Easington
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Oct 15, 2026
To Hull and Back (Only Fools and Horses)
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56:09GarethHOST
They've got a pipeline down into this natural gas field.
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56:13GarethHOST
And then there's a pipeline from there to Easington on the East Coast, which is a gasworks.
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56:18GarethHOST
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.
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56:42GarethHOST
I didn't know that.
Kemi Badenoch: Is This the Fight for Britain’s Future?
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24:32Ian CollinsHOST
Just give you one example.
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24:34Ian CollinsHOST
In Easington alone, the welfare bill hit £340 million, the equivalent of £66,000.
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24:41Ian CollinsHOST
average earner's tax.
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24:43Ian CollinsHOST
That's unsustainable.
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24:44Ian CollinsHOST
Where's Easington, by the way? Finn, where's Easington? I'd love to know.
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24:49Ian CollinsHOST
Do you know? Where's Easington? Yeah, anyway, Mark Littlewood might know where Easington is, Director of Popular Conservatism.
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24:57Ian CollinsHOST
Good afternoon to you, Mark.
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24:59Ian CollinsHOST
Welcome to Spot the Town.
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BalVoi:60 | Hourly News Briefing | October 7, 2026 • 6:00 PM EDT
Oct 7 · 1 Mention
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8:11speaker_1UNKNOWN
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.
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8:23speaker_1UNKNOWN
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.
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8:46speaker_1UNKNOWN
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.
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8:57speaker_1UNKNOWN
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.
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BalVoi:60 | Hourly News Briefing | October 7, 2026 • 5:00 AM EDT
Oct 7 · 1 Mention
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5:15DanielleHOST
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.
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5:27DanielleHOST
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.
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5:43DanielleHOST
270 people earning at that median level to cover the total outlay.
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5:47DanielleHOST
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.