Eco-protestors who smear the government as ‘genocidal’ paralysed central London for hours yesterday as they unleashed a planned month-long campaign of mayhem.Members of the group Just Stop Oil occupied four bridges in the capital, causing gridlock on busy roads, before converging on Parliament.
Local councillors have been accused of telling 'sob-stories' about how they are struggling in the cost-of-living crisis to ensure their own pay-rises - after they rejected debating a £660,000 boost for free school meals moments before. Tories at Central Bedfordshire Council unanimously voted against debating a motion for an inflationary 10 per cent uplift to the £6.6million free school meals budget - which provides just 82p worth of food per child per day after other costs.
An under-fire transgender children's charity is reportedly giving advice to 16-year-olds on how to change their names without their parents’ knowledge. The Charity Commission has confirmed they are 'assessing' concerns
