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Pensioners hit by Reeves’s plan to fill £22bn black hole
Britain’s pensioners will take the brunt of a raft of brutal cuts announced by the new chancellor Rachel Reeves to deal with a £22bn black hole in the country’s finances. To gasps in the Commons chamber, Ms Reeves announced that she would be removing winter fuel allowance payments for pensionersContinue Reading
Tory leadership race: Party installs ‘yellow card’ system to stop in-fighting
The Conservative Party has put in place a “yellow card” system to prevent in-fighting during its leadership race, with the six candidates in the running to replace Rishi Sunak being confirmed on Monday. Mr Sunak resigned in the wake of his party’s poor result at the general election but willContinue Reading
Reeves scraps winter fuel payments for 10M pensioners to fund public sector pay rise
Rachel Reeves will eliminate winter fuel payments for 10 million pensioners to help fund substantial public sector pay increases. The Chancellor announced plans to save £5.5bn this year, addressing a £22bn shortfall in public finances left by the previous government. The majority of the savings will fund a £9.4bn payContinue Reading
Watch: Rachel Reeves holds news conference after cutting winter fuel payments for millions of pensioners
Watch as Rachel Reeves holds a press conference after outlining Labour’s economic plan in a speech on Monday 29 July. The chancellor warned of “difficult decisions” as she accused the previous government of leaving £21.9 billion of unfunded commitments that it had “covered up from the country”. In a statementContinue Reading
Is Labour going to raise taxes? All the possibilities from pensions tax to capital gains reform
Rachel Reeves is set to unveil a £20 billion ‘black hole’ in public finances today, sparking rumours that Labour’s first autumn statement will bring new tax raising measures. The chancellor is expected to reveal her findings when she releases a Treasury spending audit, setting out the strained state of governmentContinue Reading
Should we be taking precautions against the FLiRT Covid-19 variant?
As Brits lap up the summer sun, many of us will be going to summer gatherings, socialising more, and going on holiday. But this summer, it’s likely you or someone you know has suffered from an unseasonable cold. It is quite possible this was in fact a bout of Covid-19.Continue Reading
NHS payouts for medical negligence claims hit new annual high of £2.8bn
The NHS paid out record sums in damages and legal costs for alleged mistakes and negligence by medical professionals last year. In 2023/24, the cost of settling clinical negligence claims increased to £2.8bn from £2.7bn the previous year. Half the costs were associated with poor maternity care, an annual reportContinue Reading
India is suffering its largest Chandipura virus outbreak in 20 years – what you need to know
At least 38 people, most of them children and teenagers, have died since early June 2024 in the worst outbreak of Chandipura virus in India in over 20 years. This rod-shaped pathogen is a member of the rabies virus family that causes encephalitis – inflammation and swelling in the brain.Continue Reading
Losing a loved one makes you age faster, study suggests
Losing a loved one may make you age faster, a new study suggests. Suffering a loss at any age could have an impact on health, but researchers say the effects might be more severe during childhood or early adulthood. The impact of the death of a loved one on biologicalContinue Reading
Parasite found in soiled cat litter could be key to curing Alzheimer’s and other neurological disorders
A parasite found in soiled cat litter could be a future treatment for neurological disorders such as Alzheimer’s and Parkinsons, according to scientists. Scientists used an engineered form of Toxoplasma gondii, a common parasite found in cat poo, to deliver proteins to the brain in mice. In the past, neurologicalContinue Reading