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No excuse for shoplifting because UK's benefits system is very generous, policing minister says (news.sky.com)

Caribbean nations set to demand royal family makes reparations for slave trade (www.theguardian.com)

National reparations commissions in the region will also approach Lloyd’s of London and the Church of England with demands of financial payments and reparative justice for their historic role in slavery.

Royal Mail waives £5 penalty charge for fake stamps (www.bbc.com)

Tate & Lyle's Golden Syrup rebrand drops dead lion (www.bbc.co.uk)

Drop the dead donkey lion!...

‘It went nuts’: Thousands join UK parents calling for smartphone-free childhood (www.theguardian.com)

More than 4,000 parents have joined a group committed to barring young children from having smartphones, as concerns grow about online safety and the impact of social media on mental health....

Rachel Reeves rules out wealth tax if Labour wins next election (www.theguardian.com)

BBC News - BBC: Claims about presenter 'rubbish' - young person's lawyer (www.bbc.co.uk)

Good news if true. Feel horrible for the accused....

UK clothing sales to EU plummet as Brexit red tape deters exporters (www.theguardian.com)

Biden ditches trade deal talks with Britain (www.telegraph.co.uk)

Joe Biden has shelved plans for a pact with Britain that could have paved the way for a full post-Brexit trade deal....

Tesco workers offered body cameras as violent attacks against employees soar (www.independent.co.uk)

England’s concrete crisis could extend to hospitals and courts, experts say (www.theguardian.com)

Nearly two-fifths of robberies in London last year were for mobile phones (www.theguardian.com)

King Charles to receive huge pay rise from UK taxpayers (www.theguardian.com)

Join Lemmyvision, a Eurovision-like Song Contest for Lemmy communities around the world ! (jlai.lu)

cross-posted from: jlai.lu/post/4905287...

There Is Zero Evidence of a Shoplifting ‘Epidemic’ (novaramedia.com)

Man spends 10 years persuading Newport council to let him dig through landfill site for £130m of buried bitcoins. (www.mirror.co.uk)

Parliament will debate petition: Make lying in the House of Commons a criminal offence - 23rd October 2023 (petition.parliament.uk)

The UK Is a Hot Country. It’s Time to Build Like It (www.wired.com)

The UK’s houses are still designed to retain heat. In an age of global warming, that needs to change.

Extend success of UK sugar tax to cakes, biscuits and chocolate, experts urge (www.theguardian.com)

The sugar tax has been so successful in improving people’s diets that it should be extended to cakes, biscuits and chocolate, health experts say....

Pupil behaviour 'getting worse' at schools in England, say teachers (www.bbc.co.uk)

Brexit backer Dyson says hypocrisy claim over HQ move to Singapore 'incredibly harmful' (www.asiaone.com)

UK households face tax rise of £3,500 a year by next election, finds IFS (www.theguardian.com)

Russell Brand posts video online denying unspecified criminal allegations (www.theguardian.com)

85% Of Car Drivers Break 20mph Speed Limits, Reveals U.K.’s Department For Transport (www.forbes.com)

Statistics published today by the U.K. Department for Transport (DfT) show that in 2022 85% of the car drivers in Great Britain broke the law by driving faster than the speed limit in 20mph zones. On roads with a 30mph maximum, 50% of car drivers broke the law, reveals the annual DfT report on speed limit compliance....