Tory discredit
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FOUR working parents taking legal action over the Universal Credit system represent huge numbers driven into destitution by an incompetent, cruel Government.
These single working mothers deserve to be helped, not hurt, and it is crazy that what they claim are glitches in the IT system are withholding wage top-ups.
Work will never pay unless problems are sorted. Ministers parroting platitudes about how they are helping people into employment ignore the grim reality in homes.
So good luck to the campaigning women and we hope they win their battle – because they’re not the only ones suffering.
When fully grown, these trees can be as tall as 35m (115ft) and can live to be 400 years old.
The nuts of this tree are edible, once you have removed the prickly little husks.
Name is from the Anglo-Saxon word for fire as the hollow stems were used to blow air into fires.
These each produce more than 2,000 acorns each year, but only one in 10,000 will grow into a tree.
Said to symbolise new beginnings, hope and future promise. Often grows near water.
Christmas tree favoured by Brits since Victorian era. They grow in Scandinavia. Artist John Constable regularly painted these. This is the most endangered timber tree in Britain.
One of the UK’s rarest trees, this gets its name from the area where it was found growing in 1870.
We may live in a green and pleasant land, but it seems we don’t know much about the trees on it.
Research commissioned to celebrate The sap of this tree can be used to make syrup.
During the war, the blossom from this tree was used to make a soothing tea. National Tree Week this week, found 60% of British people cannot even identify an oak leaf.
Take our quiz to see if you can tell a beech from a birch.
The branches used to be burned on Halloween to ward off evil spirits.
It is unlucky to cut these down. Branches and leaves are used to decorate homes at Christmas.
Shakespeare made reference to these in A Midsummer Night’s Dream and Love’s Labour Lost.
The wood of this tree is the heaviest native timber and will not float in water.
Also known as the May-tree, named after the month in which it blooms. The twigs of this tree were used to make butchers’ skewers.
A tonic made from this was said to relieve exhaustion, while its leaves were used to stop bleeding and heal wounds. Also known as Mountain Ash, because it grows well at altitude.
The leaves and fruit of this tree are toxic to humans. The leaves used to be baked and powdered to treat head lice.