38 h. ago New State Pension payments starting next week will not be due for nearly half a million older people

The full New State Pension is set to rise to £921 each month from April under the Triple Lock.

Economics

42 h. ago DWP payment update for people on Universal Credit ahead of uprating next week

The Administrative Earnings Threshold determines how much Universal Credit individual claimants and couples are entitled to each month.

Politics

42 h. ago State Pension tax bill warning to older people before new pay rates start next week

Older people with only the State Pension as their source of income will not pay income tax.

Economics

45 h. ago New DWP payment rates for people on State Pension or benefits starting next week

Full list of new rates for people on payments delivered by DWP, HMRC and Social Security Scotland.

Economics

4 d. ago DWP to confirm estimated number of PIP claimants affected by new reforms

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is expected to confirm this week how many people could be affected by proposed changes to the welfare system

Politics

4 d. ago DWP making major change to benefit claimed by over 1.4million people next week

From April 7, the earnings limit for the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) benefit will be rising, meaning claimants will be able to earn more money each week and still be eligible for payments

Politics

4 d. ago I was an independent observer in the Greenpeace trial. What I saw was shocking | Steven Donziger

Greenpeace lost – not because it did something wrong but because it was denied a fair trialThe stunning $667m verdict against Greenpeace last week is a direct attack on the climate movement, Indigenous peoples and the first amendment.The North Dakota case is so deeply flawed – at its core, the trial was really about crushing dissent – that I believe there is a good chance it will be reversed on appeal and ultimately backfire against the Energy Transfer pipeline company. Continue reading...

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6 d. ago Thousands of people buying a home face stamp duty hike next week after Spring Statement

Stamp duty is a tax that is paid when you purchase a property over a certain price and the thresholds for when it applies are being lowered from next week

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6 d. ago Morrisons toasts jump in sales and hikes savings target to £1bn

The company said earlier this week that hundreds of people were at risk of being laid off, as sales rose to £4 billion in the most recent quarter.

Economics

6 d. ago Three million workers to get pay rise from next week thanks to major change

The national living and minimum wage will rise next week meaning some people will see a £2,500 annual pay jump

Economics

6 d. ago In Turkey, we are showing the world how to challenge a callous, authoritarian leader | Ece Temelkuran

The youthful energy of street protest is breathing life back into failing progressive parties – and it’s a model that could be applied everywhereEce Temelkuran is a Turkish journalist and political commentatorAfter 22 years of power grabs, the seizure of all state institutions and severe oppression aimed at reshaping Turkish citizens into Islamofascist minions, Turkey is striking back against President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s authoritarianism. In cities across the country, including the regime’s strongholds, protests have been ongoing for the past week.Istanbul mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu’s detention on bogus corruption charges this week galvanised the people; within days, the protests evolved into something bigger – a national riot demanding democracy, dignity and freedom. The protests reminded many of the Gezi uprising of 2013, yet this time the young people who we thought had lost all hope for the future under Erdoğan and during the severe economic crisis took to the streets, risking lim...

Culture

6 d. ago Older people claiming new health benefit could get payment decision in one week

The majority of new applicants for Pension Age Disability Payment are aged 70 or over.

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7 d. ago ‘It’s so politically loaded’: Marlon Williams on ‘finding the gall’ to write an album entirely in Māori

Te Whare Tīwekaweka is being released at a tumultuous time for te reo and race relations in AotearoaGet our weekend culture and lifestyle emailMarlon Williams recalls a survey he once read about how often people think about death: on average, once a week. He laughs incredulously. “You know that statistic about men thinking about sex once every seven seconds? That’s how often I think about death.”In an interview promoting his fourth solo studio album, Te Whare Tīwekaweka, this existential conversation is unexpected. But increasingly, the Aotearoa/New Zealand artist is noticing the way his career pulls him further and further from his roots, and his wellbeing. Continue reading...

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7 d. ago Millions of people moving home face extra £2,500 charge from next week

You have to pay stamp duty if your property is your only residence and is worth over £250,000 in England and Northern Ireland - but this will be reduced to £125,000 from April 1

Economics

8 d. ago Trump administration cancels at least 68 grants focused on LGBTQ health questions

A surge of grant cancellations hit researchers focused on the health of gay, lesbian and transgender people last week, as the Trump administration continues to target what it describes as ideologically driven science

Politics

8 d. ago Israeli airstrikes kill at least 65 people in Gaza in 24 hours, says health authority

Death toll includes women, children and journalists, nearly a week after Israel broke ceasefireIsraeli airstrikes have killed at least 65 people in Gaza in the past 24 hours, including women, children and two journalists, the Palestinian health authority said on Monday, nearly a week after Israel broke its ceasefire with Hamas.Palestinians in Gaza have again been fleeing for their lives after Israel launched its new offensive in the territory, which started on Tuesday last week with a wave of airstrikes that killed about 700 people, mostly civilians, ending two months of relative calm, according to the Palestinian health ministry in the territory run by Hamas. Continue reading...

Events

8 d. ago New Netflix show 'perfect for The Traitors fans' leaves fans saying same thing

Netflix is set to air a brand new reality show this week that has fans of The Traitors very excited – but people have been saying the same thing as they wait for it to drop

Politics

8 d. ago Money expert shares six steps people can take to start dealing with debt

Debt awareness week runs until March 30 and offers people a chance to speak openly about money worries.

Economics

1 week ago Gareth Southgate nails his big lecture in a victory for competitive caring | Barney Ronay

Former England manager may not be right about everything but he remains a good man, fulfilling a role others have vacatedSay what you like, and the haters – we know this about the haters – will continue to hate, are in effect defined by their hating. But Gareth Southgate has now finally delivered on the biggest stage of all.This is of course a reference to the stage at Senate House library, venue for Big Gate’s big Dimbleby lecture, recorded in front of an audience of silent, rapt, nodding people, and broadcast this week on the BBC. This is what elite big-lecture managers do. They seize the moment. They shut out the noise. Gareth at the Dimbleby? Absolutely nailed it. Continue reading...

Sport

1 week ago The obscure Jimmy Lai ruling that exposed the erosion of Hong Kong’s rule of law

The moves that barred the media mogul’s choice of lawyer are immune from legal challenge, giving the national security committee what one expert called ‘the powers of a police state’The dwindling freedom in Hong Kong over the past few years has been described as “death by a thousand cuts”. Critics have been jailed, elections have been transformed into “patriots only” affairs, journalists have been harassed and hundreds of thousands of people have left.This week, an obscure legal development has, in the eyes of some legal experts, inflicted another cut on the city’s once revered legal system. Continue reading...

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