41 h. ago Revealed: three tonnes of uranium legally dumped in protected English estuary in nine years

Exclusive: expert raises concerns over quantities allowed to be discharged from nuclear fuel factory near PrestonThe Environment Agency has allowed a firm to dump three tonnes of uranium into one of England’s most protected sites over the past nine years, it can be revealed, with experts sounding alarm over the potential environmental impact of these discharges.Documents obtained by the Guardian and the Ends Report through freedom of information requests show that a nuclear fuel factory near Preston discharged large quantities of uranium – legally, under its environmental permit conditions – into the River Ribble between 2015 and 2024. The discharges peaked in 2015 when 703kg of uranium was discharged, according to the documents. Continue reading...

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47 h. ago Angela Rayner 'jockeying to take over from failing Starmer' as panicking PM 'looks to placate Labour Left by axing two

Keir Starmer signalled an extraordinary U-turn on cuts to winter fuel allowance yesterday as he bowed to a growing revolt on his benches.

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54 h. ago Martin Lewis tells Labour there are 'two main problems' with Winter Fuel Payment plans

The U-turn on the Winter Fuel Payment cuts will have to overcome two major issues, Martin Lewis has warned

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59 h. ago Winter fuel payment cuts were a panic measure finally put right

Editorial: The move inadvertently caused maximum political damage to Labour – now, Keir Starmer’s surprise U-turn is an encouraging sign his administration has learnt from its mistakes

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67 h. ago Starmer to look at making more pensioners eligible for winter fuel allowance

The Prime Minister has faced pressure to change course over the squeeze on benefits.

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68 h. ago Winter fuel allowance: Sir Keir Starmer wants more pensioners to be eligible in payment axe U

A reversal of the UK Labour government’s position on winter fuel payment cuts has been foreshadowed by Sir Keir Starmer at Prime Minister’s Questions.

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68 h. ago Keir Starmer said he wants more pensioners to get winter fuel payments in huge U

Keir Starmer has suggested he is looking at U-turning on his decision to cut winter fuel payments for millions of pensioners. We'll be bringing you the latest updates on this Breaking Politics News story.

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2 d. ago Diane Abbott warns Keir Starmer winter fuel payment like Thatcher's poll tax and 'she was gone in a year'

The veteran Labour MP strongly criticised the controversial policy which the Government is believed to now be reconsidering

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2 d. ago UK politics live: Reeves defends ‘necessary’ winter fuel payment cuts amid speculation over U

Senior government figures are in talks about whether to U-turn on the chancellor’s winter fuel cuts within weeks

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3 d. ago Ministers in talks over possibility of ‘reversing winter fuel payment cuts’

The government has faced mounting calls to reverse the winter fuel cuts

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3 d. ago Rachel Reeves hints at winter fuel allowance shift saying she is 'listening' to mounting disquiet from Labour MPs

Chancellor Rachel Reeves suggested she is considering the threshold at which the benefit is removed after the cut was seen as a factor in dire local election results.

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3 d. ago Chancellor sidesteps calls to reverse cuts to winter fuel allowance and benefits

Ministers are reportedly considering making changes in a bid to placate Labour rebels.

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3 d. ago Hundreds of thousands of pensioners are hit with unexpected tax bills after threshold freeze as Labour clobbers older Britons even more with winter fuel allowance

HMRC issued some 1.32million 'simple assessments' to pensioners in the 2023/24 tax year, dragging more into taxable thresholds in a case of 'fiscal drag'.

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7 d. ago Keir Starmer leaves door open to changing winter fuel cuts after months of backlash

Keir Starmer told reporters in Tirana, Albania, that means testing winter fuel payments was the right thing to do, but did not deny reports that thresholds could change

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7 d. ago Labour targeted with fresh demands for Winter Fuel Allowance U

We asked Mirror readers whether Labour should U-turn on cutting the winter fuel payments - and the results are in

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8 d. ago New UK Government update on planned DWP changes to PIP and Winter Fuel Payment cuts

More than 100 MPs have reportedly called for proposed welfare reforms to the disability benefit to be scrapped.

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8 d. ago Eluned Morgan told to give 'straight answer' in testy BBC Breakfast exchange

She was asked whether her government plans to copy Scotland and offer relief to people impacted by the winter fuel allowance cuts

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1 week ago KEVIN MAGUIRE: 'Restoring the disastrously axed £300 Winter Fuel Allowance would give Labour a bigger boost than bashing migrants'

'Starmer standing up in Downing Street ever so humble, apologising and fixing what he broke, would refuel Labour’s prospects. Today he’ll deliver the wrong speech'

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2 w. ago “Existential threat” to Labour as Starmer defends winter fuel cuts

Following 45 Labour MPs grouping together and a crushing local election result, The Division Bell discusses this last week in politics

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2 w. ago Speculation over Rachel Reeves’s future as demands for winter fuel cuts U

Reform’s election success last week has seen troubled Labour MPs pushing for a U-turn on winter fuel payments and speculation over a ministerial reshuffle

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