after Brexit, there have been multiple instances of divergence since the country left the bloc.

Now, the country is failing to phase out pesticides that have been found to be harmful to human health and the environment at the same rate as the EU, according to research from Pesticide Action Network (PAN).

Thirteen of the 36 chemicals are considered highly hazardous pesticides under UN definitions used to identify the most harmful substances.

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/sep/13/uk-fails-ban-pesticides-outlawed-use-in-eu

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