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Who is eligible for DWP Universal Credit as Spring Budget confirms allowance increase

Chancellor Rachel Reeves has revealed a boost for Universal Credit recipients as the standard weekly allowance is set to increase from £92 in 2025-26 to £106 by 2029-30. During today's (March 26)...

Rachel Reeves has simply trimmed the fat — her plan won't touch the sides

Despite the insistence that the Spring Statement would not be a ‘fiscal event’, there is no other way to describe it. Reeves may not have ended the afternoon with a photo op clutching her red box...

Maths teacher avoids ban after asking Muslim pupil if she had bomb under hijab

A maths teacher has avoided a classroom ban despite a disciplinary tribunal finding he asked a Muslim pupil if she had "a bomb" under her hijab headdress. Mark Holland, a former teacher at Great...

Huge new asylum scandal erupts as foreign criminals who can't be deported given homes

A rising number of foreign criminals are being given taxpayer-funded asylum accommodation because they will “never” be deported, the Daily Express can reveal.In another shocking Home Office...

Gordon Ramsay’s 'awful' £24 cooked breakfast brutally mocked by diners

Gordon Ramsay’s quintessentially British breakfast has been brutally labelled “half English” after diners were left unimpressed by the classic meal. Guests at The Savoy who attended The River...

Urgent £275m alert for two UK cities as new tourist tax could deliver blow to economy

Tourist tax is a thorn in the side of many travellers and is likely to become more common in other countries. In a bid to clamp down on overtourism, tourist tax has been introduced to a few places...

Luxury Airbnb faces demolition with villagers fed up of wild parties

A luxury holiday home in a small village may be forced to close and be radically altered after claims it's causing "misery" for locals. The property on the on the edge of the Eryri (Snowdonia)...

Real number of people living on Earth may be far higher than we think, study claims

New research is suggesting that we might have more people on Earth than the current count of 8.2 billion, with hints that by 2080, there could be over 10 billion of us. According to some analysts, we...

Crisis in Canary Islands as foreigners outnumber locals on Tenerife

A notable increase in the number of Canary Island residents born outside of Spain has been revealed in new data released by the archipelago. Three municipalities in Tenerife now have more...

'The time for inquiries is over': The problem at the heart of the NHS's maternity care failures

'The time for inquiries is over': The problem at the heart of the NHS's maternity care failures48 minutes agoMichael BuchananSocial Affairs CorrespondentBBCBy the entrance to Furness General Hospital...

Israeli strike at Gaza hospital kills Hamas official and aide

Israeli strike at Gaza hospital kills Hamas official and aide 13 minutes agoRushdi Abu AloufGaza correspondentMaia DaviesBBC NewsAn Israeli air strike on a hospital in Gaza killed a senior Hamas...