29 h. ago DWP cuts impact laid bare with exactly how many will be 'in poverty'

The number is much higher than the Government's projected 250,000 - including 50,000 children

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35 h. ago Disability cut impact could be even worse than expected warns food bank charity

Research commissioned by food bank charity Trussell found that 340,000 people in disabled households will be pushed into severe hardship by benefit changes being brought in by the Government

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42 h. ago Disability benefit cuts will affect Wales disproportionately, campaigners say

UK government declined to conduct Wales-specific impact assessment for plans, despite calls from first ministerDisability benefit cuts planned by the UK government will disproportionately impact the lives of people in Wales, campaigners have said.Research released by the data analytics company Policy in Practice last week estimated that 190,000 people – 6% of the population – could have their incomes slashed by up to 60% by the end of this parliament if eligibility for personal independence payments (Pip) is tightened as proposed in a March green paper. Continue reading...

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46 h. ago Ukraine accuses Russia of ‘dirty games’ in planned swap of dead troops

Russia and Ukraine each accused the other on Saturday of endangering plans to swap 6,000 bodies of soldiers killed in action

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3 d. ago Loose Women's Kaye Adams hints at major life change after saying 'I lost my job’

Loose Women star Kaye Adams has opened up about the impact of the ITV daytime cuts, saying she may have to move into a one-bedroom flat after "losing her job"

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4 d. ago ECB cuts interest rates to 2% in effort to bolster flagging eurozone growth

European Central Bank makes eighth quarter-point cut in a year as bloc reels from impact of Trump’s trade warsBusiness live – latest updatesThe European Central Bank has cut interest rates to 2% in an effort to boost flagging economic growth across the eurozone.The ECB, making its eighth quarter-point cut in a year, said the 20-member currency bloc needed a reduction in the cost of borrowing as it reeled from the damage caused by Donald Trump’s trade wars. Continue reading...

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5 d. ago Canada wildfires: How to keep yourself safe as smoke from deadly inferno reaches Europe

‘Very unhealthy’ air quality has been reported in many areas

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5 d. ago Turkey and Greece earthquake latest: Girl, 14, died after ‘intense fear prompted panic attack’

Teenager known for ‘diligence and cheerfulness’ could not be saved; 69 others injured in panic after quake

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6 d. ago Turkey and Greece earthquake latest: Tourist in Rhodes says 5.8

A teenage girl died and 69 others were injured in ensuing panic after the quake

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6 d. ago Turkey and Greece earthquake latest: One dead and dozens injured as 5.8

Tourists in Rhodes, Greece describe hotels shaking and scenes of panic as quake strikes just across the border near the Turkish resort town of Marmaris

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6 d. ago Turkey and Greece earthquake latest: One dead and 70 injured as 5.8

Tourists in Rhodes, Greece describe hotels shaking and scenes of panic as quake strikes just across the border near the Turkish resort town of Marmaris

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6 d. ago Trump administration uses Colorado suspect’s status to push deportation agenda

Trump blames attack on Biden’s ‘ridiculous open border policy’ as Miller says attack committed by ‘illegal alien’The immigration status of the man who allegedly attacked people with a makeshift flamethrower and other incendiary devices at an event for Israeli hostages in Boulder, Colorado, has become further fodder for the Trump administration’s deportation agenda.Mohamed Sabry Soliman, a 45-year-old who came to the US in 2022 from Egypt and overstayed his initial tourist visa, according to the US government, allegedly planned his attack on the event specifically to target Zionists, federal authorities said. He shouted “Free Palestine” while carrying out the attack, which the FBI has called an “act of terrorism”, and he was charged on Monday with a federal hate crime. Continue reading...

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6 d. ago Turkey and Greece earthquake latest: One dead and 69 injured as 5.8

Tourists in Rhodes, Greece describe hotels shaking and scenes of panic as quake strikes just across the border near the Turkish resort town of Marmaris

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7 d. ago Greece and Turkey earthquake latest: One dead and 69 injured as 5.8

Tourists in Rhodes, Greece describe hotels shaking and scenes of panic as quake strikes just across the border near the Turkish resort town of Marmaris

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7 d. ago Trump slaps Biden over Iran and denies U.S. nuclear deal would allow country to enrich uranium

President Donald Trump blamed former President Joe Biden for the U.S.'s current relationship with Iran - and denied that the new Iran nuclear deal would allow for uranium enrichment.

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7 d. ago Russia and Ukraine agree to exchange bodies of 12,000 dead soldiers during crunch talks, as Moscow accuses Kyiv of 'putting on a show for European old ladies' by demanding return of 'stolen' children

Under the terms of the agreement, some 6,000 bodies of fighters from each side killed in action will be handed over for burial along with at least 1,000 prisoners of war on each side

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9 d. ago Renewed call for Edinburgh University bosses to be grilled by MSPs over £140m cuts plan

A trade union letter cited the potentially ‘devastating’ impact of the cuts

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1 week ago ‘They’ll blame Donald Trump’: Karl Rove warns tariffs will turn 2026 voters to Democrats, Navarro goes ballistic

‘Shame on you, Karl Rove! When are you gonna learn, sir?’ Peter Navarro unleashed on Karl Rove after the Fox News pundit criticized the president’s trade policy

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1 week ago Trump blames Europe as deadly impact of US cuts on AIDS pandemic grows

Trump lashes out at France and Germany amid growing evidence that HIV patients are being denied life-saving drugs. Bel Trew reports

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2 w. ago DWP PIP benefits £47 change will 'push people deeper into poverty', charity warns

The Work and Pensions Secretary said the Government is on the side of sick and disabled people

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