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Twelve million pensioners will find out whether Chancellor Jeremy Hunt will grant them the full 8.5 percent state pension triple lock increase when he delivers his Autumn Statement on Wednesday. Whatever he does will cause a storm. Daily Express :: Finance Feed
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Tens of thousands of state pensioners can’t afford heating as they miss out on triple lock
One woman in her 90s has missed out on £41,000 in payments. Daily Express :: Finance Feed
Read More »State pension and benefit fraud warning as cases will be reviewed next year
Officials are to review a sample of claims for issues such as falsifying documents or faking an illness or injury. Daily Express :: Finance Feed
Read More »The Kinks was a constant state of screaming and shouting and loving each other
EXCLUSIVE: Alongside The Beatles, The Rolling Stones and The Who, the band who made the 1960s swing wilder than anyone else were The Kinks. Their contemporaries might have sold more records, but Ray Davies’ lyrics were the sharpest and often funniest in rock. Daily Express :: Entertainment Feed
Read More »Iceland authorities declare state of emergency in fishing town threatened by volcano
Residents of a fishing town in southwestern Iceland left their homes on Saturday after increasing concern about a potential volcanic eruption caused civil defence authorities to declare a state of emergency in the region. CBC | World News
Read More »Tories face Green fury over state pension ‘injustice’ as 500,000 miss out on increase
EXCLUSIVE: Many pensioners are in ‘desperate straits’ as they struggle to get by on their frozen state pension, a politician has said. Daily Express :: Finance Feed
Read More »Iceland declares ‘state of emergency’ due to powerful earthquakes and volcano threat
Iceland’s southwestern region has been battered by earthquakes overnight Daily Express :: News Feed
Read More »Danica Roem makes history as first openly trans state senator in Virginia
The Democratic candidate beat Bill Woolf for the job, campaigning on her successful track record as a state delegate. CBC | World News
Read More »Millions of state pensioners will not get full triple lock hike this year – here’s why
Many people assume that everybody’s state pension is the same and increases by an identical percentage each year. That’s not how it works at all. Some fare a lot worse than others. Daily Express :: Finance Feed
Read More »Ohio votes to entrench abortion rights in state constitution
Democrats and abortion rights advocates notched a string of electoral victories on Tuesday, including in conservative Ohio and Kentucky, an early signal that reproductive rights remain a potent issue for Democrats ahead of the 2024 presidential race. CBC | World News
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