4 d. ago The benefit that 910,000 Brits don’t claim but pays up to £347 a week – are you eligible?

MORE than 910,000 people are missing out on a key benefit, which is worth up to £347 a week. Up to £2.5billion of Pension Credit payments were unclaimed last year, according to recent figures from the Department for Work and Pensions. As a result, eligible families are missing out on around £2,600 a year, it...

Economics

7 d. ago ‘You’re barred!’: Labour’s battle with pubs promises a new year headache

A protest barring MPs from pubs is exposing deeper tensions between politicians and the communities they representLabour MPs heading back to their constituencies this weekend will do so with a sense of relief that another turbulent term in British politics is over. But those hoping to pitch up at their local pub for a restorative pint with colleagues and constituents may find festive cheer is in short supply. In fact, some may not be allowed through the door.For the past few weeks, pubs across the country have been putting up signs declaring “No Labour MPs” in protest at changes to business rates announced by the chancellor, Rachel Reeves, in her latest budget. Continue reading...

Events

8 d. ago British Gas, EDF, E.on, Octopus customers urged to claim energy help worth up to £2,000 this winter

The British Gas Energy Trust runs two separate funds offering grants to help clear energy debt - up to £2,000 for British Gas customers and up to £1,700 for customers of any UK energy supplier

Economics

1 week ago Reeves dismisses claim 1,000 jobs lost a month in North Sea due to windfall tax

The Chancellor said job losses pre-dated the windfall tax

Politics

2 w. ago Amy Winehouse's father selling off singer's belongings was in 'bad taste' and he was 'less than candid' about memorabilia auction, brother tells High Court

The auction is the subject of a High Court case after father Mitch launched a legal claim for £730,000 which he alleges two flatmates made from wrongfully auctioning his daughter's possessions.

Events

2 w. ago New heartbreak for 'closest friend' of Amy Winehouse: Pair shared an  'undefined' sexual relationship that left singer 'confused'

It was revealed this week that Amy Winehouse's father Mitch has launched a legal claim for £730,000 against two of the singer's closest friends and flatmates, Naomi Parry and Catriona Gourlay.

Society

2 w. ago Amy Winehouse's father denies 'jealousy and greed' is behind £730,000 court case against pop star daughter's friends who sold her clothes and used make

Amy Winehouse's father has denied 'jealousy and greed' motivated his £730,000 legal claim that could bankrupt two of his daughter's friends, a court heard.

Economics

3 w. ago MPs in constituencies only 35 minutes from Parliament call for right to claim more than £30,000

Under the rules drawn up after the backlash in 2009, those MPs cannot claim for flats close to the Commons but instead receive a £6,570 London area living payment.

Politics

3 w. ago Ukrainian kids abducted & sent to North Korea where they were taught to hate the Japanese, expert claims

VLADIMIR Putin is kidnapping Ukrainian children and shipping them off to fellow tyrant Kim Jong-un in North Korea - where they are brainwashed into hating Japan, experts claim. Youngsters are being abducted and forcibly sent over 9,000 kilometres away to remote camps inside the hermit kingdom as part of the Russian despot's bloody war in...

Politics