One group to miss out on Labour’s U-turn over DWP Winter Fuel Payment policy
Pension Credit claims can be backdated by up to three months and provide access to the Winter Fuel Payment. (Image: Getty Images) A government minister has dashed the hopes of some pensioners by confirming that the Winter Fuel Payment will not be reinstated…
New Covid variant NB.1.8.1 spreads globally: Impact, symptoms and travel implications
Adult hand with protective glove with the Test Result by Using self Rapid Test Device for COVID-19 Coronavirus. (Image: ) A new COVID-19 variant called NB. 1.8.1 is stirring concern worldwide with a surge in cases prompting the World Health Organisation…
Thousands of Britain’s biggest jobless families in line for taxpayer-funded windfalls if Labour or Reform go through with plans to lift two-child benefit cap
Thousands of Britain’s biggest jobless families could receive huge windfalls from the taxpayer under plans to scrap the two-child benefit cap. Labour and Reform are both pushing to ditch the policy brought in by the Tories in 2017 despite the £3.5billion cost it…
Rachel Reeves set to revive Tory plans to invest in the Red Wall as Labour tries to head off Reform threat
Rachel Reeves is poised to revive Boris Johnson’s plans to plough billions into the Red Wall as Labour tries to head off the threat from Reform UK. The Chancellor is said to have ordered a review of the framework to enable investment in the…
Labour’s net zero crusader Ed Miliband has a carbon footprint 12 times higher than the average Briton
To listen to Ed Miliband you might well come to the conclusion that he wasn’t terribly keen on air travel, considering it a threat to the Earth’s climate and indeed the entire human race. ‘Any aviation expansion will only be…
Ed Miliband attacks ‘defeatist’ Tony Blair after ex-PM warned Labour’s Net Zero is ‘doomed to fail’
Ed Miliband yesterday branded Tony Blair ‘incredibly defeatist’ over his warning that Labour’s controversial Net Zero drive is ‘doomed to fail’. In a high-profile intervention last month, Mr Blair savaged the Government’s obsession with Net Zero, saying voters were being asked to…
Angela Rayner ‘calls for migrant benefits to be slashed’ and urges Rachel Reeves to make changes – after Deputy PM challenged Chancellor’s economic approach
Angela Rayner called for migrant benefits to be slashed and urged Rachel Reeves to make changes, it has been reported, after the Deputy PM challenged the Chancellor’s economic approach. Bold proposals, outlined in a leaked memo revealed by The Telegraph, also suggested making…
Government is paying over £1billion a month to households with at least one foreign national in them
The government is now paying over £1 billion a month on benefits claims to households with at least one foreign national, new figures show. Households with at least one claimant who is a foreigner received £941 million in March his…
Liverpool secure astonishing EIGHT-FIGURE transfer fee for Trent Alexander-Arnold to join Real Madrid early for the Club World Cup – despite opening offer being just £850,000
Liverpool have secured a mega £10million fee from Real Madrid for Trent Alexander-Arnold to join them early. The right-back has agreed to a six-year deal at the Santiago Bernabeu and it will begin on Sunday when the transfer window officially opens. Both clubs have confirmed the move….
Keir Starmer faces calls to SACK top legal adviser Lord Hermer after peer apologises for ‘clumsy’ speech comparing calls for UK to quit ECHR to early Nazi ideology
Keir Starmer is under pressure to sack his top legal adviser today over a speech in which he compared demands that the UK quit the European Convention on Human Rights to early Nazi ideology. Attorney General Lord Hermer today apologised for an…