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K Bank App Problem
My bank ATM card is frozen as well, can't withdraw money as well as app not working. I used to only get 5 year passport extensions because long ago Imm used to get upset with too many stamps in the book, so this time got a 10 year passport and Aus embassy said get a 5 yr one as you're old already. 555 -
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More than 1m foreigners claim Universal Credit every month
The number of foreign nationals claiming Universal Credit in Britain has risen to nearly 1.3 million, official new figures have revealed. The data, from the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP), shows that the number of migrants on the benefit increased from 906,000 in June 2022 to 1.27 million in June this year. Some 737,799 of the migrants are unemployed, while 510,970 are in some kind of work, according to the figures. The benefit claims, broken down by nationality by the DWP for the first time, were labelled as “unsustainable” and prompted demands for a rethink of state benefits to restrict access to them by migrants. Most of the migrants receiving the benefits are EU nationals, comprising 770,379 of the claims. This represents a 19.7 per cent increase from 643,000 in 2022. Non-EU nationals account for 492,502 of the Universal Credit claims, which is up 87.6 per cent - or nearly double the 263,000 in June 2022. Experts suggested the increase reflected a surge in the number of asylum seekers being granted refugee status and record net migration, which hit a peak of 906,000 in the year to June 2023. Of the non-EU nationals, those with indefinite leave to remain make up 211,090 of the claims, followed by 118,749 refugees, 54,156 on humanitarian visas including Ukraine and Afghanistan, 75,267 on time-limited visas, and 33,240 “others”. Foreign nationals become eligible for Universal Credit and other benefits on the same terms as British citizens once they are granted either indefinite leave to remain or refugee status. The figures do not put a cost to the taxpayer on the figures, but research, previously published by The Telegraph, showed that households with at least one claimant who is a foreign national doubled to nearly £1 billion a month in the past three years. Original story courtesy The Telegraph -
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2025 SSA Form 7162 - "Hello, are you dead yet?" forms.
I know that, but they are supposed to be our 'eyes & ears' or are they not? Overwhelm them and then perhaps they will understand that they need some support....... Would it hurt to express yourself about the need of an automated process? Folks on AN rant & rave about DOGE and how they are cutting expenses..... so it takes $0 to send folks from the Manila Embassy to CM? LMAO -
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Johnson breaks with Trump, calls for DOJ to release Epstein files
Yes, and what he says on Benny Johnson's podcast is even further removed. Fairly tepid comments, "I'm all for transparency." -
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Thai Poll Reveals Over 80% Want Suspended PM to Step Down
Fortunately....or unfortunately......what "the people" want has little bearing on these matters.....including their votes. it seems. in a general election. -
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EU Polish Far-Right Politician Under Fire for Denying Auschwitz Gas Chambers
Deep breath.... 1. You posted that only Jews were conscripted into the IDF. 2. Subsequently you posted that Druze were conscripted into the IDF. I pointed out that post #1 was contradicted by post #2. There followed accusations of me being a "lefty liar" - anyone who knows me or has followed my posts will know that I am far from being a lefty - that is frankly a ludicrous suggestion. As to being a liar, not so, it is you who denied posting something that is there, on the record, in black and white! Most people probably would, realising that they had made a mistake would admit it and things would move on. However you resort to abuse. Now, sticks and stones and so on, but these groundless accusations of being a liar, the implication that holding or expressing a different view is somehow inherently deceitful has become prevalent ( with you and several others) and I confess to being some what prickly about it; hence the (tongue in cheek) suggestion that you "lie like a cheap NAAFI watch". It does rather seem, for you that invective and abuse are a "one way street"! Anyone who is interested can follow the exchange of posts, they are on the board, and can come to their own conclusions. I doubt many will, and I don't really blame them! You can stop calling me a liar.
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