"Good morning. With Christmas just two days away, the Westminster tap of news, which normally gushes strongly, is down to a dribble. There is not much on the government's grid today, apart from an announcement about a plan to ensure young people leaving care in England will receive free prescriptions, and dental and eye services up to their 25th birthday, which we've written up here and also confirmation that some former mineworkers are getting a 100-a-week boost to their pensions as a result of a change to the British Coal Staff Superannuation Scheme announced in the budget."
"The Telegraph is splashing on a story by Charles Hymas, its home affairs editor, saying that non-crime hate incidents [NCHIs] are to be scrapped under plans that police chiefs will present to the home secretary next month. This sounds like something pencilled in for the 2026 No 10 news grid, but Hymas has spoken to Lord Herbert, the former Tory policing minister who is now chair of the College of Policing, an organisation that works with the Home Office on policing policy, and he has confirmed that NCHIs are for the chop. He told the paper: NCHIs will go as a concept. That system will be scrapped and replaced with a completely different system. There will be no recording of anything like it on crime databases. Instead, only the m"
With Christmas approaching, political news intensity has dropped. The government will provide free prescriptions, dental and eye services to young people leaving care in England until their 25th birthday. Some former mineworkers will receive a £100-per-week pension boost due to a change in the British Coal Staff Superannuation Scheme. Reform UK proposes cutting the aid budget by 90 percent, excluding existing contributions to global bodies such as the UN and World Bank. Charities warn such reductions would shred Britain's international influence and risk its standing within those organisations. NCHIs will go as a concept. That system will be scrapped and replaced with a completely different system.
Read at www.theguardian.com
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