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Catch the latest Financial News EventsLabour’s new welfare changes are practical and compassionate – so why not loudly say so? | Polly Toynbee
Universal credit to rise faster than inflation, benefit hurdles eased, extra help for children and young people … I bet you had no ideaIt’s the good this government does that can make you hold your head in your hands and sigh. Ask people what they think of Labour...
Hopes dashed as ‘Waspi women’ again denied state pension compensation
Latest ruling affects up to 3.6m women born in 1950s who say they have lost out in way UK pension age changedMillions of “Waspi women” will not receive any compensation, the government has again decided in its latest ruling on the case – but campaigners say they will...
Andy Burnham says insiders at Westminster ‘don’t get licence to lie’ after byelection row
Manchester mayor takes aim at House of Commons briefing culture and says he will continue to call out liarsWestminster insiders “do not get a licence to lie”, said Andy Burnham on Thursday, in an angry swipe at the political briefing culture in the House of...
How did British Muslims become ‘the problem’? – podcast
Miqdaad Versi, Shaista Aziz, Aamna Mohdin and Nosheen Iqbal on the rise of the far right and growing Islamophobia in the UKThe far right is on the rise and much of its messaging is explicitly Islamophobic. In 2024 anti-Muslim hate crimes in England and Wales doubled....