New calls for benefit claimants not to see money drop for living with partner due official response

Shoppers have been warned not to use one Tesco brand salt in a recent food recall.

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has updated Universal Credit payment rates for 2023/24 after the implementation of a rule change last month that will see parents with children aged one and two, invited to attend more face-to-face meetings with work coaches to help them prepare for employment.

Love Island fans are taking to Twitter to express their disappointment after Jess Harding and Sammy Root were crowned this year’s winning couple in the live final. Jess, 22, and Sammy, also 22, beat out several fan favourite couples in the public vote to storm to victory.

Good Morning Britain star Sean Fletcher has taken to social media to share the heartbreaking news that his family suffered a tragic loss whilst he was working away from home when his dog Meg was tragically killed in a road accident after escaping the house.

phone hacking case against the publication’s parent publisher, News Group Newspapers, on Thursday.Justice Timothy Fancourt has also discharged Harry’s claim that there is a “secret agreement” between Buckingham Palace and the media.However, the court is allowing Harry, 38, to take the Sun to trial over what he alleges were illegal practices to obtain information against him.The case is set to hit the UK’s High Court in January 2024.The Sun is part of NewsCorp, which is the parent company of The New York Post.According to the Associated Press, the judge said that the Invictus Games founder was aware of the phone hacking issue earlier and should have brought it up sooner to the court.News Group Newspapers asserted that the suit should be canceled because the allegations had been made after the six-year window for bringing them was over.“There is no evidence currently before me that the Duke knew before the (deadline to file a suit) that NGN had done anything other than hack his mobile phone (at the News of the World),” Fancourt said.

Determined Dumfriesshire parents, Jenny and Nigel Pike, are calling for donations to help the Eden Valley Hospice in memory of their late daughter, Anna.

The Barbenheimer phenomenon just keeps going. To wit: there is so much energy happening at international box office turnstiles that Tuesday’s grosses on Warner Bros’ Greta Gerwig-directed Barbie and Universal’s Christopher Nolan opus Oppenheimer were down just 1% from Monday. The offshore gross through Tuesday on Barbie is now $258.5M with global at $472.6M.

Brits with holidays booked to Corfu have been reassured that the majority of resorts will be operating as usual. ABTA, the trade association for UK travel agents and tour operators, has issued a statement on the Greek wildfires.

An SNP MP has warned that veterans are being "failed" by strict UK drug laws which hamper efforts to treat conditions like post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).

A new online petition is calling on the UK Government to “permanently scrap green levies on all energy bills” which could see the average household pay an extra £170 from this month, despite the implementation of Ofgem's lower price cap on July 1. Petition creator Sophie Corcoran argues that the levies are “unnecessary” and “expensive” during the ongoing cost of living crisis.

Olly Murs appeared to have addressed an apparent 'snub' of pal Mark Wright as he shared the first details from his breathtaking wedding day with his new wife Amelia. The singer, 39, proposed to his bodybuilder girlfriend on a south coast clifftop during the Jubilee bank holiday weekend celebrations last year.

The secretary of State for Work and Pensions has explained how Artificial Intelligence (AI) will help speed up processing times for benefit claims, allowing more time for “in-depth conversions” with customers. In a new video posted on social media, Mel Stride MP said that he wants the UK welfare system to “be the best in the world”.

The Walking Dead producer Gale Anne Hurd has called for U.S. and European countries to strike formal co-production agreements to support indie films and TV shows.

A new online petition is calling on the UK Government to create a ‘living’ State Pension paid to people in retirement at the same rate as the National Living Wage for those aged over 23. The proposal would see some 12.6 million pensioners receive £343 each week, or just under £19,000 each year.

Prince Harry has allegedly reached out to his estranged brother Prince William in a bid to plan a return to the UK, following reports over in the US that the Duke of Sussex is "panicking" over his and his wife Meghan Markle's future in America.

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) recently shared details of a new ‘private beta trial’ for Attendance Allowance claimants. The service is currently only being offered to 60 people each week who start a new claim for the State Pension age disability benefit through certain channels.

The Mary Wallopers have announced their new single ‘Wexford’, and told NME how they are looking to challenge perceptions of Irish folk music by making their music as accessible and thought-provoking as possible.Having gained notoriety from their lockdown livestreams, Dundalk band The Mary Wallopers have gone on to galvanise an unlikely fanbase from across the UK – and been hailed as making the traditional folk genre more accessible to a new generation.Following on from lead single ‘The Holy Ground’, the band have today (July 17) released the second track new album ‘Irish Rock ‘N’ Roll’ — a cover of Pecker Dunne’s ‘Wexford’.One of the album’s more emotive and introspective tracks, the cover sees The Mary Wallopers pay tribute to the late Irish folk icon and shed a light on the backlash faced by travellers, which often goes overlooked.“It is to show respect to the people that influence us,” guitarist Charles Hendy told NME. “The song itself is so raw and honest, it’s about him growing up in Wexford and he doesn’t sugarcoat anything in it.“It’s just an amazingly written song.

Manchester United fans have the opportunity to feature in a new Amazon Prime documentary showcasing the iconic Treble-winning season in 1999.

The world-famous British and Irish Flat racing season is in full swing and to celebrate, we have partnered with Racing TV, Britain and Ireland’s leading horse racing live TV channel, to give our readers free viewing until Saturday 26th August!

A group of determined women is urging the Department of Work and Pensions (DWP) to provide "full restitution" to all women affected by the change in State Pension ages. The 'Back To 60' campaign has gained traction on social media in recent weeks, with calls for a swift completion of an Ombudsman's report into the State Pension age change that has impacted certain women.