[ad_1] Week after week, there used to be a grim but poignant ritual at the start of Prime Minister's Question Time.The prime minister of the day would begin by acknowledging by name and by rank the British servicemen and women killed serving their country.But what happened this week was different.Not different in how it was done or the solemnity of the moment as MPs fell quiet and listened respectfully.But different
[ad_1] PAChancellor Rachel Reeves has earmarked "several billion pounds" in draft spending cuts to welfare ahead of her Spring Statement, according to the BBC.When asked about the welfare budget, the Justice Secretary, Shabana Mahmood said: "Our current situation is unsustainable… we've seen a huge rise in that welfare budget."BBC Verify has examined this budget and where the cuts might fall.How big is the welfare budget?Before looking at where the welfare
[ad_1] PAHarold Wilson led the country on two separate occasions, in the 1960s and 1970sFormer Prime Minister Harold Wilson agreed late in life to sell his entire archive of personal and political papers to help fund his care, according to documents released by the National Archives.Lord Wilson initially planned to sell the collection to McMaster University in Canada for £212,500 – about £700,000 in today’s money.He was suffering from Alzheimer’s
[ad_1] Shadow Chancellor John McDonnell says he won't be appearing on Russia Today any more and will encourage Labour colleagues to follow his lead.He told the BBC's Andrew Marr show the Kremlin-backed TV station had crossed a line after the Salisbury spy poisoning and gone beyond "objective journalism". [ad_2] Source link
[ad_1] Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionRichard Leonard says he is angry with the "callousness of the Tories and the complacency of the SNP" Richard Leonard has used his Scottish Labour conference speech to underline his "mission" to "fundamentally change" the economic system.The party leader told delegates in Dundee that "our economy needs less market and more planning".Mr Leonard also proposed reforms to the rental sector and
[ad_1] Marina Litvinenko, the widow of ex-Russian agent Alexander Litvinenko who died in London from radioactive polonium, says she was given assurances this wouldn't happen again. [ad_2] Source link
[ad_1] Image copyright Getty Images Image caption The HMRC said the pensioners received a "coding notice in error" About 17,000 ex-mineworkers were wrongly told they owed thousands of pounds in tax due to an error.One of them was 79-year-old Michael Hinchley, from Nottinghamshire, who said he was shocked after being told in a letter he owed £26,000. Capita, the administrator for the Mineworkers' Pension Scheme, said the tax code letters
