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UK pension savers issued fresh tax hit warning as ally's...
Australia's plan to double pension tax rates to 30 per cent on investment returns...
Economy warning: Rachel Reeves under pressure to boost...
The OECD has warned Chancellor Rachel Reeves that she risks breaching her budget...
'Chunky tax hikes' loom as Keir Starmer looks to make Britain...
Sir Keir Starmer's plans to make Britain a "battle-ready" nation have been overshadowed...
Cost of a comfortable retirement revealed as pension savers...
A comfortable retirement in Britain now costs more than £60,000 a year for couples,...
H&M apologises after customers unable to complete payments...
H&M is the latest retailer to be impacted by another apparent IT error with customers...
Economy in crisis as British businesses to be slapped with...
The UK economy has been dealt another blow as it is understood the previously proposed...
Economy warning: Britain 'losing billions' in productivity...
The UK economy is continuing to be detrimentally impacted by worker sick days, expert...
State pension alert: Nine million Britons to pay 'nonsensical'...
Nearly nine million Britons of state pension will pay income tax on their retirement...
Winter Fuel Payment 'dilemma' as Labour urged to pay for...
Winter Fuel Payments are expected to be reinstated in some form as soon as next...
Post Office confirms major overhaul to 4,000 branches as...
The Post Office has announced a major change to its services, which will impact...
Spending Review: Rachel Reeves to make big announcement...
Chancellor Rachel Reeves is set to unveil the Labour Government's spending plans...
State pension warning as 450,000 Britons miss out on £26,000...
Hundreds of thousands of British pensioners living abroad are missing out on thousands...
Smart meter warning: Units to be forced on over 500,000...
Over 500,000 UK households are facing a critical deadline to replace their energy...
DWP benefit and state pension payment dates for June 2025...
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is set to hand out benefit and pension...
Winter Fuel Payment update: New details emerge on plans...
The Government has announced new details regarding the plans for greater roll out...
Rachel Reeves announces £15bn investment for trams, trains...
Chancellor Rachel Reeves has announced a sweeping £15.6 billion investment in transport...
Rachel Reeves sparks fears of tax hikes in just MONTHS...
Rachel Reeves has refused to alter her fiscal rules, sparking fears that tax hikes...
Council tax warning: Households face higher bills as Rachel...
The Chancellor has been urged to look at council tax bands as a way to boost the...
WHSmith 'on track' to sell ALL 480 stores this month as...
WHSmith has confirmed its £76 million sale to Hobbycraft owner Modella Capital remains...
Blow to Rachel Reeves as £14.8bn to be wiped from UK economy...
New research has revealed that inheritance tax changes to Business Property Relief...
Best savings accounts of the week: Banks offering 7.5%...
Britons are being encouraged to take advantage of competitive savings accounts before...
Pension warning: Millions of retirement savers 'don't know'...
A new study has revealed that 83 per cent of UK adults have no idea what they are...
Pension system overhaul 'game changer' for retirement savings,...
Chancellor Rachel Reeves is implementing "game changing" reform to pensions with...
Frugal tech: The start-ups working on cheap innovation
Indian start-ups are using local materials and innovative ideas to make useful and...
The people who think AI might become conscious
With a leap in the evolution of large language models, some leading thinkers are...
Adidas says customer data stolen in cyber attack
The sportswear giant says criminals accessed its systems through a "third-party...
Pornhub and three other porn sites face EU child safety...
The EU said the sites did not appear to have "appropriate" age verification to stop...
Telegram announces partnership with Musk's xAI
The $300m deal, which will last one year, will see xAI's assistant Grok integrated...
Temu's Chinese owner sees profits plunge as trade war bites
US-listed shares of PDD Holdings fell over 13% on Tuesday as the firm said its profit...
Texas governor signs online safety law in blow to Apple...
Under the new law, minors will need parental approval before they can download apps...
Elon Musk leaves White House but says Doge will continue
Musk's exit comes after he criticised the legislative centrepiece of the president's...
Second suspect arrested in alleged crypto torture scheme
Police say the two men kidnapped an Italian businessman and tortured him with a...
Customers furious after Game cancels Nintendo Switch 2...
Affected customers - who have waited years for the console launch - have reacted...
Victoria's Secret takes down US website after 'security...
Some in-store services are also suspended - the lingerie firm says it is "working...
Nvidia revenues surge despite tariff uncertainty
Nvidia's share price rose by more than 5% in pre-market trading on Thursday after...
It's Musk's last day - what has he achieved at the White...
The tech billionaire and Doge have spearheaded dramatic changes in the US government...
US green energy firms brace for federal funding cuts
Billions of dollars of US federal funding for green energy projects hangs in the...
Government AI copyright plan suffers fourth House of Lords...
The bitter row over how to protect artists in the artificial intelligence age returns...
Football and other premium TV being pirated at 'industrial...
New research singles out the Amazon Fire Stick as the most popular means of accessing...
The British jet engine that failed in the 'Valley of Death'
Workers at Reaction Engines felt they were close to completing a revolutionary jet...
Outrage in Kenya over detention of software developer
Rose Njeri developed a tool to help people oppose the government's finance bill.
North Face and Cartier customer data stolen in cyber attacks
They are the latest in a string of high-profile companies publicly reporting being...
Tesla is 'not interested' in producing cars in India -...
This is the first time India has publicly admitted that it has not been able to...
Pornhub pulls out of France over age verification law
It's the latest setback for the world's most popular porn site, which is also under...
Apple and Google clash with police and MPs over phone thefts
The police told MPs that a big proportion of violent crime is related to mobile...
Stores open at midnight as fans rush to buy Nintendo Switch...
One retailer says it's the "biggest gaming pre-order ever" - but there questions...
TikTok blocks searches for extreme thinness 'skinnytok'...
The app acknowledged the viral hashtag had been become linked to "unhealthy weight...
How airline fees have turned baggage into billions
The amount carriers now charge for luggage is raising the ire of politicians and...
Streeting urges doctors to vote no in strike ballot
Resident doctors unhappy with 5.4% pay rise with union warning strikes in England...
Hopes of parenthood crushed after IVF embryos destroyed...
Couples in Gaza using IVF to help them conceive “left with nothing” after 4,000...
NHS Scotland waits of more than two years on the rise
New figures show waiting lists have an growing number of two-year waits for appointments...
'My life was saved by a stranger on the other side of the...
An Australian man meets his stem-cell donor for the first time after travelling...
Cash to isolate 'would have cut Covid deaths'
Baroness Dido Harding tells Covid inquiry Rishi Sunak blocked higher support payments.
How 'laughing gas' became a deadly - but legal - American...
Nitrous oxide overdoses have increased in the US, but the substance is still legal...
'I'm tackling my diabetes risk for my grandson'
NHS Sussex urges people to take action as Type 2 diabetes cases rise across the...
New nature health scheme aims to boost well-being
The RSPB, which helped draw up the scheme, says it has been a success in other parts...
The Covid Inquiry Podcast: 'I wasn't the decision maker'
The Inquiry hears from the lead of the test and trace unit
Why are disposable vapes being banned and how harmful is...
It will be illegal to sell or supply disposable vapes from 1 June 2025.
People say cola and fries are helping their migraines -...
Migraines are one of the most complex neurological disorders. What is the science...
Disposable vape ban begins - but will it have an impact?
Retailers will no longer be able to sell single-use vapes as new laws come into...
Pharmacists warn drug shortage affecting cancer patients
Some patients are skipping meals due to a shortage of Creon, says a pharmacy association.
Exercise improves colon cancer survival, major study shows
Risk of dying was cut by a third after colon cancer patients dialled up exercise...
Manslaughter case launched into Nottingham baby deaths
A corporate manslaughter investigation has been opened by police as a major review...
'I had to leave my baby and felt like a prisoner in hospital'
Mothers with serious mental health problems are separated from their babies in Northern...
Syphilis and drug-resistant gonorrhoea increasing
Experts say the gonorrhoea figures are a worry. although the actual number of drug-resistant...
Police investigate heart deaths at NHS hospital
Patients who died at Castle Hill Hospital near Hull may have suffered avoidable...
Abortion laws are Victorian era, says grieving mum
Elen Hughes, who lost her son Danial at 37-and-a-half weeks, says police guidance...
Before the Attack in Boulder, the Gaza War Consumed the...
Activists have regularly disrupted council meetings to demand that the city call...
Judge Orders Trump Administration to Take Steps to Give...
The judge also said the men, expelled under the Alien Enemies Act, were likely to...
L.A. County to Pay $2.7 Million to Teen Beaten in Juvenile...
Surveillance video captured a 16-year-old being repeatedly punched, kicked and stomped...
Justice Dept. Sues Texas Over Tuition Break for Undocumented...
The Trump administration argues that the Texas Dream Act of 2001 illegally benefits...
Trump Allies Try to Discredit Experts Warning About the...
President Trump and his allies have united around a new foe: the economists and...
Trump and Putin Discuss Ukraine Drone Strike and Iran Nuclear...
President Trump said the Russian leader told him “very strongly” in a phone call...
Trump’s Influence Is Everywhere in New Jersey’s Governor’s...
The Republican and Democratic primaries are next week. Will the president’s influence...
Judge Blocks Deportation of Family of Suspect in Colorado...
Lawyers for the wife and children of the man charged with attacking an event supporting...
Trump Administration to Pull $4 Billion in California High-Speed...
The state’s rail authority said California intends to keep the project moving forward.
To Bolster Columbia Inquiry, Prosecutor Likened Hamas Graffiti...
An internal Justice Department clash over safety and free speech rights centered...
Trump’s Policy Bill Would Add $2.4 Trillion to Debt, Budget...
The estimate from the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office is all but certain...
Karine Jean-Pierre, Former Biden Press Secretary, Leaves...
In a coming book, Ms. Jean-Pierre will describe a “betrayal” by her party when Joseph...
Trump Delighted by Saudi Deal for Two Rare Arabian Leopards
Move over, pandas. Two Arabian leopards are coming to the National Zoo.
How Trump Talks About Antisemitism
On the campaign trail, President Donald Trump repeatedly promised voters that he’d...
‘Sinners’ Goes Beyond Horror and the Blues for Clarksdale,...
The community effort and attention around “Sinners,” a blockbuster horror movie,...
Brown Disciplined a Student Who Asked Questions in the...
A conservative student newspaper had DOGE-style questions about the work of Brown...
Fearful House Republicans Scramble to Mollify Musk
Republicans in the chamber are bending over backward to appease the world’s richest...
Nearly All Remaining Voice of America Employees Could Be...
A proposed restructuring would leave only 18 employees at the federally funded news...
At ‘CPAC of the Center,’ Democratic Moderates Beat Up on...
At a wonky gathering in Washington, centrist Democrats argued that they were the...
Santa Ono’s Bid for U. of Florida President Shows Politicization...
Florida officials rejected Santa Ono of Michigan as the next president of the state’s...
U.S. Brings Back Guatemalan Wrongly Deported to Mexico
The Trump administration obeyed the instructions of the judge in the case, a significant...
2 Hikers, a Father and Daughter, Are Found Dead Near Maine’s...
Their bodies were found near the summit of Mount Katahdin, at the end of the Appalachian...
Compulsory education 'costing islanders thousands'
Isles of Scilly teenagers have to leave home at 16 to study on the mainland.
Students warned of subject cold spots as universities cut...
A new report says universities should be allowed to collaborate more in order to...
What is an apprenticeship and how much are apprentices...
Going to school, college or university five days a week is not the only way to get...
Parents fight to save school lollipop patrols
A council says stopping the patrols was a difficult decision it had to make for...
How can working parents get 15 and 30 hours of free childcare?
Childcare support for working parents varies across the UK, depending on the child's...
'Girls shouldn't have to wear skirts to school'
Two school girls are campaigning for legislation to force schools to offer girls...
'People can't leave school abuse behind - I want someone...
Leon says his experiences deeply affected him and other pupils and led him to act...
Dive-bombing buzzard causes school playground ban
The primary school pupils in Havering are told not to play outside due to the risk...
Controlled explosion after chemicals found at school
Learners at Denbigh High School were sent home after "historical chemicals" were...
Free school meals to be extended to 500,000 more children
Charities have broadly welcomed the plans, saying they hope it is a sign of more...
