85 m. ago Five inmates are being wrongly freed from Britain's prisons every week as ex

Vanessa Frake-Harris MBE told the Mail that Labour's early release scheme had made sentence calculations a 'minefield' and 'doubled the workload' for staff.

Events

2 h. ago A notorious gangland figure convicted of sex crimes has been released from prison early

The 61-year-old was already doing jail time when he was convicted of 13 historical sex offences against four boys

Events

3 h. ago Benefits claimants eligible for DWP Christmas Bonus unchanged Since 1972

The DWP is set to issue a 10 Christmas bonus to millions of pensioners and benefit claimants in the first week of December and it hasn't changed since the scheme was launched in 1972

Politics

10 h. ago Whistleblowers could earn millions as HMRC targets tax fraud

US-style incentive scheme expected to be announced at Budget later this month

Economics

10 h. ago Scottish social justice secretary urges Chancellor not to slash Motability car scheme

SNP’s Shirley-Anne Somerville writes to UK ministers warning them not to balance the books at the expense of disabled people.

Society

13 h. ago Full list of benefits that can be used to apply for Motability Scheme

The Motability Scheme allows people receiving specific benefits to allocate their allowance towards leasing a new vehicle

Politics

23 h. ago ‘Everyone said it was impossible’: disabled hikers find freedom through off

Using an all-terrain vehicle that’s essentially the Jeep of wheelchairs, a New York tour group helps disabled people get on the trailFormer firefighter Gina Kothe’s right foot was crushed in an aerial-ladder accident during a 2010 blaze in Kingston, New York.After months of false hope and a failed surgery, doctors decided her foot would have to be amputated. She fell into depression. “I had a slight addiction to painkillers,” she recalled. “I would shower every three or four days, and wear the same barbecue-stained T-shirt for two or three days in a row.” Continue reading...

Politics

24 h. ago Reform chaos in Farage's flagship council 'threatens public safety'

Reform UK won a majority on Kent County Council in May but have since suspended nine councillors, imposing limits on Kent’s fire and rescue service Chief Executive ability to spend

Events

25 h. ago Zohran Mamdani has upended US politics. Now he should take on Fifa | Jules Boykoff

New York’s mayor-elect has taken on powerful institutions. With the World Cup taking place in his city, he should challenge Fifa nextAfter winning the election for mayor of New York City, an exuberant Zohran Mamdani took to the stage at his victory speech and said, “If there is any way to terrify a despot, it is by dismantling the very conditions that allowed him to accumulate power.” He was alluding to Donald Trump, but the sentiment also applies to Fifa, the world’s governing body for soccer.In September, Mamdani’s team kicked off a “Game Over Greed” campaign targeting Fifa’s use of dynamic pricing for 2026 men’s World Cup tickets, calling it an “affront to the game.” His petition demanded that Fifa cease its rapacious dynamic pricing scheme, place a price cap on tickets that are resold on Fifa’s ticketing platform, and reserve a tranche of tickets for local residents. Mamdani, a longtime Arsenal fan, told the Guardian’s Football Weekly podcast, “I have long been quite troubled by...

Politics

31 h. ago Met Police chief accused of making ‘thinly veiled threat’ to senior officers over job cuts

Sir Mark Rowley faces backlash over a proposed pay-off scheme for senior ranks, with union leaders accusing him of pressuring loyal officers to leave

Events

31 h. ago PIP Motability scheme could be reformed to exclude those with certain disabilities

The Motability scheme allows Personal Independence Payment (PIP) claimants with severe mobility problems to lease a new vehicle, provided they are awarded the higher mobility rate of the benefit

Politics

32 h. ago Inside Green Party surge where one thing is same as polar opposite Nigel Farage

Pollsters have suggested the surge of the Green Party and Reform UK have something in common - social media-savvy operations both appealing to disillusioned voters

Politics

33 h. ago ‘I’m a baroness for life’: Michelle Mone's jibe at MP shows why House of Lords reform is vital

Almost half the legislation passed during this parliamentary session was first introduced in the unelected House of Lords

Politics

34 h. ago SNP Government urged to speed up plans to remove free bus passes from young troublemakers

EXCLUSIVE: SNP ministers have admitted they do not have a record of the number of incidents of anti-social behaviour taking place on buses since the free pass scheme was introduced.

Politics

36 h. ago All benefits that make you eligible for Blue Badge parking help

The Blue Badge scheme allows people with disabilities to park closer to their destination. Here's a full list of benefits that could make you eligible for a Blue Badge

Politics

43 h. ago As his debut film Once Were Warriors showed, Lee Tamahori was a director of guts and flair

Tamahori was the outstanding director of Along Came a Spider and Die Another Day – but his first film was his greatest workIn 1994, the New Zealand film-maker Lee Tamahori made one of the biggest debuts of the decade, firing on all six cylinders with his gut-wrenching social-realist melodrama Once Were Warriors. The Mekes are a working-class Maori family in South Auckland: Temuera Morrison is the boozing, brawling, bragging alpha-male welfare claimant Jake, who comes home from drinking in the pub with his pathetic sycophant mates to terrorise and assault his wife Beth, played by Rena Owen, and their five children. He is entirely indifferent to the fate of his two elder sons who have drifted into gangland culture and crime, as well as his sensitive daughter Grace, who has talent as a writer. One son gets gang tattoos; the other is taken to a juvenile reformatory where he is at least tutored in the ways of Maori culture – the haka and the taiaha warrior spear – and learns dignity and ...

Events

43 h. ago I was scammed into spending £5.1k on pallets of ‘M&S & Nike returns’ – only to find out the lot was really from SHEIN

LOOKING for a quick way to make some money before giving birth, this woman decided to fork out for some return pallets with plans to sell on the items. However, her side-hustle scheme was over before it really started when she realised she'd been scammed. Taking to TikTok, Lucy explained that she found an internet...

Economics

44 h. ago TfL 'failed to tell London drivers about change to ULEZ scrappage scheme', report finds

TfL 'failed to tell London drivers about change to ULEZ scrappage scheme', report finds  MyLondon

Events

49 h. ago 'Racist' Reform and Tory rants called out by Black MP for dividing Britain

Labour MP Calvin Bailey who served more than 24 years in the Royal Air Force has hit out at 'racist' comments from Reform UK MP Sarah Pochin and Tory MP Robert Jenrick

Politics

50 h. ago Dunelm brings back Christmas gifting scheme across all 13 Scottish branches

The high street retailer's charity initiative aims to deliver a quarter of a million gifts to those in need this Christmas.

Politics