RUNNING ON EMPTY
» Why is Rishi Sunak allowing Liz Truss, the most disastrous Prime Minister since Lord North, to hand out gongs to her mates and cronies? He can’t claim there’s precedent when neither Tony Blair nor Gordon Brown issued resignation honours lists. So the only explanation is he’s too pathetic to confront his predecessor.
My local Asda has taken to putting infant milk formula on the shelves behind the cigarette kiosk – the same place where the high-strength alcohol is stored.
This is to deter shoplifting.
Just imagine how desperate a parent must be if they are having to resort to theft in order to feed their baby. You don’t expect the Tories to care about this. But Labour?
Reducing poverty should be the central purpose of any
Labour government but I’m struggling to think of a single policy from Keir Starmer that would help the most deprived households.
He’s ruled out universal free school meals, won’t scrap the two-child benefit cap and has no plans to increase child benefit. Which begs the question: What does Labour want to do in power?
■ Which do you think is more important, feeding hungry children or subsidising owners of gas-guzzling SUVs? The Conservatives have made their choice.
Extending free school meals to all primary school children in England would cost £1billion a year but Jeremy Hunt would rather spend £15billion over the next five years on freezing fuel duty.
Since 2011, more than £100billion has been spent on helping motorists fill up their car or cars while children are running on empty stomachs.