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Research shows annual funding for highway maintenance has already been cut by £400million in the past year, while in some areas of England as many as one in four minor roads needs repairing.

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STEPHEN GLOVER: According to the CEBR, Britain will lag behind other countries in the next decade due to the Chancellors autumn statement.

Analysis by Resolution Foundation warns a growing number of families will find their pay packets hit due to a clash between the income levels at which of the welfare systems are withdrawn.

EXCLUSIVE: A treasury review of the tax system has been quietly ditched, it emerged last night. The revelation raised fears among Tories that ministers are not serious about cutting tax burdens.

Research indicates that middle-class families will be up to £40,000 worse off over the next 10 years due to Mr Hunt’s stealth taxes

The British middle class will be rinsed for tax money in a 'stealth' grab that will leave some families £40,000 worse off this decade. 

In the autumn statement Chancellor Jeremy Hunt announced he would freeze income-tax thresholds until 2028 at the earliest.

British marines are reported as taking part in “discreet operations” in Ukraine, but the British military have been up to their necks in preparations for, and the execution of, NATO's imperialist proxy war, fought by Ukraine against Russia

Mauritius has maintained it holds rightful sovereignty over the entire British Indian Ocean Territory, which is made up of roughly 1,000 mostly tiny islands. The U.K. has consistently rejected Mauritius’ claims and insisted that returning the original inhabitants would not be feasible.