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According to a survey, businesses that offer employees with education, physiotherapy, and flu jabs at work should be given tax breaks. Rather than on welfare or signed-off sick, businesses that help keep Britons healthy and in work can be rewarded by the change. Other suggestions include providing NHS Well Checks in offices and factories to raise uptake and lowering the qualifying age from 40 to 25 in areas of the country where unemployment rates are highest.

The Somerset Gimp is said to have terrorized locals for months by crawling around the floor and making threatening sounds late at night before being unveiled. Joshua Hunt, 32, of pf Claverham, was found guilty of frightening female motorists walking home at night by dressing in a black gimp suit. On the evening of May 7 and shortly after midnight on May 9th this year, bizarre events took place in rural Somerset near Bleadon, near Weston-super-Mare. However, Hunt had previously been jailed on suspicion of causing a public nuisance following a string of other 'gimp' incidents in the Cleeve, Claverham, and Yatton areas of the county last year, according to Avon and Somerset Police. Many of these people were also seen rolling around the ground and making threatening noises towards people who had been late at night. However, detectives said that insufficient evidence meant no further action could be taken in connection with those charges. Hunt was found guilty of two offences under the Public Order Act of causing deliberate harassment, alarm, or distress in connection with the Bleadon offenses today. At Bristol Magistrates' Court, District Judge Joanna Dickens fined Hunt £100 and ordered him to pay £200 to each of his victims plus £620 in court fees. Hunt had apologised and served one month in jail for her remand, according to her.

A man accused of leaping out on two women dressed in latex appeared in court this morning for his trial. Joshua Hunt, 32, appeared in Bristol Magistrates' Court today on charges that he leapt out at the stunned victims while wearing a rubber gimp outfit. Under section four of the Public Order Act, Hunt, of Claverham, Somerset, has denied two charges of putting someone in danger of provocation or violence. In the Bleadon and Cleeve areas of the county, the defendant, who is on bail, reportedly assaulted the two lone females on May 7 and 9.

Drones could be used to distribute medicine to remote areas of the world under pressure to make the devices work better. The UK Space Agency (UKSA) has invested £20 million to support tech companies inventing new uses for drones. Ministers are hoping that pharmaceutical companies will find efficient ways to better connect rural communities, such as using satellite technology to quickly transport drugs in areas where other modes of travel can be time-consuming. Both in emergency and in more routine medical visits, as well as increasing internet connectivity in areas where signal reception is still poor. Chloe Smith, the Minister of Science, Innovation and Technology, said: "From using drones to get medications to hospitals, to increasing smartphone network connectivity in rural areas, aerial connectivity has greatly improved.'

A look at clinical trials in the United Kingdom indicates that patients in GP surgeries could be enrolled in trials for experimental drugs in the hopes of fostering scientific study and shortening wait times. GPs could be rewarded financially if they tried new drugs or therapies on their patients under the program. Ministers were encouraged to'speed up the availability of clinical trials and increase patient involvement in study,' according to Health Secretary Steve Barclay (right), so patients receiving NHS care can benefit from cutting-edge treatments faster than ever.' The announcements follow following Dame Angela McLean's study of the UK's life science regulatory system. Lord O'Shaughnessy, a former health minister, expressed worry that "research is not adequately prioritized by or within the NHS."

EVE SIMMONS: The MPs shown here, as well as three of his predecessors, should do some serious soul-searching this week. Thomas Pursglove, the current incumbent, received a letter from the All Party Parliamentary Group on Disability on Wednesday, backed by Mencap and a number of leading MPs and peers, urging a Commons debate and government inquiry into the causes of Britain's 11 million disabled people by Wednesday. It's about time too.

Chloe Smith, 25, of Uttoxeter, Staffordshire, said, "she's always knew stuff" and began readings 12 months ago, before exploding on social media (left). Other famous faces said to have sought out her services - which feature general readings, a message from a past loved one and a fertility predictions - include Helen Skelton, Daisy May-Cooper, Love Island's Maura Higgins as well as Mary Fitzgerald from Netflix's Selling Sunset (right)

Chloe Smith, the former Cabinet Minister, has slammed local councils for refusing to fund sign language lessons for deaf children (file photo right). It comes after The Mail revealed on Sunday that some parents are being expected to pay £20,000 or more to learn how to communicate with their child. According to the former Work and Pensions Secretary, it was'simply incorrect' that families must pay for such classes themselves. Mother Katie Littlejohns (left with son Alvie), 36, of Cornwall, started the petition after she was unable to find council funds to teach sign language to her deaf two-year-old son Alvie.

The Tories have been rattled by two former rising stars' decision to leave frontline politics rather than continuing to compete for top positions. Chloe Smith, 40, who served as a temporary staffer and pensions secretary during Liz Truss' brief tenure in No. 10 this summer, has announced that she would not contest Norwich North, the marginal constituency she has held since 2009. William Wragg, who chairs the Public Administration and Constitution Affairs Committee, announced last night that he would withdraw from the Hazel Grove seat in Manchester. The 34-year-old hasn't been in the Commons since 2015. According to the Times, Tory leaders are bracing for as many as 80 MPs to declare that they will not contest the next election, which is forecast in 2024. They have until December 5 this year to make a decision.

Their departures sparked suspicions of an exode among Tory MPs, with one of them predicting as many as 80 people to leave. If there was a chance that the Conservative Party would lose control in the upcoming general election, they gathered MPs in winnable seats. Ms Smith (left), the former work and pensions secretary who served in the Cabinet during Liz Truss' brief tenure in No. 10, has been in charge of the marginal Norwich North constituency since 2009. Except in 2017, when this decreased to just 507. During her tenure as a Conservative MP, Ms Smith has worked in various departments, including the Treasury and Northern Ireland Offices. "I have been honored to be Norwich North's MP," she said in a tweet announcing her intention to resign after this Parliament expires. It's a fantastic job for a fantastic location, and it's a distinct honor to represent Norwich and Norfolk, where I come from.' Ms Smith's announcement came on the same day her Tory colleague, Mr Wragg (right), 34, said he would not run for office at the next election. Since 2005, the senior Conservative, who chairs the Public Administration and Constitution Affairs select committee, has been representing Hazel Grove, the Greater Manchester constituency. Since 1997, the Brexiteer took the seat of Liberal Democrats and became the first Tory MP to attend the House of Commons.

According to reports, the Prime Minister and Chancellor (left) intend to put the UK on a 'Swiss-style' relationship with Brussels to raise exports. However, former Cabinet Minister Nadine Dorries (bottom right) said that voters needed stability and a promise that Brexit was "safe." A new EU agreement was not being discussed or considered by Treasury sources, who said that no new EU agreement was being discussed or considered. Mr Hunt admitted last week that Brexit had resulted in trade barriers, which was disappointing. The prospect of a Swiss-style bargain has enraged Tories, who fear that it will cost them Leave-backing voters at the next election. When asked about the studies, Health Secretary Steve Barclay (top right) told Sky News: "We've got a Prime Minister who loves Brexit.' I did and was Brexit Secretary and worked really hard to strengthen our government's control over our rules, our borders, and our money. So, it's absolutely vital, particularly in those high-growth industries such as financial services, life sciences, and the green industries, that we should use the Brexit freedoms we have. I don't recognize this story at all.'

In the campaign to reclaim control, the Portsmouth MP appeared to pay the price for pushing the new PM to the brink. As he announced his new Cabinet meant to bring warring wings of the Tory Party back together this evening, she was confirmed in her new position as Commons Leader. She has been suspected of a much more senior role, perhaps as the foreign minister. However, her decision not to resign from the leadership race until two minutes before the deadline yesterday appears to have counted against her.

Jacob Rees-Mogg, Education Secretary Kit Malthouse, Justice Secretary Brandon Lewis, Welsh Secretary Robert Buckland, and Environment Secretary Ranil Jayawardena were among 11 Cabinet members suspended in a dramatic 90 minutes of Tory bloodletting. Following the fracking vote debacle last Wednesday night, up-minister Simon Clarke, Work and Pensions Secretary Chloe Smith, and Tory Chair Jake Berry have all been fired, while chief whip Wendy Morton is out for the second time in a week. Rishi Sunak, the current Prime Minister of India, delivered the bad news to ministers in private at his House of Commons before making appointments in No. 10. Jeremy Hunt is still Chancellor a week ahead of the critical Halloween Budget and after the markets calmed dramatically. Today, the Pound was above $1.14, although government borrowing costs are down. Dominic Raab is also in Downing Street and on his way to a comeback. However, aides have pleaded that Mr Sunak would not repeat his predecessor Liz Truss' mistakes by overfilling the top echelons of government with ultra-loyalists.

Rishi Sunak may be appointed as the new Prime Minister as early as 2.15 p.m., with Ms Mordaunt as his sole remaining rival, a long way off the maximum of 100 votes required to spark a run-off. The former Chancellor has received public support from more than 180 Tory MPs, as well as from celebrities like Mr Johnson, who are keen supporters of the campaign. They include senior figures such as James Cleverly, Brandon Lewis, Simon Clarke, Priti Patel, and Nadhim Zahawi. Mr Sunak will be the country's first non-white premier and his youngest since the Napoleonic Wars. Ms Mordaunt has sounded defiance, with allies claiming she has more than 90 nominations and arguing that it is still time for her to complete the contest. However, Tory MP George Freeman, a central figure in her campaign, has fallen out of ranks to say she should now stand down.

Following a record number of Britons out of work due to long-term sickness, businesses were encouraged to do more to assist their employees' health and well-being today. Chloe Smith, the Minister of Work and Pensions, told businesses that investing in their employees could prevent "even more people from being inactive due to long-term health difficulties." According to official estimates, the number of long-term sick people increased to just under 2.5 million in the three months to August. According to the Office of National Statistics, there was a jump of nearly 170,000 from the previous three months. Ms Smith emphasized how a "healthy workforce supports a vibrant and growing economy" in the context of Prime Minister Liz Truss' call for increased industrial development. The Cabinet Minister praised companies that provided private counselling sessions to improve employees' mental stability, as well as businesses that have launched 'on your feet' days to discourage employees from spending too long in front of computers.

The Pound has risen to a two-week peak today as Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng prepares to bring forward the unveiling of his debt reduction plans. The dollar has now risen 1.141 against the dollar, up 0.8 percent this morning. Following the Chancellor's tax-cutting mini budget last week, the Pound had dropped to $1.0327, a record low. However, it has since increased and is now as high as it was on September 21. The Pound has dropped to around 1.326 against the dollar in April, relative to earlier in the year. According to the Financial Times, the Chancellor is now expected to postpone the unveiling of his medium-term fiscal plan to reduce public debt until later this month. Following widespread resistance from MPs and economists, the demonstration will now take place before the Bank of England's next meeting to consider interest rates.

Ms Patel is expected to warn Prime Minister and Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng that the party will'live or die' depending on how it is handled by the economy in a Conservative Party Conference appearance. The former Cabinet minister, who resigned after Ms Truss' appointment, would accuse the new Tory government of'spending today with no intention of tomorrow'. It comes as Ms Truss' Cabinet is raging over the mini-Budget, with ministers preparing for a confrontation over attempts to reduce pension increases for the poorest. The Prime Minister is facing backlash from the party's moderate wing, but Ms Patel is from a more hardline element, demonstrating the depth of resistance just weeks into Ms Truss' reign. It came as loyal ministers screamed at Michael Gove as he began a marathon run of conference appearances in Birmingham. He has sluggishly criticized the PM's policies this week.

Liz Truss is expected to defy hundreds of Tory MPs and members of her own Cabinet by increasing salaries in line with earnings rather than inflation, ensuring a real-term reduction. She'll argue that going beyond what employees are earning would be unfair, and that the change would save the government £7 billion. However, Penny Mordaunt, the Commons leader, told Times Radio that increasing salaries in line with inflation makes sense. "I am a fiscal hawk but still I don't think you can hold your benefits down," one cabinet minister told MailOnline, "I am a fiscal hawk," I admit, but even I don't think you should keep health care costs down. We've had enough of a fight over the top rate of tax - the benefits would have been even worse.' Chloe Smith, the Minister of Work and Pensions, is also said to have skepticism over the scheme. The size of resistance has sparked concerns that the premier will be pushed into another U-turn, tarring her name for decisiveness. Mr Kwarteng is set to announce today that he would present his promised fiscal statement outlining how he will balance the books and, more importantly, the OBR's opinion on the finances from November 23.

The Public and Commercial Services Union (PCS) is sending a dossier to ministers, revealing the 'deeps of poverty' suffered by the government's own employees. For the first time in their lives, civil servants are now dependent on foodbanks, according to the union. The 156-page dossier is being sent to Department of Work and Pensions (DWP) Secretary Chloe Smith, as well as increased demands for a pay increase to help employees cope with the cost-of-living crisis. The union wrote a letter to the minister, stating, "Our members have been plunged into ever-increasing poverty."

Universal Credit claimants working up to 15 hours a week on the National Living Wage will be required to consult regularly with a work coach and take 'active steps' to raise funds, according to Kwasi Kwarteng. If they fail to do so under the program, their benefits could be reduced. The move, which Treasury has described as a gradual expansion, is expected to take effect from January as part of the Universal Credit system. Mr Kwarteng has characterized the program as a 'win-win', pitching it as a way to fill 1.2 million job vacancies around the country. Labour disapproving the scheme, which comes amid rumors that the 'fiscal event' would lift the cap on banker salaries and shave company taxes on tomorrow.

Dr Janet Leese, a GP, is pictured right. She was only 57 when she was told she was going to die as a result of something horrible that had happened to her at work. It wasn't that she had been sick with a disease from a patient or been pushed to exhaustion by her job. Rather, she was discovered to have breathed in the dust created by renovations at a hospital where she was preparing to be a doctor in the 1980s. Microscopic asbestos fibres, poisonous filaments from building materials that penetrated her lungs' delicate lining, and caused mesothelioma, the most common form of lung cancer, were floating in the mistussia. The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) approved two immunotherapy drugs, nivolumab and ipilimumab, in June, which had been tested in clinical trials to extend life in some mesothelioma patients by several months, often several years, with less side effects than chemotherapy. However, when the trials were conducted with patients who had not first experienced chemotherapy, it was only approved as a 'first-line' therapy,' meaning patients who have undergone chemotherapy are unlikely to have the immunotherapy drug. Many, including Helen Bone, 39, a Middlesbrough nurse, who is seen with her daughters, have been left out. After having abdominal pains, she was diagnosed a year ago. She is uncertain where she inghaled the asbestos that caused her cancer. Helen has three children, aged 16, 13 and ten, and she is eager to see them grow up. Her cancer is stage 1, the lowest ever seen in the United States. 'I started chemo in September last year and finished in January this year,' she says. The cancer was stable at first scan, but a second scan revealed increased.'

Liz Truss said that her proposed new government would lay out concrete plans within a week, acknowledging that the country faces's greatest challenges.' However, when appearing on the BBC's latest Sunday political show, she played down worries about a 'Armageddon' scenario, insisting that the UK has weathered tougher times before. Ms Truss is expected to be installed as Boris Johnson's replacement at lunchtime on Monday, before taking over in No. 10 on Tuesday. However, the aspiration of the incoming Prime Minister appears to be the worst in decades, with suspicions that Vladimir Putin's energy crisis may have sparked anxiety and even blackouts this winter. When the Conservative candidates faced it out over the summer, there has been a lot of fear about drift in government.

Liz Truss is expected to be drafted as Boris Johnson's replacement at lunchtime on Monday, before taking over in No10 on Tuesday. The incoming PM's in-tray looks the worst for decades, with growing concerns that the energy crisis caused by Vladimir Putin could result in sarcastics and even blackouts this winter. Ms Truss has promised 'immediate action' this week if she believes Rishi Sunak's challenge will be confirmed in print, and she has holed up at her Grace-and-Favour Chevening residence, devising a plan. Kwasi Kwarteng, the early entrepreneur in her leadership search and a neighbor in south-east London, is widely predicted to become Chancellor. Therese Coffey, the current Work and Pensions Secretary, could be promoted to the critical health brief, and James Cleverly, another ally, is expected to step up to Foreign Secretary. However, Mr Sunak and his allies are largely frozen out. Priti Patel, a Tory right entrepreneur who initially wrangled with Ms Truss over who was supposed to be the Tory right candidate, could be another casualty, although she later fell into line behind her.

Liz Truss, a leadership candidate, was holed up at Chevening, Kent's grace-and-favour home, considering potential residents. Kwasi Kwarteng (pictured), the Business Secretary who is likely to be her Chancellor, is one of those expected to play a key role. As neighbors in south-east London, the two have a political ideology as well as a street. Attorney General Suella Braverman is expected to be Home Secretary. According to Ms Truss, the former leadership candidate appears to have discussed her preparations for the briefing.