Amid mounting pressure for the Government to U-turn on means testing winter fuel payments, Dame Diana Johson defended the measure, saying that the prime minister had to make tough decisions to fix a "black hole worth £22 billion" in the economy. The policing minister said that the Government was working to ensure all pensioners who were entitled to pension credit claimed the benefit.
The former president's "I'm not going to tell you what to do" admission drew backlash on social media.
The Prime Minister spoke out
The Government has been accused of breaking the rules when it took the payments of millions of pensioners
A Kremlin propaganda ploy to deflect criticism away from a “drunk” front-line commander renowned for ordering soldiers on suicide missions has backfired.
Warning comes after Russia’s government unveiled plans to hike defence spending to highest levels since the Cold War
"He was leader of your party, and he accepted an awful lot of money," the BBC presenter pointed out.
Rachel Reeves will be forced into delivering a “relaunch Budget” after the chaos of Labour’s first three months in office, George Osborne has said.
Donald Trump was reportedly caught on tape turning the grieving widow of a man who died at one of his rallies into a source of amusement for his uber-wealthy dinner guests.The recording, obtained by The Guardian, apparently comes from a private meal Trump held Aug. 10 in Aspen, Colorado. In it, the Republican presidential nominee reportedly recalled a meeting with the wife of Corey Comperatore, the man who was killed by shots fired at Trump by Thomas Crooks at a Pennsylvania rally in July.“So th
The lifelong Republican's zing came during a joint rally appearance with Donald Trump's Democratic rival, Kamala Harris.
SCOTTISH Labour have blamed the cut to the Winter Fuel Payment for damaging losses in two by-elections, stressing it was the “biggest factor” in people not voting.
It has descended into a Conservative blame game.
Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has sworn that Israel will not “last long” in a defiant sermon in Tehran on Friday.
Sarah Jones struggled to answer the Sky News presenter's questions over the ongoing controversy.
The owners of a wooden beach hut with no lavatory have been hit with a council tax bill of almost £4,000 after the Welsh Government imposed a 200 per cent surcharge on second homes.
Republican nominee claims Harris is threat to democracy in recording of top-dollar fundraiser in Colorado in August
Donald Trump is dodging his pledge—following the July assassination attempt where he was wounded in his right ear—that he would “very gladly” release his medical records, according to The New York Times.If he wins re-election next month, Trump, 78, would eventually surpass President Joe Biden, who turns 82 next month, as the oldest Oval Office holder in history.Biden and Trump’s election opponent, Vice President Kamala Harris, have also declined to release comprehensive medical records.Read more
North Korea has released a photo of shirtless, muscular troops smashing bricks with sledgehammers against the body and head of a comrade.
More than 1 trillion roubles' ($10.54 billion) worth of strategic enterprises and assets, seen as critical for developing Russia's economy and defence capabilities, were transferred to state ownership by Russian courts last year, Prosecutor General Igor Krasnov said in March. The draft law, if passed, would come into force in 2025, and the assets would be subject to an independent valuation, the note published on the State Duma's website said. After winning approval in the Duma, the law would also need to be passed by Russia's upper house of parliament and signed by President Vladimir Putin.
Rachel Reeves’s plan to cut almost £2 billion from the foreign aid budget has sparked a Cabinet backlash, The Telegraph can reveal.
The estranged wife of a top Labour donor has claimed he is likely to get an honour from Sir Keir Starmer – but is trying to rush through their divorce so she does not get a title of her own.
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