HMRC urges millions of people in the UK to claim their free £500 quickly

Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has laid out new draft plans to the UK Parliament which will extend bereavement support to more than 22,000 people. Previously, a surviving parent could only claim the financial support if they had been married or in a civil partnership at the time of their spouse or civil partner’s death.

Coleen Rooney has given a glimpse inside her trip to Blackpool with her four sons as the UK sweltered on the hottest day of the year. The brunette beauty, 35, who shares sons Kai, 11, Klay, eight, Kit, five, and Cass, three, with former England footballer Wayne Rooney ,35, gave a sneak peek inside the trip as the family swapped their usual exotic getaways for a day at Blackpool Pleasure Beach.

AMC+ (BBC Two in the UK), the five-episode miniseries is set in the 1850s and follows Patrick Sumner (Jack O’Connell), a disgraced ex-army surgeon who joins a whaling expedition to the Arctic.

Daniel D'Addario Chief TV CriticThough it’s plenty punishing, AMC Plus’ new limited series “The North Water” has something richly escapist about it: The show, set on a whaling ship in the 1850s and shot within the Arctic Circle, creates a sense of chilliness that will permeate one’s bones on even the hottest summer night.In this adaptation of Ian McGuire’s historical-fiction novel, Jack O’Connell plays Patrick Sumner, a British army surgeon running from his past; he signs on to be a doctor on a

She may have played her majesty Queen Elizabeth in The Crown but it seems that actress Olivia Colman has found herself in the true Kingdom at last.

Self-Employment Income Support Scheme (SEISS). New figures from HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) show that 9.1 million total grants have been claimed by self-employed workers across the UK since the scheme launched in May last year.

Get the latest celeb gossip and telly news sent straight to your inbox each week with our Showbiz newsletter.Australian TV and radio star Jonathan 'Jono' Coleman has died at the age of 65.Coleman, who is survived by his wife Margot and two children, died after a five-year battle with prostate cancer.His career began in Australia in 1979, reporting for TV children's show Simon Townsend's Wonder World.After moving to the UK, Coleman joined the Virgin Radio presenting team as one half of Russ 'n'

Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme came into effect on July 1 as part of the UK Government’s plan to phase out the financial support from the end of September. Businesses across the UK now have to start making compulsory contributions to furloughed employees’ wages as The Treasury’s pay has dropped to 70%, from 80%.

Andrew Haigh is one of the most respected English filmmakers working today because of the humane and tender qualities he lends his projects. Whether it’s his LGBT-themed dramas like “Weekend” and “Looking,” or the truly excellent “45 Years” from 2015, Haigh brings a subtle and tender style reminiscent of a novelist’s sensibility.

Tax Credits and Child Benefit customers who use a Post Office Card Account (POCA) to collect their payments that this service will end on November 30. Around 900,000 people across the UK use POCA to collect payments, but over the last three years the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) and HMRC have been writing to claimants and encouraging them to have benefits and pensions paid directly into their bank accounts.

EXCLUSIVE: Industry and Skins star Freya Mavor has joined the cast of UK thriller Freegard, which is filming in London.

whose 2002 visit to Easterhouse in Glasgow inspired his much derided reforms to the benefits system - has signed a letter to Rishi Sunak along with five other Conservative former work and pensions secretaries. The group warned the UK Chancellor that a failure to keep the uplift in place permanently would “damage living standards, health and opportunities” for those that “need our support most as we emerge from the pandemic”.