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Denmark to raise retirement age to highest in Europe

Denmark to raise retirement age to highest in Europe18 minutes agoLaura GozziBBC NewsGetty ImagesDenmark is set to have the highest retirement age in Europe after its parliament adopted a law raising...

Pensioners could be forced to wait 12 months for Keir Starmer's winter fuel U-turn

Campaigners and MPs are demanding assurances that Sir Keir Starmer’s partial u-turn over winter fuel payments will be put into effect before pensioners endure another cold winter. The Prime...

Rachel Reeves meltdown as UK borrowing costs hit highest since 2008 financial crisis

Just about everything is going wrong for our beleaguered Chancellor.She’s been humiliated by the Prime Minister, who publicly reversed her decision to axe the winter fuel payment for 10 million...

Foreign drug kingpin dupes pensioners into smuggling killer drugs in chocolate truffles

A Nigerian drug lord who duped elderly victims - including an unsuspecting 80-year-old - into smuggling class A drugs disguised as luxury chocolate truffles through the UK, has been jailed. Tonny...

Trump ambushes S African leader with claim of Afrikaners being 'persecuted'

Trump ambushes S African leader with claim of Afrikaners being 'persecuted'9 minutes agoDamian ZaneBBC NewsUS President Donald Trump confronted his South African counterpart at the White House on...

Huge tax warning as Keir Starmer refuses to rule out brutal hikes

Keir Starmer has refused rule out further tax rises this year when challenged by Tory leader Kemi Badenoch. The fiery exchange came after it was revealed that Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner...

Starmer announces U-turn on winter fuel payment cuts

Starmer announces U-turn on winter fuel payment cuts8 minutes agoPaul SeddonPolitical reporterHouse of CommonsSir Keir Starmer has announced plans to ease cuts to winter fuel payments, in a U-turn...

Liz Kendall defies Labour critics to press ahead with 'killer' cuts

Work and Pensions Secretary Liz Kendall vowed to defy Labour critics and press ahead with benefit cuts of £5 billion as she warned they were needed to defeat Nigel Farage and Reform at the ballot...

Kemi Badenoch buries Keir Starmer as red-faced PM scrambles for insulting default reply

Finally! Just as we had given up all hope,Tory leader Kemi Badenoch finds some balls. And lord did she give Keir Starmer a well-deserved kicking in his own pair today. And, marvelously, when he was...

Keir Starmer has pledged to restore winter fuel payment - but for how many pensioners?

PM Keir Starmer has just backtracked on Labour’s first big policy decision. It really is a bombshell moment.The decision by Chancellor Rachel Reeves to axe the winter fuel payment for all but the...

Starmer's winter fuel U-turn seeks to calm Labour nerves

Starmer's winter fuel U-turn seeks to calm Labour nerves21 minutes agoHenry ZeffmanBBC chief political correspondentPA MediaThe details will follow in the Budget this autumn. But make no mistake,...

UK steps up action against Israel over Gaza offensive

UK steps up action against Israel over Gaza offensive4 hours agoJennifer McKiernanPolitical reporter, BBC News•@_JennyMcKiernanJames LandaleDiplomatic correspondent•@BBCJLandaleReutersThe UK has...

Moment police taser pensioner, 92, who died 3 weeks after 'attack'

A 92-year-old care home resident in a wheelchair was sprayed in the face with synthetic pepper spray before being shot by a taser and hit with a baton by police officers, a jury has been told. PC...

'It's so Chelsea': how Sir Brian May stepped to one side for my Japanese garden picture

It’s extraordinary. You're never more than three feet from a Dame, and unintentionally bumping into national treasures is par for the course. For example, while attempting to take a photo of one of...

Keir Starmer's quiet culture war: How PM is destroying conservative Britain

In the years leading up to the 2024 general election, political discourse in the UK was obsessed with the so-called culture war. From statues to slogans, from pronouns to patriotism, politicians,...