Also in the news: stories you need to read
Summer is over and the news agenda is accelerating.
Events are starting to take place faster than This Writer can accommodate – but we can try to cover the bases by glancing at a few stories that would otherwise pass us by:
Geronimo the alpaca is dead
Downing Street says government’s sympathies are with the owner of Geronimo the alpaca
PM's official spokesman says it ws “obviously highly distressing for someone to lose an animal to TB and that's a situation that farmers sadly have to face”https://t.co/f3vaaZZ0m6
— BBC Politics (@BBCPolitics) August 31, 2021
Don’t believe the government line about sympathy for the owner. It was never satisfactorily proved that this animal had TB at all.
Boris Johnson could be creating a new ‘lost’ generation of young people
Boris Johnson warned youth unemployment could create 'lost generation' of Britshttps://t.co/KowXB3hcRi
— Mirror Politics (@MirrorPolitics) August 29, 2021
Raab refuses to resign over Afghanistan fiasco, showing Boris Johnson’s government has no sense of decency or shame
Dominic Raab proves again that Boris Johnson's government has no sense of decency or shame, writes @mfletchertimes. https://t.co/0ytpVLTf2O
— The New Statesman (@NewStatesman) August 23, 2021
From 40 New Hospitals To Levelling-Up – You Cannot Trust Boris Johnson
From 40 New Hospitals To Levelling-Up – You Cannot Trust Boris Johnson
New one from me.
— Rachael Swindon (@Rachael_Swindon) August 29, 2021
This secretive DWP ‘hit squad’ is trawling through Universal Credit claims to claw back overpayments – unlawfully?
Big story from me for @TheCanaryUK:
Meet the secretive DWP 'hit squad' trawling through Universal Credit claims.
The DWP's 'Repair Unit' is clawing back overpayments of up to £14,000 because of chaos during the pandemic. But is it acting unlawfully? https://t.co/VJRJUkEM0o
— Steve Topple (@MrTopple) September 1, 2021
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