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by thinkingemote 5y ago
originally from the Sunday Times, pasted here because paywall https://www.reddit.com/r/ukpolitics/comments/s54g7c/boris_johnson_prepares_mass_clearout_to_save_own/hsv7ocn/ https://www.reddit.com/r/ukpolitics/comments/s54g7c/boris_jo...
The other changes are:
•Announce a No 10 workplace “booze ban” in an effort to end the drinking culture in “Club Downing Street”.
•Freeze the BBC licence fee for two years to help the cost of living.
•Hand to the military control of the battle to stop illegal immigrants in the Channel.
•Unveil new plans to tackle the backlog of operations in the NHS.
•Unveil extra money for skills and job training for the 1.5 million people who are out of work and on universal credit.
•Lift the remaining coronavirus restrictions on January 26.
•Publish Michael Gove’s levelling-up white paper the following week. It aims to improve lives in neglected towns in the north.
- iso1210 5y ago> •Freeze the BBC licence fee for two years to help the cost of living. Hilarious. Even a 10% License Fee increase would cost about £8 per adult per year Meanwhile the tax rise they're implementing next month will cost an average £300 per adult per year, and increase costs on employers by the same amount.
- mavhc 5y agoOld people, who pay less tax usually, also watch a lot of TV, and vote in their droves for Conservatives