Wes Streeting’s smoking ban could have saved me
The IndependentI thank Wes Streeting for proposing to extend the smoking ban. Some nine million benefit claimants are likely to be affected by the Fraud, Error and Debt Bill, which will migrate as many as three million Employment Support Allowance claimants to Universal Credit. And an as-yet indeterminate number of the three million or so personal independence payment claimants who, under Labour’s plans, may lose some or all of their personal independence payment. During his visit, he is reported to have said: “We’ve been committed from the very beginning to help Israel protect their sovereign territory, and that hasn’t changed and won’t change.” But Israel is not defending its sovereign territory – it is maintaining its brutal military occupation and expansion into Palestinian territory. Tony Bourner Axminster Labour snouts in the trough As a lifelong “lefty”, I find myself incredibly disappointed by the freebie culture that the Labour government seems to have welcomed with wide open arms.
History of this topic
UK introduces a tough anti-tobacco bill, but smokers can puff away in pub gardens for now
The Independent
Planned ban on smoking in pub gardens ‘set to be ditched by No 10’
The Independent
Starmer’s outdoor smoking ban plan has pubs and clubs fuming
The Independent
‘Kick in the teeth’: Pub landlords say Starmer’s garden smoking ban would hit industry hard
The IndependentUK government mulling crackdown on outdoor smoking. Pubs are unhappy
Associated Press
How Britain looked before 2007 ban on smoking in enclosed public places that turned the tide on tobacco - from smoke-filled pubs and clubs, cigarettes during restaurant meals and lighting up on trains
Daily Mail
Furious backlash hits Labour's 'nanny state' outdoor smoking ban plans
Daily Mail
Ban smoking outside pubs and on beaches, major report suggests
The IndependentDiscover Related
