January 10, 2013 11.49 am
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Strivers tax could hit 8,000 Lincoln families, Labour warns
Strivers tax: More than 8,000 families in Lincoln could be affected by a controversial tax, according to new figures compiled by HMRC and highlighted by Labour.
Lincoln Labour Parliamentary candidate Lucy Rigby (centre, front) and Don Valley MP Caroline Flint campaigned on the High Street against the controversial 'strivers tax'. Photo: Steve Smailes for The Lincolnite
More than 8,000 families in Lincoln could be affected by a controversial ‘strivers tax’, according to new figures compiled by HMRC and highlighted by Labour.
The tax is actually a cap on all working age benefits, including tax credits and child benefit, which will go up by 1% a year, less than the 2.2% rate of inflation, for the next three years.
The cap would mean in actual terms a budget cut of £279 per year for families.
Across the country, the tax will leave 7.9 million working families with at least one adult being £1,152 worse off over the next five years.
Lincoln Labour Parliamentary Candidate Lucy Rigby was on Lincoln High Street on Thursday, campaigning to get people to sign a petition against the tax.
She was joined by Caroline Flint MP, Labour’s Shadow Energy and Climate Change Secretary, whom she was twinned with until the elections.
Lucy Rigby said: “Labour believes that working families shouldn’t have to pay the price of Tory failure. With over 8,000 families claiming working tax credit and affected by the strivers’ tax whilst the government is cutting taxes for millionaires at the same time, this is clearly a government who are out of touch with the lives of people here in Lincoln who are feeling the squeeze on their living standards.”
Caroline Flint, MP for Don Valley, said: “Within the shadow cabinet, we’ve all been asked to twin with one of our candidates around the country, and I’m a Doncaster MP, and I’m delighted to be twinning with Lucy Rigby.
“It’s really important that we encourage people to find work, because work is important in our lives, it gives us a reason to get up in the morning. But the truth is that there are many people in low employment that need additional support, and that’s something that many governments, of all political persuasions have recognised.
“What we’ve got now is a tax on those people who are doing right by finding work, but then finding that they are being undermined by the cuts in working tax credit and child tax credit. 8,000 families here in Lincoln are going to work, and we think they’re going to be affected, and that’s wrong,” Caroline Flint MP added.
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Can you help us identify the woman in these CCTV images?
We are appealing for help to identify the woman shown in these CCTV images following a theft that occurred on Wednesday 22 June in Grimsby.
A 92-year-old woman was walking through Freshney Place Shopping centre, Grimsby when it is believed that her purse was taken from her shopping trolley.
The woman in these images we believe may be able to assist with our investigations and we would ask anyone who believes they recognise her to please contact us on our non-emergency 101 line quoting log 246 of 23 June.
A retired fire engine that used to operate in Grimsby was used in Ukraine to help combat a missile attack on a shopping centre, which the G7 has described as a ‘war crime’ by Russia.
On Monday, footage emerged of a missile striking a shopping centre in the Ukrainian city of Kremenchuk, with Ukraine’s president Volodymyr Zelensky claiming is is evidence of a deliberate attack by Russia.
At least 20 people were killed and around 56 were injured following the incident, with G7 leaders saying the attack is considered a war crime. More than 1,000 people were inside the building when it was hit by the missile.
A familiar looking fire engine can be seen in video footage of the blaze shared across news outlets and social media platforms, in the form of an old Humberside Fire & Rescue vehicle.
Large shopping mall in Kremenchuk with hundreds of civilians inside has been hit by a Russian strike. Russia is a disgrace to humanity and it must face consequences. The response should be more heavy arms for Ukraine, more sanctions on Russia, and more businesses leaving Russia. pic.twitter.com/Uvi6fbyShK
The fire engine used to operate here in North East Lincolnshire, covering Grimsby and Immingham, and it is one of many vehicles sent out by Humberside Fire & Rescue to various countries across Europe in recent years.
Fire Aid recently sent a convoy of around 75 vehicles, equipment and clothing to Ukraine to help provide resources for recovery.
At least 20 people were killed in the incident. | Photo: BBC Look North
Area manager Matthew Sutcliffe told BBC Look North: “We’ve sent a number of fire engines since 2015 over there. These are end of life fire engines for us in Humberside, so we share them across Eastern Europe where we can.
“It’s an absolute tragedy what we saw yesterday. Firefighters there were using one of our old fire engines to protect the property but also save lives.”
"Absolute terrorism" – says @ZelenskyyUa and publishes a video of a deliberate missile strike on the Kremenchuk shopping center with people inside. Russian propaganda always lies: there is no coincidence, it is a deliberate blow to intimidate the population and mass victims. pic.twitter.com/Gx1f90cMta
During a regular nightly address to the nation on Monday, president Zelensky said: “The Russian missile hit this very object, purposefully. Obviously, that was the order. It is obvious that Russian assassins received such coordinates for this missile.
“They wanted to kill as many people as possible in a peaceful city, in a regular shopping mall.”
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