🚨 NEW: Andy Burnham has announced five "everyday fixes" ahead of the Budget 1. Carer's Allowance will be changed so carers no longer lose their entire benefit when they earn over the limit - instead, their support will reduce by £1 for every extra £1 they earn 2. Import tariffs will be removed on more than 100 products, including baked beans, chocolate and gherkins, to save households up to £21 on their food shop a year 3. Tax-free mileage rates for workers using their own cars will be made permanent at 55p per mile for the first 10,000 miles, with the rate for additional miles rising from 25p to 35p 4. Parental pay will be extended to over 150,000 more parents a year, including self-employed fathers and partners 5. Hundreds more Post Office drop boxes will be rolled out to save people queueing at branches

🚨 NEW: Andy Burnham and John Healey order a curry every Sunday night to "chew over politics" in the No 10 flat [@guardian]

I spent a week relying on just the BBC to educate, inform and entertain me and jotted down some thoughts and emotions for @TheCriticMag

BRAM STOKER'S DRACULA (1992) Francis Ford Coppola

they should invent sudden world changing events that are good. like what if a plane built 2 buildings

I once made a carrot friccasee from Jane Grigson's Vegetables, let's just say the dogs enjoyed it

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🚨 NEW: Andy Burnham will appear on Channel 4’s Goggle Box tomorrow night with Liverpool Mayor Steve Rotheram

I don’t really enjoy bad restaurant reviews, even in the case of Gordon Ramsey, if only because I feel bad for the staff. But this is so superbly written by Camilla Long in the S Times… thetimes.com/article/5189c90…

OPEN LETTER: Sally Rooney is a writer, not a terrorist. Her books must be available to the public. Their withdrawal from sale, on the basis of ill-conceived and draconian anti terror legislation, is an affront to basic principles of free speech and expression so long taken for granted in this country. We categorically reject censorship - whether direct or indirect - and urge the government to change course, amending the legislation which has led us to this point of repressive absurdity.