Search results for ‘benefits’
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FactCheck: who will no longer get Winter Fuel Payments and who is eligible for pension credit?
The government has changed the rules on who will receive Winter Fuel Payments.
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UK households facing slow growth in living standards, new report suggests
UK households are facing another parliament of very slow growth in their living standards, according to new analysis today by the Resolution Foundation
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Has child neglect been ‘normalised’ in the UK?
The UK’s leading children’s charity is warning that child neglect could become a national crisis, fuelled by the cost of living crisis and cuts in support services.
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‘We’ll set out a ten-year plan for prisons’ – Treasury minister
We spoke to James Murray – the Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury and asked him about the bleak picture the prime minister painted.
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Seagrass meadows: Britain’s most important and threatened habitat
We’ve lost around 90% of UK seagrass groves in just the last thirty years. Human encroachment and dredging have played a part, but the biggest cause appears to have been sewage pollution on the watch of the privatised water monopolies. Now though the fightback is underway.
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FactCheck: how much are energy prices rising by – and why?
What does this mean for energy bills and how does it compare to previous years? FactCheck takes a look.
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‘There are enormous risks with Ukraine’s Kursk incursion’, says RUSI
We were joined by the Director of Military Sciences at the Royal United Services Institute, Matthew Savill.
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Ed Miliband ‘confident’ Labour will achieve clean power target by 2030
We spoke to Energy Secretary Ed Miliband about the plans for Great British Energy.
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FactCheck: Labour’s two-child benefit cap row – explained
The Labour party is caught up in a row over the two child benefit cap – and if it should be scrapped.
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Amazon staff balloted on union recognition after post-pandemic ‘workload increase’
Staff at Amazon’s Coventry warehouse are taking part in an historic ballot which could see the company recognise a UK trade union for the first time ever.
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Two-child benefit cap is ‘cruel’ campaigners say
A record 1.6 million children are now affected by the two-child cap on benefits – and that’s cranking up the pressure on the new Labour government to scrap it.
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‘We will not be judged by the constraints and failures over the past 14 years’ – Science Secretary Peter Kyle
We are joined by Peter Kyle, newly appointed as the secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology.
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The new Children’s Laureate explains why reading out loud is an ‘act of love’
The novelist and screenwriter Frank Cottrell-Boyce has been named the new children’s laureate. At a ceremony in Leeds today, the author behind critically acclaimed children’s books like ‘Millions’ and ‘Framed’, was handed the prestigious medal by his predecessor Joseph Coelho. Mr Cottrell-Boyce has vowed to use his two years in the role to champion the…
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Inflation falls to Bank of England 2 per cent target
It’s taken nearly three years, but the inflation rate has finally fallen back to the Bank of England’s target.
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FactCheck: Labour’s claim the Conservatives would spend £71bn on policies
FactCheck takes a look.
