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The Who‘s Roger Daltrey has criticised the recently announced UK government Budget, calling it a “kick in the balls” to the charity sector.Last Wednesday (October 30) Chancellor Rachel Reeves revealed the UK autumn budget in a speech.One component of the Budget is to raise £40 billion through taxes is an increase in employers’ National Insurance contributions, rising from 13.8 per cent to 15 per cent starting in April 2025. The threshold at which employers start paying the tax on each employee’s salary will also decrease from £9,100 per year to £5,000.For over 20 years, Daltrey served as a patron of the Teenage Cancer Trust and curated annual concerts at the Royal Albert Hall for the charity until 2024.

Police are searching for three men who they say stole an ATM from inside a Wissinoming store. WISSINOMING - Philadelphia police are searching for a group of men who they say stole an ATM machine from inside a convenience store in Wissinoming early Sunday morning.According to investigators, three heavyset Black men wearing dark clothes entered Brothers Convenience Store around 2 a.m.

were put into lockdown last month.Those living at the accommodation, in Hulme, were told to self-isolate for a fortnight 'with immediate effect' amid rising infection rates.The M.E.N can now reveal that a total of 544 staff and students have tested positive for Covid-19 since September 14.Between September 14 and 20 a total of 42 students and two staff tested positive.The following week - between September 21 and 27 - a total of 489 students and 11 staff received positive coronavirus tests.

Lieutenant Governor’s Office:Statement on Behalf of the Lieutenant Governor’s OfficeA member of the Lieutenant Governor’s team has tested positive for COVID-19, and the office was notified at 9 a.m. on Friday, Sept. 11.