10 h. ago Britain should copy Australia to reform 'costly' state pension triple lock, says the IFS

The state pension triple lock should be ditched after the next election in favour of the uprating system used in Australia, according to the Institute of Fiscal Studies.

Economics

18 h. ago State Pension uprating could be frozen due to soaring costs of Triple Lock

Financial expert Claire Trott suggests further increases to the age of retirement may help control soaring State Pension costs.

Economics

33 h. ago State pension to rise by more than expected next year as new figures released

Under the triple lock guarantee, the state pension increases every April in line with whichever is the highest of earnings growth in between May to July, inflation in September, or 2.5%

Economics

6 d. ago DWP Universal Credit boost from April as major changes given green light

The changes will provide support for people seeking to join the workforce

Politics

6 d. ago Rachel Reeves may announce triple lock change in Budget warns pensions director

State pension payments rise each April in line with the triple lock

Events

7 d. ago Pensioners set for bigger state pension boost than previously expected

It comes after a key figure used to calculate the triple lock, which guarantees the state pension increases every April, was revised upwards in a boost for pensioners

Politics

2 w. ago Kevin Maguire: 'Kemi Badenoch's Nigel Farage tribute act will crash Tory party'

Kevin Maguire argues that the Conservative Party veering further to the right, and into Reform UK territory, is an act of blind panic that could cost the Conversative Party even more votes

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2 w. ago Just one in five young adults in favour of pension triple lock

Just one in five young people are in support of the triple lock as fresh data reveals the mechanism is driving a wedge between generations.

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3 w. ago Warning triple lock rising costs could mean further tax increases

State pension payments go up each April in line with the triple lock

Events

3 w. ago UK state pension to rise by £562 but there's one thing retirees need to know

The state pension rate for 2026/27 has been confirmed under triple lock terms, meaning pensioners will see a £562 annual boost from next April

Economics

3 w. ago Climate change scepticism is rising. Will Starmer hold firm or buckle?

Attacks from Donald Trump and Reform UK – plus a cost of living crisis – have created a politically tricky conundrumWhat are the critical environmental decisions piling up in Labour’s inbox?This week, the world’s most powerful man claimed that climate change is a “con job”. Speaking at the UN general assembly, Donald Trump told global leaders – including Keir Starmer – that “all of these predictions made by the United Nations and many others, often for bad reasons, were wrong”.“They were made by stupid people that have cost their countries fortunes and given those same countries no chance for success,” the US president said. “If you don’t get away from this green scam, your country is going to fail.” Continue reading...

Politics

3 w. ago Massive tactical voting push could cost Reform 67 seats and a majority at next election

Nigel Farage would walk into No10 at the head of a majority government if people voted for their first-choice party in a general election tomorrow.

Politics

3 w. ago State Pension payments could be frozen due to soaring costs of Triple Lock uprating

Financial expert Claire Trott suggests further increases to the age of retirement may help control soaring State Pension costs.

Economics

4 w. ago Starmer finally said it: ‘We recognise Palestine.’ But Gaza desperately needs action – where is that? | Nesrine Malik

The British PM and others offered fine words, but after all the horror, many will say too little, too late. Palestinians need unfettered support – and nowWelcome, but behind the curve. That is the summary of the coordinated recognition of a Palestinian state by Canada, Australia and Britain. The emphatic gesture is a historical moment where the record is not written, but corrected. Palestinian statehood has always existed, and recognising that fact confers credibility on the recognisers, and not the Palestinian claim to their inalienable rights.As part of the shifting tide against Israel, even in the United States, recognition of a Palestinian state enshrines what the Israeli state seems committed to erasing once and for all – the legitimate claim of Palestinians to their own land. Naming and insisting on Palestinian statehood is vital. As the activist Arab Barghouthi told the Guardian last week, the recognition protects the idea of a Palestinian state, because the Israeli governmen...

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