56 h. ago Campaigners urge MPs to vote down assisted dying bill over anorexia ‘loophole’

Exclusive: More than 250 people who have suffered with eating disorders penned a letter to MPs warning: ‘If this bill had been law during the years many of us were struggling, we would have used it to end our lives’

Politics

5 d. ago HMRC sends letters out to people with £3,500 or more in their savings account

HMRC is currently sending out letters to everyone who has a savings account and has earned more than £500 in interest over the last financial year

Economics

6 d. ago HMRC could send demand letters for people with £3,500 or more in savings account

His Majesty's Revenue and Customs (HMRC) could send you an unexpected tax bill letter if you have as little as £3,500 in your savings account after entire previous financial year is complete

Economics

9 d. ago HMRC sending letters to parents urging them to take action before summer deadline

Parents of teenagers will receive a letter about their Child Benefit claim.

Events

9 d. ago Major change for families on Universal Credit announced as parents set to save £500 a year

The government has announced that hundreds of thousands more children will now be eligible for free school meals

Society

2 w. ago Worried about weed: should London follow New York and decriminalise cannabis?

Almost 25 years after an experiment was ditched to caution rather than arrest those carrying small amounts of the drug, a rethink is on the cards – but the British government remains cautiousThe last time London dabbled in decriminalising cannabis, it brought one part of the capital to a brief but giddy high. In 2001, an enterprising Scotland Yard borough commander empowered his officers in Lambeth to caution rather than arrest those carrying small amounts of the drug for personal use – freeing them, according to the scheme’s proponents, to concentrate on more serious crimes.The softly-softly approach was controversial in some political and policing quarters, but wildly popular in the borough – and some of its results were dramatic. Over six months, more than 2,500 hours of police officers’ time were saved on processing cannabis arrests, while arrests for dealing class A drugs rose by almost a fifth. Continue reading...

Events

2 w. ago Letters sent out as people could be owed over £7,000 after error

HMRC is writing to around 370,000 people to inform them of a mistake that could be affecting their state pension, with thousands of individuals owed a significant sum

Economics

2 w. ago Disabled celebrities urge Keir Starmer to scrap ‘inhumane’ benefit cuts

Exclusive: More than 100 people including Liz Carr and Rosie Jones sign letter criticising Pip and universal credit changesMore than 100 of the UK’s most high-profile disabled people, including Liz Carr, Rosie Jones, Ruth Madeley and Cherylee Houston, have called on the prime minister to abandon “inhumane and catastrophic plans to cut disability benefits”.In an open letter to Keir Starmer before a planned Commons vote next month, they argue that the government’s plan to reduce eligibility to personal independence payment (Pip) and the health component of universal credit is a matter of “survival” and “basic human rights”. Continue reading...

Politics

2 w. ago Readers' Letters: Labour reforms will only harm disabled people's work prospects

The UK Government’s plan to slash disability benefits is just wrong, says reader

Politics

2 w. ago Only 2% of people can spot this word in jumbled letters in under 20 seconds

The latest brain teaser has left people baffled - with only 18 seconds to spot the word 'date' but can you be quick enough?

Politics

2 w. ago Trump administration tells border shelters helping migrants may be illegal

NGO shelters along US-Mexico border, which have long provided aid, rattled by letter from FemaThe Trump administration has continued releasing people charged with being in the country illegally to non-governmental shelters along the US-Mexico border after previously telling those same organizations that providing immigrants with temporary housing and other aid may violate a law used to prosecute smugglers.Border shelters, which have long provided lodging and meals before offering transportation to the nearest bus station or airport, were rattled by a letter from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (Fema) that raised “significant concerns” about potentially illegal activity and demanded detailed information in a wide-ranging investigation. Continue reading...

Events

3 w. ago Can you spot the hidden letter in this brain teaser? Only high IQs can in under 13 seconds

People with a high IQ can spot the hidden letter in this puzzling brainteaser with just a 13-second time limit - but it's really quite tricky, and has left plenty of people stumped

Politics

3 w. ago Single mum who scrimped and saved for Disneyland trip loses £2,500 in 'heartbreaking' way

The single mum had saved up to take her daughters on the once in a lifetime trip, but found themselves targeted by cruel scammers

Economics

3 w. ago Improved breast screening could find 3,500 more cancers a year in UK and save hundreds of lives

Extra scans for some women picked up early-stage cancers that remained 'hidden' during regular mammograms - more than trebling cancer detection.

Politics

3 w. ago SNL and Letterman producers’ son is accused of slashing three people in a bar fight

The son of Hal Willner, the Saturday Night Live veteran nicknamed the ‘man with the golden Rolodex’, and Emmy-award winning producer, Sheila Rogers, has pleaded not guilty to attempted murder

Politics

3 w. ago HMRC sending letters out to Brits with kids who 'could be owed £5,000'

Officials said they don't know who may be missing out on the cash but said that tens of thousands of people could be due an average of £5,000 in back payments

Economics

3 w. ago HMRC send letters to UK households who had children between 1978 and 2000

HMRC has identified a historic error which has left thousands of women underpaid on their state pension. The tax arm is now writing to them to let them know they are due a payout

Society

4 w. ago Broadband letter people should look out for ahead of change affecting 95,000 customers

Tens of thousands of broadband customers are set to see their service provider change automatically

Economics