9 minutes ago Lloyds Bank launches new tool to help households claim thousands in missed benefits

The banking giant has launched a new tool to help its customers determine if they are eligible for any extra benefits, as well as how to claim them

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32 minutes ago Government launches £10 to enter UK scheme impacting millions of travellers

Applications for the new Electronic Travel Authorisation (ETA) have opened to non-Europeans travellers — it will cost £10 per person and eligible non-European visitors will need one by January 8

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34 minutes ago Cost of UK asylum system hits record £5.4billion after it surged by more than a third in a year, figures show

The eyewatering bill includes all the Home Office's costs related to asylum, including direct cash support and accommodation.

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56 minutes ago Charities in ‘real danger’ due to employers’ national insurance rise, Tories say

The shadow culture secretary said the Government’s ‘charity tax’ will cost the sector £1.4 billion.

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70 minutes ago Sunset Song, Nicola Sturgeon's favourite book, removed from Scottish set text list in Higher English

The Scottish Qualifications Authority said it had ‘the lowest uptake of all the Higher texts’

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2 hours ago Household Support Fund 2024: how to apply online and contact council for cost of living payment as HSF returns

The returning Household Support Fund could help with essential expenses 💸

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2 hours ago Bake Off runner up Dylan Bachelet, 20, wows his bosses at Michelin star restaurant The Five Fields as they say they had 'no idea how good' the humble star actually was on the show

The pastry prodigy was a firm favourite to win this year's competition but lost out to Welsh paedriatic nurse Georgie Grasso after cracking under the pressure in the final challenges.

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2 hours ago Manchester United reveal how much it cost to sack Erik ten Hag and hire Ruben Amorim

Manchester United made the decision early in the season to sack Erik ten Hag and bring in Ruben Amorim as his replacement - but that came at a serious cost for the Old Trafford bosses

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2 hours ago David Cameron says he has changed mind on assisted dying and now supports bill

Ex-PM, who previously feared vulnerable people may be pressured to end lives, says legislation has ‘extremely strong’ safeguardsUK politics live – latest updatesDavid Cameron has said he has changed his mind on assisted dying and supports the bill to legalise it ahead of its first Commons vote this week.The former prime minister, who previously opposed changing the law, said he had been persuaded by the safeguards in the bill and believed it would achieve a “meaningful reduction in human suffering”. Continue reading...

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