10 h. ago Disability benefit cuts will affect Wales disproportionately, campaigners say

UK government declined to conduct Wales-specific impact assessment for plans, despite calls from first ministerDisability benefit cuts planned by the UK government will disproportionately impact the lives of people in Wales, campaigners have said.Research released by the data analytics company Policy in Practice last week estimated that 190,000 people – 6% of the population – could have their incomes slashed by up to 60% by the end of this parliament if eligibility for personal independence payments (Pip) is tightened as proposed in a March green paper. Continue reading...

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63 h. ago 'Unfair' travel rules 'price out' cancer patients from dream holidays

A cancer charity has called on the Government to take action following claims that some patients' travel plans were being ruined

Science

67 h. ago Walking wounded told not to go to A&E as Labour plots £450m shake

Some 40 new same day emergency care and urgent treatment centres will be established across England to treat and discharge patients the same day as part of the Government's new plan.

Economics

3 d. ago Government promises quicker A&E times under plan to help end corridor care

A&E league tables will be published to drive up performance, according to the new plan for emergency care.

Politics

3 d. ago Welsh Government's £36m reserves announcement slammed 'You really couldn’t make it up'

Wales Online readers have been discussing the recent announcement by the Welsh Government concerning their plans for £36 million in reserves

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3 d. ago Keir Starmer vows to attack child poverty crisis after free school meals boost

Keir Starmer said expanding free school meals to more than half a million more pupils next year was a 'down payment' on the Governments plans to drive down child poverty

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3 d. ago China’s proposed ‘super embassy poses super risk’ to security, Tories claim

Shadow Cabinet Office minister Alex Burghart accused the Government of being ‘too weak’ to block the plans.

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3 d. ago DWP proposals could see thousands of Universal Credit claimants lose almost £100 a week

The Government is consulting on plans to remove access to the Limited Capability for Work and Work-Related Activity element of Universal Credit

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3 d. ago More than one in four pupils in England now eligible for free school meals

The figures come as the Government announced plans to expand free lunches to all pupils in families that claim universal credit from September 2026.

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3 d. ago Talks planned over Scottish Government backing for Galloway after national park plans ditched

Galloway and West Dumfries MSP Finlay Carson is due to meet Rural Affairs Secretary Mairi Gougeon today.

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3 d. ago Eurostar could see Channel Tunnel monopoly threatened as government reveals plans to increase number of trains from Britain to Europe

The Office of Rail and Road said it will allocate spare capacity at Eurostar's Temple Mills depot in Leyton, East London, to either one new operator or Eurostar itself, which has plans to grow.

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3 d. ago Vanuatu not planning to revoke Andrew Tate’s citizenship, government spokesperson says

Exclusive: Government review into how the influencer obtained citizenship found no fault with his documents and Tate will remain a citizenVanuatu is not planning to revoke the citizenship of Andrew Tate, with a government spokesperson confirming that the influencer remains a Vanuatu citizen, and the government is not taking any steps to reverse that.This week investigative outlet, the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (OCCRP) revealed that Tate obtained Vanuatu citizenship around the time of his 2022 arrest by Romanian authorities on charges including rape and human trafficking. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago Martin Lewis’s charity warns Starmer’s PIP disability cuts will be ‘catastrophic’

Martin Lewis’ charity Money and Mental Health Policy Institute has revealed research on the impact of changes to PIP as it calls on the government to drop the plans

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4 d. ago UK must tackle energy bills as firms face £24bn in extra costs – CBI

CBI boss Rain Newton-Smith is calling on the Government to draw up a ‘serious plan’ to cut power bills and invest in energy security.

Economics

4 d. ago Badenoch challenges Starmer at PMQs over winter fuel payment U

Tory leader says PM should apologise to pensioners and asks how U-turn will be fundedReeves says her changes to the fiscal rules last year will make more investment possible.The decisions that we made in October mean that, for the first time, the Treasury actually takes account of the benefits and not just the costs of investment, and together, the fiscal rules mean that, unlike our predecessors, we will not be balancing the books by cutting investment.And that is why we can increase investment by over £113bn more than the last government plans, meaning public investment will be at its highest sustained level since the 1970s.I have had to say no to things that I want to do too, but that is not because of my fiscal rules. It is the result of 14 years of Conservative maltreatment of our public services, our public realm and of our economy. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago UK Government’s immigration plans could be ‘ticking time bomb’ for Scottish construction

Trade association warns that potential exodus of industry professionals to England will leave nation ‘bereft of skills’ and damage transition to net zero

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4 d. ago Readers' Letters: SNP would leave Scots defenceless in face of aggressive Russia

Government policies have shot down chance of a lucrative welding plant being sighted in Scotland, says reader

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5 d. ago Trump administration uses Colorado suspect’s status to push deportation agenda

Trump blames attack on Biden’s ‘ridiculous open border policy’ as Miller says attack committed by ‘illegal alien’The immigration status of the man who allegedly attacked people with a makeshift flamethrower and other incendiary devices at an event for Israeli hostages in Boulder, Colorado, has become further fodder for the Trump administration’s deportation agenda.Mohamed Sabry Soliman, a 45-year-old who came to the US in 2022 from Egypt and overstayed his initial tourist visa, according to the US government, allegedly planned his attack on the event specifically to target Zionists, federal authorities said. He shouted “Free Palestine” while carrying out the attack, which the FBI has called an “act of terrorism”, and he was charged on Monday with a federal hate crime. Continue reading...

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5 d. ago Nato to force UK to lift defence spending to 3.5% of GDP to appease Trump, say sources

Starmer bound to accept Mark Rutte’s higher target after announcing ‘Nato-first’ defence strategy, insiders sayDefence sources believe that Britain will be forced to sign up to a target of lifting defence spending to 3.5% of GDP by 2035 at this month’s Nato summit after a campaign by the alliance’s secretary general to keep Donald Trump onboard.One senior insider said Britain would “without a doubt” sign up to a proposal from the Nato chief, Mark Rutte, to lift allies’ defence spending, which would represent a real-terms increase of about £30bn from the Labour government’s plan. Continue reading...

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5 d. ago Water sector is failing and needs much stronger regulations, independent commission reports

The Independent Water Commission slammed failures in Government strategy and planning for the future, failures to protect billpayers and a failure to act in the public interest.

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