Andrew Ellson
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Consumer Affairs Correspondent, The Times. Talents include sleeping, eating and making excuses
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Joined May 2009
Seen it all before in one facial expression.
Say hello to Jonathan he was born in 1832 & is 192 years old
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Brilliant thread — as far as I’m concerned, Life of Brian rates as the best, cleverest and funniest film of all time. But the thread misses my favourite scene . “Nail some sense into ‘em!”.
Monty Python's Life of Brian is 46 years old today. 13 Life of Brian Classic Moments - A THREAD.Brian could well be the funniest movie ever made, and one clip alone won't do it justice. So dive into this thread and find out why Brian was a very naughty boy. You splitter!.1/
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With pension contributions for staff accounting for a further 23% of council tax revenues on average, the typical council is now seeing about £2 in every £5 they raise from residents effectively disappear before a penny is spent on essential services.
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I put FOIs into every council in the country and found they spend an average of 18% of the cash they raise in council tax just on servicing the cost of loans.
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Britain’s councils now spend an average of nearly £1 in every £5 raised in council tax on debt interest payments . They collectively owe at least £148.5 billion, the equivalent of £5,200 for every household in the country, a 60% increase in ten years.
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Debt has increased by 60 per cent since 2015 as local authorities struggle to cope without government grants and face increased demand for their services
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RT @simonnread: Number of the day: 122. The average FTSE 100 chief executive is now paid 122 times the median UK full-time worker. Median….
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I wonder if you can get a chargeback on your credit card if the drugs prove no good !?
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Sad times. Classic homemade puddings are on the verge of extinction, according to English Heritage .
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Rhubarb crumble, treacle sponge … only one in 50 of us eat desserts like these every day, but English Heritage wants to put them back on the table
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Astonishing stats in my story: one in every six phones stolen in Europe are stolen in London . Full story here.
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I spent a week examining the UK’s public debt so you don’t have to . The result: . “Britain's big debt gamble - how inflation-linked gilts cost us £60bn”.
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Lambeth Council finally agrees to refund drivers fined because of the unlawful West Dulwich LTN. That could cost the council up to £1.5m but as of yet no one had taken responsibility for this monumental waste of taxpayers’ cash. Why not? @RezinaChowdhury
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