6 h. ago Cooper rejects claims Reeves has been sidelined on economic policy by No 10 mini

‘Quite the reverse’, says home secretary, amid reports Starmer’s reorganisation is aimed at freezing chancellor out ahead of autumn budgetIn an interview with Sky News this morning Yvette Cooper, the home secretary, declined to guarantee that migrants will definitely be sent back across the channel this month as part of a returns agreement with France.Asked for the exact date of the first returns, Cooper replied: “It will be later this month.”We expect the first returns to take place this month. But I’ve always said from the very beginning on this, it’s a pilot scheme and it needs to build up over time.If you submit an asylum claim that lacks merit, it will be swiftly and robustly refused.Any request for asylum support will be assessed against destitution criteria. If you do not meet the criteria, you will not receive support.If nothing has changed in their country, people should not be claiming asylum at the end of a student course. We need to clamp down on that and that’s why we’r...

Economics

28 h. ago DWP confirms full list of those who will get £300 Winter Fuel Payment

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has confirmed that over nine million people born before September 22, 1959 will be entitled to receive between £100 and £300 to help with increased heating costs during the winter months.

Economics

68 h. ago Emergency alert in one week with millions of people to receive warning message

In one of the largest public safety exercises of its kind in the UK, phones will vibrate and emit a siren-like tone for ten seconds, with a test message appearing on screens

Events

5 d. ago Experts discover routine High Street health check could detect Alzheimer's years before symptoms appear

Alzheimer's is the leading cause of dementia, and while not yet curable, early diagnosis is considered critical for better outcomes.

Science

6 d. ago Emma Heming Willis says she ‘isolated our whole family’ after Bruce Willis’ dementia diagnosis

Heming Willis discussed Bruce’s health in a new ABC special with Diane Sawyer

Science

6 d. ago Bruce Willis’ wife Emma gives update on his dementia diagnosis: ‘Language is going’

Heming Willis discussed Bruce’s health in a new ABC special with Diane Sawyer

Science

6 d. ago Bruce Willis’ wife fights back tears as she shares update on husband’s dementia

Bruce Willis’ wife fought back tears as she discussed how her husband’s “brain is failing him” following his dementia diagnosis.

Politics

6 d. ago Call to change State Pension rules to shield vulnerable loved ones from financial strain

Most people are set to receive the new State Pension but there are different rules depending on when you were born

Economics

6 d. ago Bruce Willis’ wife Emma Heming Willis opens up about feeling ‘so alone’ in aftermath of his dementia diagnosis

Heming Willis discussed Bruce’s health in a new ABC special with Diane Sawyer

Science

6 d. ago Bruce Willis’ dementia diagnosis: ‘language is going’, says actor’s wife

Emma Heming Willis recalls the actor’s ‘alarming and scary’ early symptoms and says his family has ‘learned to adapt’ as his brain ‘is failing’ amid ‘really great health overall’Bruce Willis’s brain is “failing him” and his “language is going”, his wife, Emma Heming Willis, has revealed, more than two years since the actor was diagnosed with frontotemporal dementia.“Bruce is still very mobile. Bruce is in really great health overall, you know,” Heming Willis told Diane Sawyer in an ABC special on Tuesday. “It’s just his brain that is failing him. The language is going. We’ve learned to adapt and we have a way of communicating with him, which is just a different way.” Continue reading...

Science

6 d. ago Bruce Willis' wife breaks down as she gives heartbreaking update on his dementia battle

Bruce Willis' wife Emma Heming has shared an update on her husband's dementia diagnosis as she says, 'the road hasn't been easy' since he was diagnosed two years ago

Events

6 d. ago Emergency alert update as millions of people to receive warning message

Mobile phones connected to 4G and 5G networks will vibrate and emit a siren sound for up to 10 seconds, and users won't have to do anything, just swipe the message away

Events

7 d. ago People needing money management support could receive up to £749 monthly from DWP

The DWP's Personal Independence Payment calculation is more crucial than the conditions themselves

Economics

8 d. ago Families in West Lothian receive £54.6 million in vital financial support to help with extra costs

The most recently published statistics from Social Security Scotland show that at the end of June 2025, the families of 4,015 children and young people in West Lothian were receiving Child Disability Payment.

Economics

8 d. ago PIP could provide up to £749 every month to people with respiratory conditions

Nearly 139,000 people are receiving PIP or Adult Disability Payment for over 20 respiratory conditions.

Economics

8 d. ago Half a million people have received dementia diagnosis on NHS, figures show

NHS hospitals are now using technology to help keep people living with dementia safe in their homes.

Science

1 week ago Ministers launch crackdown on claiming child benefit from abroad

The move follows a successful trial in which 15 investigators stopped 2,600 people receiving the benefit after moving abroad.

Politics

1 week ago People of State Pension age with arthritis could be due up to £441 each month

Nearly half a million people receive either £73.90 or £110.40 each week through Attendance Allowance for arthritis-related conditions.

Economics

1 week ago PIP payments of up to £749 each month for people with these 87 muscle or joint conditions

More than one million people with musculoskeletal conditions receive between £29.20 and £187.45 each week.

Economics

1 week ago New calls for 2.3m people to receive 'carer credits' to help boost pension pots

DWP research indicates 15 million people are not saving enough for their retirement.

Politics