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Peter Rhodes on the fuel allowance, giving blood, and a new way to help the NHS

Peter Rhodes on the fuel allowance, giving blood, and a new way to help the NHS

Chancellor Rachel Reeves is restoring the winter fuel allowance to all pensioners, but will claw it back from those earning more than £35,000 a...

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Peter Rhodes

Peter Rhodes on risky opinions, the bill for barracks and how Whitehall works

Peter Rhodes on risky opinions, the bill for barracks and how Whitehall works

How government works. Civil servants have been drawing up a list of the sort of poisonous, hateful opinions that might justify a citizen being...

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Peter Rhodes

Peter Rhodes on free meals, political wallflowers and the secret of perfect packing

Peter Rhodes on free meals, political wallflowers and the secret of perfect packing

Star columnist gives his views on the government's plans for free school meals, ministers and his summer holidays I caught a snatch of a radio...

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Peter Rhodes

Peter Rhodes on waders, warmongers and taking a guess at the future

Peter Rhodes on waders, warmongers and taking a guess at the future

There is what we in journalism call a lead-in on this column, a pause of a day or so before what is written actually appears. This means sometimes...

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Peter Rhodes

Dan Morris: Life on a roll

Dan Morris: Life on a roll

Since the unbridled joy of National Barbecue Week, I’m still in full-on foodie mode. Firing the grill up last week was exquisite, and has certainly...

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Daniel Morris

Mark Andrews: How much 'courtesy or respect' do people who carry knives deserve?

Mark Andrews: How much 'courtesy or respect' do people who carry knives deserve?

Mark Andrews takes a wry look at the week's news "The panel found that PC Castle failed to act with self-control, did not treat the boy with...

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Mark Andrews

Toby Neal on an army of the future, shoplifting statistics and playing hero on public transport

Toby Neal on an army of the future, shoplifting statistics and playing hero on public transport

And here they are, the cream of the British Army, on parade to receive the cheers and claps of a grateful public. Watch more of our videos on...

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Toby Neal

Every breath I take I'll be missing you and your bonkers, fruity flavours: yes, my last disposable vape has run out

Every breath I take I'll be missing you and your bonkers, fruity flavours: yes, my last disposable vape has run out

The familiar sinking feeling of sucking on an empty disposable vape was all the more painful when I remembered they are now banned. Watch more of...

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Adam Smith