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Raise personal tax allowance to £15,597 major update as new push starts

A massive campaign to get the personal tax allowance limit raise has taken a new step with the launch of a new push. Currently people start paying tax on earnings at £12,570 - a threshold which has...

'People's Sick Day' set to cause 'economic blackout' as Trump protesters plot mass walkout

Most individuals utilise their allocated sick leave for unexpected ailments, poorly children, or medical appointments and don't consider using that time as a potential form of civil disobedience or...

Labour to relaunch pensions group over fears retirees will be £800 poorer by 2050

A pensions group is set to be relaunched by Labour amid fears workers are not saving enough for retirement. The Pensions Commission, an independent body which last met in 2006, will look at the...

Jane Austen period drama hailed 'subtle masterpiece' is available to stream now

A must-see adaptation of a beloved Jane Austen classic is now gracing screens for your viewing pleasure.Released in 1995 to critical acclaim, this film has been hailed as one of the finest Austen...

Labour considers handing parents £3,514 benefits windfall with end of two-child cap

Labour is considering scrapping the two-child benefit cap and allowing parents to claim Universal Credit or Child Tax Credit for more than two children, Ministers have confirmed. A review is underway...

Macron should have been sent home on a dinghy not warmly welcomed by Labour weaklings

Given the armies of well-paid civil servants briefing our Government ministers around the clock it is baffling how they are always the last to grasp what the man/woman/non-binary on the Clapham...

Britain’s high streets are plagued by foreign gangs selling fake cigarettes and drugs

Britain’s high streets are in the grip of foreign gangs who are selling fake cigarettes and drugs, and employing illegal migrants, according to a new report. Worse, the Government is failing to...

Labour plans to scrap two-child benefit cap 'dead in the water' after £5bn U-turn

Sir Keir Starmer is now almost certain to shelve plans to scrap the two-child benefit cap with no money left after Labour’s £5 billion retreat on welfare. Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson...

Welfare U-turn makes spending decisions harder, minister tells BBC

Welfare U-turn makes spending decisions harder, minister says17 minutes agoJoshua NevettPolitical reporterBBCSpending decisions have been made "harder" by the government's U-turn on welfare changes,...

Keir Starmer signs UK up to new high-tax UN manifesto

Sir Keir Starmer has signed Britain up to a new United Nations agreement which will include higher taxes on the wealthy. The move could risk frustrating the White House, with Donald Trump pulling the...

Jeremy Corbyn confirms new left-wing party as Keir Starmer set for 'massive headache'

Jeremy Corbyn is to launch a new left-wing party which allies say will cause “massive headaches” for Sir Keir Starmer and Labour. The left-wing former Labour leader said: “Real change is...

Jeremy Corbyn's 'new party' descends into chaos just hours after announcement

The launch of a new left-wing insurgent party was engulfed in chaos today just hours after being announced. Zarah Sultana, the MP for Coventry South, quit Labour last night and announced she was...

MPs to vote on welfare bill as unrest rumbles on

MPs to vote on welfare bill as unrest rumbles on27 minutes agoHelen CattPolitical correspondentOttilie MitchellBBC NewsReutersMPs will vote on the government's planned reforms to welfare later - with...

Labour MPs press Kendall on rollout of benefit changes

Labour MPs press Kendall on rollout of benefit changes29 minutes agoKate WhannelPolitics reporterHouse of CommonsWork and Pensions Secretary Liz Kendall has faced repeated questions from Labour MPs...

Keir Starmer's welfare cuts to plunge 150,000 more people into poverty

At least 150,000 more people will be pushed into relative poverty by the end of 2029-30 because of welfare changes, the government’s modelling has suggested. The figure is down from the 250,000...