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'We need to do more to protect children' Prime Minister Keir Starmer has reacted to a court verdict in Los Angeles that Meta and Google intentionally built addictive social media platforms that harmed the 20-year old's mental health bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

Exclusive from @MaxKendix Rachel Reeves is expected to limit an energy bill bailout to people on benefits after warning that giving support to every household because of the Iran war would be irresponsible and unaffordable The Times has been told that the planned support will be directed instead at about six million people who claim benefits such as universal credit and pension credit While Reeves has asked about a potential “income threshold” to support lower-earning households, officials have said they are unlikely to be able to develop the system in time. Treasury sources emphasised that several options were being looked at but that no decisions had been taken Officials have identified several barriers, including the fact that HM Revenue & Customs records the income of individuals, while an energy bailout would have to focus on households. A project to link up the information started in January and was due to take more than a year Reeves will therefore have little choice but to give support to people claiming benefits, using the warm home discount, which reduces electricity bills for poorer households by £150, as the model for the scheme “The methods of targeting are imperfect,” one government source said. But another said there was “a lot of defeatism” about what systems could realistically be introduced in time. thetimes.com/uk/politics/ar…

@missjadecx If your scared of falling into debt call your energy, water and gas company, they will be able to offer support with your bills, maybe even help reduce them. If you do owe money to anyone else pay back the bare minimum of £1.