6 h. ago DWP update on major PIP cuts issued by Liz Kendal after £47 a week warning

The Labour Government has defended plans to cut around 400,000 claims from the Personal Independence Payment (PIP) by tightening the qualifying criteria of the benefit

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14 h. ago Trouble in paradise? Why wealthy homeowners in exclusive 'golden triangle' Cheshire village are furious over plans for riding school for SEND children

Several wealthy members of the Cheshire set in Over Peover claim that the plans threaten to turn a bridleway into a rat-run but the land's owner has blasted the village's 'nasty vocal minority'.

Society

9 d. ago Furious homeowners 'cut off' from their £400,000 new build homes after two landslides

Around a dozen residents living on the privately owned estate have been effectively 'cut off'

Economics

9 d. ago Newbuild estate residents' £400,000 homes have been cut off for more than six months after TWO landslides

Residents of Haden Cross Drive, in Cradley Heath, West Midlands, were unable to park on their driveways after earth and rubble tumbled across the street just metres from their front doors.

Economics

9 d. ago Labour has denounced me as ‘deeply misleading’ on its planning reform. I wish that were true | George Monbiot

Even it now admits that brick by brick, these proposals will wreck habitats. This could be Starmer’s most damaging mistake yetThe precedent is uncanny, and the failure to learn from it downright mystifying. Keir Starmer is rushing gladly towards the catastrophe Boris Johnson inflicted on himself in 2020. Had he set out to stymie Labour’s chances of re-election, he couldn’t be doing it better.In 2020, Johnson promised “a whole new planning system” for England, which, he claimed, would promote “economic growth”. He said he wanted to see 300,000 new homes built every year. He sought to “build, build, build”, but falsely claimed that his plans were thwarted by newts, which he used as shorthand for environmental protections. He would sweep these protections away. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Four conditions that will avoid PIP payment cuts, DWP expert claims

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is expected to introduce new PIP eligibility rules in November 2026, with around 400,000 people expected to see their benefits cut

Science

2 w. ago Build 53,000 new jail spaces to protect the public, report urges, as 'hyper prolific' offenders with more than 45 convictions are let off with a slap on the wrist

A study by think-tank Policy Exchange warned that more jail space is required to protect the public.

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2 w. ago Sven Goran Eriksson home price slashed by £400,000 as family cut price to pay off debts

The former England manager loved his lakeside home but it must be sold after he died with debts

Economics

3 w. ago Held in Hong Kong after dawn raids... the family of a Chinese dissident who joined mega

Carmen Lau, 30, a former politician who fled her native Hong Kong five years ago, joined 3,000 others at a rally in February against plans to build the 5.5-acre complex near Tower Bridge.

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3 w. ago Community activists putting pedal to metal in £175,000 Killin pump track fundraising

The £175,000 track project aims to build the facility both for the benefit of locals, but also to draw visitors and biking enthusiasts to the area.

Economics

3 w. ago Geri Horner is embroiled in another battle with neighbours over plans to build £30,000 horse exercise pen at her Grade II

Geri Halliwell-Horner has irked neighbours yet again with plans to build a huge 77ft horse walker at her sprawling country estate. 

Economics

last month Mom reveals her furious response to homeowner who threatened to shoot her innocent little girl on his doorstep

Beyond Shabazz, from Tampa, Florida, took matters into her own hands after finding out homeowner Tyler Chambers had threatened to shoot her nine-year-old daughter Sincere.

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