7 h. ago Full list of people who can get free NHS dental treatment up to £326.70

NHS dental charges can be pricey - but there are certain people who can get free treatment

Economics

13 h. ago 11 changes that PIP recipients must report to DWP or risk losing benefit

Personal Independence Payments (PIP) is usually paid every four weeks, unless you are terminally ill, in which case you are paid every week

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29 h. ago DWP offers payment worth £812 but warns you must repay it by cut

The payment is usually sent out in November or December to help with fuel costs during the colder months

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50 h. ago The full list of Welsh people recognised in the King's Birthday Honours List 2025

More than 70 people from Wales have been recognised for their contributions to their community and country in the King's Birthday Honours list

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58 h. ago Scots pensioner couple lose legal fight against winter fuel payment cut

Peter and Florence Fanning took the UK and Scottish Governments to court to challenge their decisions on the controversial cut.

Economics

62 h. ago Family of woman who died from Covid after giving birth sues Brazilian state

Exclusive: Lidiane Vieira Frazão, a black woman from Rio, was repeatedly denied appropriate treatment as President Bolsonaro downplayed the pandemic, lawsuit saysIn the early weeks of the Covid-19 pandemic, Lidiane Vieira Frazão, 35, was expecting her second child but, even at 40 weeks pregnant, she was unable to obtain a doctor’s note to start her maternity leave.Her job as a funeral agent – at times handling the bodies of people who had died from the virus – was on the long list of “essential services” that could not be suspended during lockdown, according to a decree issued by Brazil’s then-president, Jair Bolsonaro. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago Full list of people on PIP most at risk of payment cut under new DWP welfare reforms

DWP analysis breaks down 18 most-claimed PIP conditions and daily living scores below four points.

Economics

6 d. ago Winter fuel payment should be restored for NI pensioners – Lyons

Around 250,000 pensioners in NI were affected when the payment was cut last year in a cost-saving measure by the new Labour government.

Economics

6 d. ago Rachel Reeves makes statement after reversing Winter Fuel Payment cut

Reeves said there was still “work to do to ensure the sums always add up”

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6 d. ago Full list of people eligible for Nationwide £100 payments next week

More than four million members are estimated to benefit from the payments taking place from next week

Economics

6 d. ago Full list of people who can automatically get a Blue Badge and how to apply

Many people aren't aware that they are automatically eligible to qualify for a Blue Badge - this is all you need to know

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6 d. ago Full list of PIP changes that do not need to be reported to DWP

While PIP claimants have to report certain things, or risk DWP payments being stopped, some changes do not need to be flagged

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8 d. ago ‘We are disappearing’: Britain’s first trans judge on Supreme Court defeat – and why she’s challenging it

Victoria McCloud was publicly promoted as a symbol of diversity in the justice system, but this year it changed her legal sex overnight. The Independent Pride List 2025 winner tells Emma Henderson how vulnerable trans people are leaving Britain and why she’s taking on the Supreme Court ruling in an even higher court

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8 d. ago The Independent Pride List 2025: the LGBT+ people making change happen

The Independent’s Pride List is back again, celebrating the LGBT+ community’s biggest pioneers over the past 12 months

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9 d. ago Full list of people eligible for free bus pass under new DWP rules

Full list of people eligible for a free bus pass in England - including under the disabled concessionary travel scheme

Politics

1 week ago Over 2,000 people from Lanarkshire languishing on NHS waiting list to see psychologist

Freedom of Information Requests revealed that some 22,880 across Scotland are currently on a psychologist waiting list.

Politics

1 week ago Over 4,000 people from the Lothians languishing on NHS waiting list to see psychologist

Freedom of Information Requests revealed that some 22,880 across Scotland are currently on a psychologist waiting list.

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1 week ago Netflix star suffers 'mangled' injury that left him needing surgery

Skins star Sebastian de Souza - who has also appeared in shows like Normal People and more recently the Netflix film the Life List - has shared that he needed surgery last month

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1 week ago This viral jacket had a waiting list of over 2,500 people, and it's now back in stock

From Marks & Spencer's khaki utility jacket , which caused a storm on social media, to the ubiquity of the brown suede blazer on the high street, there have been several jacket trends making their mark in 2025.

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1 week ago Mum received DWP letter saying her disabled daughter was fit for work – she was dead

Joy Dove, whose daughter Jodey Whiting took her own life after the DWP mistakenly cut her benefits, has warned that further welfare cuts will be 'tantamount to more deaths'

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