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Search complete. 7 mentions across 4 episodes found for "Easington".

Oct 15, 2026

GarethHOST
56:09
They've got a pipeline down into this natural gas field.
GarethHOST
56:13
And then there's a pipeline from there to Easington on the East Coast, which is a gasworks.
GarethHOST
56:18
and so they're they're extracting the gas from the ground sending it to easington like that's what they're doing right but they can also put it back in so if you're in a situation where you don't need the gas you can send it the other way like it's used like a battery like a storage facility for the gas interesting because there's this cavity underground somewhere with all this gas and you can you can take in and put it back you know so they just use it like a big reservoir That's very interesting.
GarethHOST
56:42
I didn't know that.
Ian CollinsHOST
24:32
Just give you one example.
Ian CollinsHOST
24:34
In Easington alone, the welfare bill hit £340 million, the equivalent of £66,000.
Ian CollinsHOST
24:41
average earner's tax.
Ian CollinsHOST
24:43
That's unsustainable.
Ian CollinsHOST
24:44
Where's Easington, by the way? Finn, where's Easington? I'd love to know.
Ian CollinsHOST
24:49
Do you know? Where's Easington? Yeah, anyway, Mark Littlewood might know where Easington is, Director of Popular Conservatism.
Ian CollinsHOST
24:57
Good afternoon to you, Mark.
Ian CollinsHOST
24:59
Welcome to Spot the Town.

Unknown podcast

BalVoi:60 | Hourly News Briefing | October 7, 2026 • 6:00 PM EDT

Oct 7 · 1 Mention

speaker_1UNKNOWN
8:11
The report noted that in 51 constituencies, welfare spending matches or exceeds the combined income tax and national insurance payments made by at least half of all local residents.
speaker_1UNKNOWN
8:23
Easington in County Durham recorded a welfare expenditure of £340 million over the previous year against a median wage income tax yield of £5,144 per worker, a gap the report said would have required roughly 66,270 people earning at that median level to cover the total outlay.
speaker_1UNKNOWN
8:46
Forecasts putting total welfare spending past £400 billion by the end of the decade prompted the Taxpayers' Alliance to call on the government to reduce those outlays.
speaker_1UNKNOWN
8:57
Chief Executive O'Connell told reporters that welfare expenditure had grown faster than the organization could manage, with some workers in certain areas experiencing a decline in take-home pay alongside rising public spending on benefits.

Unknown podcast

BalVoi:60 | Hourly News Briefing | October 7, 2026 • 5:00 AM EDT

Oct 7 · 1 Mention

DanielleHOST
5:15
In 51 constituencies, the report noted, welfare spending matches or exceeds the combined income tax and national insurance payments made by at least half of all local residents.
DanielleHOST
5:27
Easington in County Durham recorded a welfare expenditure of £340 million over the previous year, set against a median wage income tax yield of £5,144 per worker, a gap that would have required roughly £66,000.
DanielleHOST
5:43
270 people earning at that median level to cover the total outlay.
DanielleHOST
5:47
One party has outlined a plan to cut public spending by more than £50 billion annually by 2030, should it take power at the next general election, with one proposed measure limiting welfare entitlements to those holding British citizenship.

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