The Scottish National Party has been accused of launching an attack on rural Scotland following a ban on wood-burning stoves in new homes. Housebuilders cannot install “polluting heating systems, which include log burners, following the introduction of new regulations to tackle climate
The appalling way Britain treats its most vulnerable and frail citizens in expensive care homes has been laid bare. Devastating figures show residents languish within substandard and inadequate facilities at one in five sites. Regulators blame the “increasing pressure” the £16billion-a-year sector
Millions of elderly people will get a pension boost of up to £900 as new Triple Lock changes kick in tomorrow – with a senior Tory minister declaring “we back Britain’s pensioners”. The increase also marks yet another landmark in the victorious
Rishi Sunak is attempting to head off a revolt by older voters with a pledge that his Government will always back pensioners. He has been stung by claims he is alienating the over-65s with tax hikes. An inflation-busting rise in the state
Up to 1.6 million extra pensioners will be dragged into paying income tax by 2027-28 due to a stealth tax, research shows. The freeze on the income tax allowance in April 2021 held it at £12,570 and it will stay there for
Pensioner fury boiled over after new analysis showed they will be just £20 better off this year after their triple lock increase was all but wiped out in the Budget. The Resolution Foundation said Jeremy Hunt’s six-year freeze in income tax thresholds
Rishi Sunak confirms commitment to Triple Lock pensions The Daily Express revealed last week that the Conservative party will put the triple lock pledge at the heart of its manifesto. It guarantees the state pension rises by a minimum of 2.5%, inflation
Pensioners have been dealt a fresh blow as Keir Starmer refused to commit to the triple lock. Campaigners hailed the Conservatives’ promise to protect pensioners’ incomes as a “great first shot” in the battle for support from older voters. But within just
A Great British Bake-Off star, a woman who altered tenancy documents to hide her living arrangements, a man who went swimming with dolphins, a woman on a fancy-dress charity walk and another who went zip lining. This is not the start of
The seaside town of Hastings has experienced a boom in recent years as the number of people discovering this part of East Sussex has risen dramatically. Furthermore, hundreds of AirBnbs have sprung up and during the pandemic, more people moved into the