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@JanChat56 @UKCivilService Being reported today on Facebook, that many people waiting for news on their pensions are being sent information on other people instead. It’s a fiasco.

The ICO has confirmed that 6.6 million people were impacted by the 2023 Capita data breach. So why did @UKCivilService transfer all pensions to Capita December 2025?

@onetruefraggle @ChelseaDan5 It’s mince beef and gravy. The top and bottom crusts are different pastry’s. You need to turn the pie upside down and add vinegar (or chilli vinegar) and pepper. The green liquor is a must.

@ChelseaDan5 What kind of pie is it? Pie and mash isn’t a thing in Scotland

At Maureen's Pie and Mash in Poplar E14 for a Double Pie Mash and Liquor with my Old Man who's been eating it since the 50's in many great shops which are sadly now gone,Get's his approval and still my number 1 shop,Support London's remaining Pie and Mash Shops🥧🥧🍻🍻

@pazaboy @SimonCalder I have the same question. We had ours done at Budapest airport in November.

@SimonCalder Myself, my wife, son of 14 yrs old and my daughter 10 had to do this at Basel on New Year’s Day. My daughter just a photo. Will it be quicker the next time we travel or still end up in the same queue as people who haven’t had their finger prints taken?

Travel to Europe 2026 – and beyond. Updated guide to changes. 1 EU entry-exit system is being rolled out, with fingerprinting and facial biometrics. No need to prepare anything in advance. 2 Etias "euro-visa" will start in "last quarter of 2026", EU says. independent.co.uk/travel/news-an…

@AlisonMoyet 1977, my last year in junior school and Sarah, the best swimmer in the school by miles, was not given the opportunity to do her gold medal award. Only the boys got to do that. Girls got up to silver award.

I can’t pretend not to know the struggles women faced & continue to. In my life time here some subjects were not open to us at school. I needed my father’s signature to open a bank account. In my ‘Hay Day’ my husband was responsible for my tax returns. Memories are so short.

@RupertLowe10 @officialsammyuk Digital Id for Directors of limited companies is still being enforced. That needs to be a U-turn!

The next U-turn HAS to be business rates. Without an overhaul, trust me - it will be a bloodbath for our pubs and plenty more. Our open letter to Reeves urging immediate change is now supported by an incredible 7,000 small business owners. We must keep the pressure on.

@Mr_Grumpy_Arse @TheNorfolkLion @EssexPoliceUK It’s not Essex police. It’s between Redbridge and Havering Boroughs, so would be the Met Police.

@TheNorfolkLion Assume you have paid them a visit? Fined them? Made them clear it? Charged them? @EssexPoliceUK

Brave English woman catches immigrant fly-tipping rubbish from his work van – and confronts him on the spot! 👏🏻 He stupidly used his own work van with all his company details plastered on it. Time to make him famous for all the wrong reasons! Share far and wide!

@quietmumN10 @DocEmUK @CF_Farrow It’s worth getting an email address for your parents for these type of things. You can run it if they agree.

@DocEmUK @CF_Farrow My mum doesn't have a mobile phone or email address - crazy I know. As I understood from the surgery, they couldn't use my details instead, but maybe I should try again.

So my mum is having a huge life-saving op today. She had been feeling awful for days and was misdiagnosed with a strep throat. When she tried to see the GP to say the antibiotics weren't working, she was denied by the receptionist. Why are they medically gate keeping?

@Matt_Pinner Handmaids Tale

What is the best?

@KirstieMAllsopp @jennyeclair It’s not free. It’s £35.

@jennyeclair We need to realise that our country cannot afford to provide things for free for people who can afford them. Our money in is not covering our money out and something has to change.

A writer so successful that today is a day dedicated to him in schools all over the country thinks it is reasonable that he travels for free due to his age. People have to stop taking things they do not need, it is wrong and it is bankrupting our country.

@MumAlliston If he doesn’t already have it, please apply for attendance allowance. If his home is self funded, he would probably be eligible. It’s not means tested.

Just received Invoice from my Dads care home. One calendar month £7157.14 I need a stiff drink. 🤬👵🏻

@sshoosmith45 @MTravis47912 @TheBritLad My Mum is 89 and has to pay. Only free if you get pension credits.

@MTravis47912 @TheBritLad Why would you be paying. If you are in your late 70s you get it for free. Parody account methinks 🤦‍♂️

🚨BREAKING: 2.4 million households in Britain have CANCELLED their BBC TV licence fee since 2020. This is a loss of £231M. The British people REFUSE to listen to FAKE NEWS.

@jessy19840 @MTravis47912 @TheBritLad How d you get a free licence?

@MTravis47912 @TheBritLad 1 if your over 75 you could get a free licence and 2 you get your news from GB news and X 😳 says a lot about who you are

@MaxineFothergil Is this the same licence that Jas Athwal never had on 15 properties in Redbridge, despite being the Head of the Council?

Rachel Reeves should know better – she must go. I’ve been a landlord for 26 years, a managing agent for 23, Past President of ARLA Propertymark, and a trainer for the London Landlord Accreditation Scheme for 21. Even if a letting agent is involved, the law is crystal clear. Under the Housing Act 2004, the legal duty sits with the landlord. It’s their responsibility to check if a licence is required, make the application, and pay the fee. An agent can assist — but that doesn’t transfer liability. In the eyes of the law, the buck stops with the landlord. And that applies to everyone — even the Chancellor. #RachelReeves #Landlords #HousingLaw #Accountability #Property thenegotiator.co.uk/news/regulatio…

@ChrisG01 @Nesslo3 @GMB I would be happy if it was managed well. I have seen lots of teachers who agree that it’s ok for kids to have time off. But of course it isn’t up to them.

@PCT28812752 @Nesslo3 @GMB No I was asking you if you would be happy with teachers having the same flexibility? There are many reasons why people can’t take holiday at certain times, I’m asking about the teaching piece

Today, MPs will debate whether parents should be allowed to take their children out of school for up to 10 days without getting a fine. Should term-time leave without fines be allowed?

@ChrisG01 @Nesslo3 @GMB So are you saying that because teachers can’t take time off, the kids can’t? In that case, what about all of the parents with jobs where they can’t take time off in school holidays? I don’t know why we treat the hours in the classroom as the only relevant experience for kids.

@PCT28812752 @Nesslo3 @GMB Good question. More parents working full time? Less involvement in their kids education? Would you be happy with teachers taking time out? Not on massive wages and could do with family time? Would a TA for two weeks work for you and your kids?

@ChrisG01 @Nesslo3 @GMB My “kids” are in there 30’s. I wasn’t a stay at home Mum. My mum is nearly 90 and also went to work, like most working class families that I knew of at that time. How about in Scotland? What is different there? Does only one parent work?

@Nesslo3 @PCT28812752 @GMB Lack of involvement in the kids education. Working full time both parents etc. lots has changed

@ChrisG01 @Nesslo3 @GMB I can’t speak for other parents. Mine always caught up. Not every hour in the classroom is relevant, especially at an early age. If it worked years ago, what has changed now?

@PCT28812752 @Nesslo3 @GMB And would the parents do that to the level the experienced teacher does? Or would they expect teachers to stay late to help them catch up later? More time maybe, or both working parents etc and little time.

@Nesslo3 @GMB I have two grown up daughters. I took them out every year. Made sure the dates never clashed with exams. Had wonderful experiences and made memories with family. Caught up with work. There is something wrong with the system if the teaching is so rigid that it can’t be flexible.

@PCT28812752 @GMB If they’re genuinely sick of course they take the time off! And parents will often ask for the sounds if they’re at home with a sick child. But not when they go on holiday. I have 3 children never took them out for a holiday.

@Nesslo3 @GMB What about if they are genuinely sick? Are you saying they would never catch up? How about giving the parent the five phonic sounds that they are supposed to learn and they can do it whilst they are on holiday. Much more time to do it than in a classroom with 30 other kids.

@GMB I am a TA, low income earner, I’m not allowed to take time off during term time for a cheaper holiday! I work in early years, our children are learning a new phonic sound everyday, if a child is out for 5 days that’s 5 sounds they’ve missed.

@MatthewTorbitt @waitrose A friend’s son had this problem with Sainsbury’s a few years ago. The people that placed him there didn’t want his Mum to complain as they would have problems getting others placed. Staff would chip in at Xmas and “pay” him. His Mum persevered & Sainsbury’s put him on the payroll

For those back home, young lad here looking for a few hours work and not appreciated by @waitrose he deserves miles better. Anyone got anything for him?