Archive: 2025/11
Reeves Announces £5bn Welfare Cuts and Tax Hikes in Spring Statement 2025 Amid £22bn Deficit
Tobias Kingsley Nov, 26 2025 0Chancellor Rachel Reeves unveiled £5bn welfare cuts, tax hikes, and civil service job losses in the Spring Statement 2025 amid a £22bn deficit, as the OBR downgrades growth to 1% and warns of long-term fiscal strain.
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Chef Skye Gyngell’s Favorite Painting at Heckfield Place Blends Beatles, Pop Culture and Calm
Tobias Kingsley Nov, 24 2025 0Chef Skye Gyngell at Heckfield Place in Hampshire calls David Spiller’s 'All My Loving' her favorite painting—blending Beatles lyrics, cartoon icons, and raw emotion to define the estate’s soul. Her new book arrives in 2025.
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Strictly Come Dancing Winner Ore Oduba Reveals 30-Year Porn Addiction Battle
Tobias Kingsley Nov, 23 2025 0Former Strictly Come Dancing winner Ore Oduba reveals a 30-year battle with pornography addiction, beginning at age nine, to help his children and combat a silent youth crisis. His candid disclosure has sparked national conversation.
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Man Utd to keep Zirkzee amid French prospect chase and Lavia rejection
Tobias Kingsley Nov, 21 2025 0Manchester United are set to keep Joshua Zirkzee despite links to AS Roma, while chasing French prospects Jacquet and Meite after failing to sign Romeo Lavia — all centered on the January 2026 transfer window.
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Greenpeace Activists Block INEOS Tanker from Forth Bridge in Plastics Treaty Protest
Tobias Kingsley Nov, 16 2025 0On July 25, 2025, Greenpeace activists blocked the INEOS tanker INDEPENDENCE from reaching Grangemouth by abseiling from the Forth Road Bridge, protesting the company’s role in blocking the Global Plastics Treaty. All 10 were arrested after a 24-hour standoff.
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