8 h. ago Pensioners can claim two benefits which boost annual income to nearly £18,000

Older people on a low income or living with a health condition could be due extra financial help on top of their State Pension.

Economics

13 h. ago Spanish people know deadly heatwaves are now an annual event. So why are our politicians in denial? | María Ramírez

We need everyday solutions like ‘cool banks’ and shaded areas, as well as serious policies on emissions. The government must step upGrowing up in Madrid, intense summer heat was nothing unusual. I quickly learned always to cross the street in search of shade, and never to be caught out in the sun at 3pm. But as a child in the early 1980s, I never felt dizzy after spending more than a few minutes outdoors, nor did I struggle to study or sleep at home because of the heat. Back then, air conditioning was a rarity, something only Americans had. But we were fine: the stuttering fan in my mother’s Ford Fiesta was enough to keep us comfortable on holiday escapes from the capital.What is happening in Spain now goes far beyond discomfort. More than 1,500 deaths have already been linked to heatwaves this summer alone. Public-sector workers are collapsing from heatstroke on our city streets. Entire communities in the Madrid suburbs have been devastated by wildfires. On Monday, 198 weather stat...

Politics

38 h. ago Older people living on their own could be due annual State Pension boost of £4,300

Pension Credit claims can be backdated by up to three months.

Economics

5 d. ago Warning Labour ‘won’t be trusted on renters’ rights’ as landlord MPs rake in £830k in a year

The register of interests reveals that 83 MPs are also landlords, declaring at least £10,000 in rental income in the past year, while the Labour government pushes through its Renters’ Rights Bill

Events

9 d. ago HMRC rule change means certain Brits could be pursued for £1,350

The new rules will mean that the threshold for filing a Self Assessment tax return for trading income will rise from £1,000 to £3,000; however, the trading allowance will remain unchanged

Economics

1 week ago ‘Everybody’s starved of affection’: Past Lives director Celine Song on the brutal dating scene and her realistic new romcom

The writer-director’s debut film earned critical acclaim and Oscar nods for its portrayal of loves lost and rekindled. Her follow-up stars Dakota Johnson, Pedro Pascal and Chris Evans in a romance about dating across the class divide‘Our financial literacy is so fucked,” says Celine Song. We’re having breakfast in Manhattan on a sunny Saturday in early July, a few weeks after her new film, Materialists, has opened in New York City. She’s wearing a charmingly ironic outfit: a T-shirt that says “HOWDY” and a baseball cap that says “Big” (she’s petite, 5ft 4in, for the record) – but she speaks with almost disarming earnestness.She’s frustrated, she tells me, that people have described one of the characters in her film, a private equity manager with a $12m apartment, as a “billionaire”. “If you’re a billionaire, your big apartment is not $12m!” she exclaims. “The average income of an American adult is $35,000. What that means is half of America makes less than $35,000. Three times that ...

Culture

3 w. ago Inside Kate Bush Day – the most bonkers, beautiful Wuthering Heights tribute you’ll ever experience

As thousands of people in red dresses make their annual pilgrimage to perform a mass choreographed dance to the British singer’s iconic hit song, superfan and Folkestone local Helen Coffey gives the inside scoop on what it’s like being a lead ‘Kate’ for the day

Politics

last month People need an annual income of £44,000 in retirement for comfortable lifestyle

Workplace pensions could give people a better chance of the kind of lifestyle they want in retirement.

Economics