Goodbye Kiss will rock fans
WHAT PHILIP HAMMOND WILL DO Spending on mental health will rise by at least £2billion a year by 2023 to improve access to rapid care for people in crisis.
There will be more specialist mental health ambulance services and comprehensive support in every major WHAT PHILIP HAMMOND WILL DO Mr Hammond has hinted at more cash for universal credit in today’s Budget and said the Government is still looking at how the bungled benefit is working.
He said: “If we find cliff edges and difficulties, frictions in the move from the WHAT PHILIP HAMMOND WILL DO Major roads will have £28.8billion spent on them from 2020 to 2025.
Most will be used on national roads and motorways, as well as a planned tunnel linking Manchester and Sheffield.
And there will be a £420million WHAT PHILIP HAMMOND WILL DO Following our High Street Fightback campaign, the Chancellor is set to announce £1.5billion of help for retailers.
He will slash business rate bills by a third in a £900million boost for almost half a million small retailers. And he will WHAT PHILIP HAMMOND WILL DO He will pave the way for no-interest loans as an alternative to payday lending.
And there will be “detailed proposals” to extend the “breathing space” for debts from six weeks to 60 days. That means two months before bailiffs can take action. A&E department. Also, there will be “crisis cafes” to get support in the community. WHAT HE SHOULD DO
We could be waiting until 2028 for these measures, which will be too late for tens of thousands people struggling to get treatment for mental health issues today.
If the Government is serious, Mr Hammond should commit to introducing these badly needed services more quickly.
old benefits system to universal credit, then of course we’ll always try to smooth those out and be pragmatic about it.” WHAT HE SHOULD DO
The Mirror is campaigning for the Government to halt the expansion of UC to allow for a review to take place.
We say they should either redesign it, replace it with a system fit for purpose, or axe it and return to the old system.
pothole-filling fund for councils, who warn they do the minimum due to Tory cuts. WHAT HE SHOULD DO
While repairs to our crumbling, potholeridden roads are welcome, Mr Hammond needs to think about the future.
The Government should commit to nationalising and fixing the nation’s broken rail and bus services to encourage more drivers to leave their cars at home.
launch a £650million infrastructure and transport fund for high streets.
Mr Hammond will also announce that town-planning laws are to be relaxed to help support mixed business models.
He’s going in the right direction but needs to get tough on the tax-avoiding online retailers who have contributed to the loss of 140,000 jobs already this year. It’s a sticking plaster for a broken arm. Low-wages and zero-hours contracts have pushed the poor into high-cost credit. Universal credit has made matters worse.
And while it offers an alternative for one-offs like a broken boiler, it does nothing for those trapped in a cycle of borrowing for day-to-day costs because there isn’t enough money for the month. LAST TOUR Rockers Kiss KISS will perform in Britain next summer as part of their last ever tour.
The US rockers said that 2019 would see a final End Of The Road show to hail their 45-year career.
The band perform at Birmingham Arena on July 9 before going to London’s O2 Arena on July 11. Other stops include Manchester, Newcastle and Glasgow.
The group said: “We’ll go out the same way we came in – unapologetic and unstoppable.”