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'68 is too late': Protest set for Westminster over plans to raise retirement age

CAMPAIGNERS are set to target Westminster in protest at Tory plans to raise the retirement age to 68.

The National (Scotland) · Apr 27, 2023

DWP rejects calls to increase Basic State Pension to £203 each week for 9.7m older people

An online petition is calling for people on the Basic and New State Pension to be paid the same amount of money.

Daily Record · Apr 27, 2023

All Wales' political parties unite to call on the UK Government to reclassify HS2 as England-only

The Welsh Conservatives joined forces with the other major Welsh parties in the Senedd to demand Wales gets the money it is "rightfully owed' for HS2

Wales Online · Apr 27, 2023

Here's how the six Scottish Tory MPs voted on the UK Illegal Migration Bill

THE UK Government’s Illegal Migration Bill, which critics say will create a de facto ban on seeking asylum in the country, has cleared the House…

The National (Scotland) · Apr 26, 2023

The Mancunian Way: Cold beans and kettle boxes

Emergency food parcels double as families struggle to make ends meet PLUS The museum becoming a holiday let

Manchester Evening News · Apr 26, 2023

ScotRail drivers could be made Tory 'asylum ban' enforcers

SCOTRAIL drivers and CalMac captains could be forced to become enforcers of the UK Government’s “asylum ban” plans, The National can reveal.

The National (Scotland) · Apr 26, 2023

Calls for release of Dumbarton man Jagtar Singh Johal grow as he marks 2000 days behind bars

Today (April 26) marks 2000 days since Jagtar Singh Johal, known as Jaggi, was locked up amid accusations he was involved in a political murder plot in Punjab, northern India.

Daily Record · Apr 26, 2023

'Level playing field' with European competitors needed to decarbonise says Tata Steel

Tata said it wanted the same level of government support to decarbonise already being delivered to steelmakers in Europe

Birmingham Post · Apr 26, 2023

New calls for State Pension Triple Lock review to make sure it remains 'fit for purpose'

More than 13million people are predicted to be receiving New State Pension payments within five years.

Daily Record · Apr 26, 2023

Record 3,000,000 emergency food parcels handed out in a year, 1m to children

There was a 38% rise in first-time users compared to the same period last year

Wales Online · Apr 26, 2023