Prisoners get a bonus as Pensioners to suffer during Christmas with the new labour policy. Israel does it again the Massacre in Gaza and good news for the Royals as Princess Kate boost lfts the nation.
News that will impact your life
There’s many news stories that will make the headlines today, but these four have dominated the news desks of most publishers we monitor. Here’s a quick snapshot of the Key takeaways from the news that will impact your life today.
Prisoners to be released early causing major law and order concerns
Around 1,750 prisoners are being released early in England and Wales today, because of overcrowding. Offenders serving less than five years are being released after 40% of their sentence, rather than the usual 50%; prisoners get a bonus.
What this means for you is that criminals and potential criminals will see this as a signal to commit more petty thefts, knowing, they will likely avoid prosecution. That has an immediate impact on society as the lack of law and order creates a serious concern for public safety. Phone and watch thefts (which are rife in cities like London) are likely to rise, as thieves will see little or no recourse for the crimes.
Another more important impact of this is police patrols in the city are not equipped to deal with petty criminals as it is no longer a priority, especially, now that convictions will be less likely.
Prisoners get a bonus
Winter Fuel cuts – Commons vote
More than nine million pensioners will no longer be eligible for financial support under the proposed cut. Which equates to £200 to £300 depending on when you were born. Pensioners to suffer during Christmas this news will in fact a deep resonating impact on Grandparents and parents born in the 1940s and 1950s because now family members will have to subsidize this payment.
This was a social policy started by Gordon Brown and provided a real boost to the thrifty generation towards Christmas. You can see this policy is being pushed by the Government as Labour MPs have been out in full force this morning giving interviews ‘trying to deflect the blame on the previous administration’
Labour has u-turned this policy citing a lack of finances in public coffers as a reason. However, the real purpose of this policy is to signal to industry that Labour is the centrist Economy’s first party. The government could easily have taken money away from another policy or even out of the MoD budget or the aid it is giving to Ukraine and Israel, but this provides the signal that Starmer wants for the government, no handouts and no austerity has not ended.
It will also allow the Prime Minister to create and brand his own winter policy before the next general election, so don’t be surprised to see him shouting this before the next election.
Pensioners to suffer during Christmas
Princess Kate’s cancer treatment
Princess Kate boost lifts the nation. The princess announced she is now cancer-free in a highly emotion and personal video. A positive news story for even the anti-monarchist as a young mother was able to share with here children and family.
It was an unprecedented moment as Princess Kate announced the news via an ‘Instagram friendly’ – signaling a shift from the Palace to target a younger audience as the next queen creates a link to be in touch with the new generation.
Princess Kate boost
Deadly Israeli strike in Gaza humanitarian zone – Huge story
There’s been another mass execution of Palestinians in Gaza this morning as Israeli air strikes on a “humanitarian zone” in Gaza early on Tuesday morning killed at least 40 people.
The decision by the Labour government signals the latest shift in UK policy towards Israel and the 10-month war in Gaza since the party defeated the Conservatives in the general election in July.
Lammy said he had concluded “with regret” there was a clear risk of some items exported to Israel being used in serious violations of international humanitarian law. There are about 350 UK arms export licences to Israel currently granted. Britain’s suspension of about 30 of these licences will be kept under review on a case by case basis.
This may provide a political opportunity for Labour to shift the blame to the Tories. Lord David Cameron received legal advice when he was Tory foreign secretary indicating that Israel had breached international humanitarian law but decided not to suspend UK arms export licences
He was not permitted to see the legal advice provided to his predecessor, Lord David Cameron, which was kept confidential under legal privilege.
The PM has also dropped a proposed challenge to a request by the International Criminal Court’s prosecutor to issue arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Gallant.