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Avoiding speeding ticket
UK Home Secretary Suella Braverman has been accused of asking civil servants for special treatment to avoid a ticket or fine it has been claimed. Labour called for an investigation on Saturday, May 20.
Braverman has been accused of asking for a private speed awareness course, a oneoff measure that ‘retrains’ drivers rather than giving them a direct penalty.
The speed awareness course is only available once every three years, so a second penalty within that time frame would result in a ticket and fine.
Ms Braverman was accused of first consulting civil servants who refused to help her, and then asking course providers who also turned her down, eventually having to accept three points on her licence.
She had allegedly petitioned for a private 1to1 session or a video course in which she could turn her camera off and use a false name. She was thought to have had concerns about being recognised.
A Tory MP reported that Ms Braverman asked on her first day in parliament whether she could claim a speeding ticket as an expense. The Cabinet Office has declined to comment on this latest misdemeanour as the Home Secretary continues to agitate opponents.
the street, and a postcode was allotted to the two properties in Little Neston, Cheshire.
They then entered the postcode lottery and to their surprise and delight Margaret and Harry Livens and widow, Joyce won £333,333 each.
But for Joyce Ablitt the win was tinged with sadness. She lost her husband 12 years ago and said it was sad that he “wasn’t here to share it.”
Margaret Livens said she wanted to spend some of the money on a holiday with her two daughters and their four grandchildren. Joyce Ablitt said she was considering a cruise to the Norwegian fiords, but that while she was happy to spend the £333, she wanted to be careful with the other larger amount.
Both woman have faced health struggles in the past.
Margaret has just been given her fourth year all clear for breast cancer and Joyce had a stroke 20 years ago and wasn’t able to walk for some time.
