The Standard Minimum Guarantee for Pension Credit is one of the payments that will increase by 4.1%, in line with the increase in Average Weekly Earnings in the year to May to July 2024. This also ...

Direct Line Group has revealed plans to axe around 550 jobs as it looks to cut costs amid a turnaround at the insurer. The group said it is consulting on the cuts as it seeks to save £50 million in ...

Pakistan’s railways suspended all train services on Monday to and from a south-western province where a suicide bombing at a train station over the weekend killed 26 people, including soldiers and ...

The taxpayer-backed lender said it bought 263 million shares from the Government at a price of 380.8p each, reducing the Government’s stake to around 11.4% from 14.81%, as at the end of October.

Palestinian medical officials say an Israeli strike hit a tent sheltering a displaced family in the central Gaza Strip, killing at least three people, including the parents of twins. The strike in the ...

Heathrow Airport said it has recorded the busiest October in its history. More than 7.2 million passengers travelled through the west London airport’s four terminals last month. That is up from 7.0 ...

The 19-time world champion boxer is co-launching community fundraising platform Trust Huddle nationwide, with plans to expand to the US.

President-elect Donald Trump says that Tom Homan, his former acting Immigration and Customs Enforcement director, will serve as “border tsar” in his incoming administration. “I am pleased to announce ...

China has built a land-based prototype nuclear reactor for a large surface warship, in the clearest sign yet that Beijing is advancing towards producing its first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier.

The meeting kicks off against a backdrop of deadly weather events, extreme conditions and record temperatures in recent ...

A slew of newspapers splash on supposed contingency talks between the UK and France in the wake of the US election, while some papers shared images of the Princess of Wales as she returns to public ...