23 h. ago The vital number which decides if you qualify for full state pension when you retire

The full new state pension payment is £221.20 per week: here's how many qualifying years you need for the maximum amount payable, and how to understand National Insurance contributions

Politics

26 h. ago New calls to issue Winter Fuel Payments to millions of people on Basic State Pension

Nearly nine million people are in receipt of the Basic State Pension.

Economics

35 h. ago People need to work this number of years to get full New State Pension payments in retirement

Older people do not automatically receive full New State Pension payments of £221.20 each week when they retire.

Economics

63 h. ago Scottish comedian calls for increased disabled accessibility in Glasgow venues

James Gardner’s plea comes in response to his brother’s plight, having been unable to attend a number of comedy shows due to his disability.

Politics

3 d. ago Update on calls to increase personal tax allowance from £12,570 to £20,000 as backing soars

A petition has racked up more than 85,000 signatures as pressure grows on Chancellor Rachel Reeves ahead of the Spring Statement

Economics

5 d. ago People on Basic State Pension of less than £406 each month could be due extra DWP payment

There are also 760,000 older people eligible for Pension Credit not claiming the £4,200 annual income top-up.

Economics

5 d. ago Starmer faces down calls to change UK fiscal rules to avoid welfare cuts

Increasing number of Labour MPs are calling for tweaks to Rachel Reeves’ financial constraints

Politics

7 d. ago New calls to increase Basic State Pension payments to £221 each week

The full Basic State Pension is currently worth £169.50 each week.

Economics

7 d. ago Government agrees to ensure bereavement leave covers miscarriages

Ministers were also able to head off a potential rebellion from Labour MPs over calls to increase paternity leave.

Politics

7 d. ago Government agrees to ensure paid bereavement leave covers miscarriages

Ministers were also able to head off a potential rebellion from Labour MPs over calls to increase paternity leave.

Politics

9 d. ago New update on calls for people on Carer’s Allowance to be paid £1,600 each month

More than 10,000 people have signed an online petition supporting the proposed increase.

Economics

1 week ago What Swansea Council's new £643m budget will mean for you and how much extra you'll have to pay

Council tax is going up by 5.95% to help pay for big increases to key services like social care, despite opposition calls 'to give the people of Swansea a break'

Economics

2 w. ago Martin Lewis urges grandparents to claim State Pension boost worth over £300 each year

Claims can be made by people on the New or Basic State Pension and backdated to 2011.

Economics

2 w. ago DWP confirms new State Pension weekly and monthly payment rates from next month

The New and Basic State Pension payment rates are set to rise on April 7.

Economics

2 w. ago New update on calls to increase personal tax allowance to £20,000 for all pensioners

More than 171,900 people have signed an online petition in support of an increase to the £12,570 tax threshold.

Economics

2 w. ago Retailers call for measures to curb inflation as monthly food prices increase

'If Government wants to keep inflation at bay, enable retailers to focus on growth and help households, it must mitigate the swathe of costs facing the industry'

Economics

2 w. ago Snowdonia mountain rescue teams at breaking point: Police issue warning after two deaths in 10 days as 'unprecedented demand' of visitors is blamed on TikTokers

Mountain rescue crews in north Wales are at breaking point due to huge increase in callouts and 'unprecedented demand' for the volunteers' services which police blamed on TikTokkers.

Events

2 w. ago Snowdonia mountain rescue teams at breaking point: Police issue warning after two deaths in 10 days as they blame 'unprecedented demand' of visitors on TikTokers

Mountain rescue crews in north Wales are at breaking point due to huge increase in callouts and 'unprecedented demand' for the volunteers' services which police blamed on TikTokkers.

Events

3 w. ago What are ghost plates? Call for clampdown on illegal number plates

Labour MP calls for fine to be increased to £1,000

Events

3 w. ago Merz strikes urgent tone in calling for more European independence from US

Stance of German alliance’s leader could herald closer ties with France but ‘debt brake’ poses obstacle to spendingGerman election live – latest updatesFriedrich Merz marked his conservative alliance’s victory in Germany’s election by urging Europe to make itself more independent from the US – a project that will be music to the ears of Emmanuel Macron but may turn on whether Merz can build a Bundestag majority to lift the so-called debt brake that slows increases in defence spending.One possibility for the CDU/CSU alliance leader, who is on course to become Germany’s next chancellor, is to claim that the country is in an emergency, to try to force the change through the Bundestag before its dissolution. Continue reading...

Events