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  Richmond MP lost out to Liz Truss this summer but his dire economic warnings about her ‘fairy tale’ tax policies have been entirely vindicated by her disastrous and short-lived reign Richmond MP lost out to Liz Truss this summer but his dire economic warnings about her ‘fairy tale’ tax policies have been entirely vindicated by her disastrous and short-lived reign 

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Birds showing most self-control score higher in cognitive tests, suggesting they are more intelligent The old saying states a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush but it appears Eurasian jays may beg to differ: researchers have found the corvids shun an immediate reward for a tastier, but delayed, treat. What’s more, the team found the birds that showed the most self-control scored higher on a variety of cognitive tests, suggesting they were more intelligent. Continue reading… ​Birds showing most self-control score higher in cognitive tests, suggesting they are more intelligentThe old saying states a bird in…

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Outsourced staff with Independent Workers’ Union of Great Britain want £15 an hour – the rate paid 22 years ago Security staff at one of the UK’s most prestigious universities are to walk out over pay and union recognition, their representatives have said, as the cost of living crisis continues to bite. Workers at University College London (UCL), employed via the contractor Bidvest Noonan, are demanding an increase in their hourly rate that their union says would see them paid the same nominal amount UCL guards got more than 20 years ago – before the jobs were outsourced. Continue reading……

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