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Millions of Brits are in line for a raise in their benefits in just a few weeks, including Universal Credit, Child Benefit, PIP and the State Pension. Around 19.7 million households are to receive at least one DWP or HMRC benefit that will be hiked from April 2025. However, this …

The Beltway swamp hates it, but President Donald Trump is bound and determined to shrink the federal budget and its massive deficit, and to shrink the 2 million-plus federal workforce. A score of liberal news outlets are all claiming that Trump’s directive to freeze certain federal spending was rescinded on …

Money expert Martin Lewis has warned people who sell on websites like eBay and Vinted to be ‘extra careful’ after a change to the law. The financial guru has urged people using selling sites that they are going to be automatically reported to HMRC from Friday. The change follows a …

Boyd Group International President and aviation expert Mike Boyd discusses the FAA’s role in the plane crash near Reagan National Airport as the investigation transitions into a recovery mission. An American Airlines flight operated by PSA Airlines was involved in a midair collision with an Army helicopter Wednesday night near …

Virgin Media O2 has pledged to donate up to 12,000 smartphones in 2025 to help people in need get online. The provider will donate around 1,000 pre-owned devices per month to its charity partners, Good Things Foundation and Hubbub. These organisations will distribute the refurbished and data-wiped tech to other …

This is the first US plane crash since 2009. A massive search and rescue effort is underway after an Army Black Hawk helicopter collided midair with an American Airlines jet at Reagan National Airport in Arlington, Virginia on Wednesday evening. American Airlines CEO Robert Isom provided an update regarding flight …

People could soon have to wait until their 70s to claim their state pension, experts have warned. The costs of the policy will jump up again in April as payments increase 4.1% in line with the triple lock metric, raising the question of when the rules will have to change …

New York Post columnist Miranda Devine discusses Mark Zuckerberg’s policy changes at Meta, the SEC’s lawsuit against Elon Musk and special counsel Jack Smith’s report on Trump’s election case. After Meta removed tampons from men’s bathrooms in company office buildings earlier this month, some employees started coordinating “quiet rebellions” by …

Half a million pensioners are still paying off a mortgage costing them a third of their income, as monthly payments come at £766 on average. On average, retired mortgage holders still owe thousands, according to research from over 50s financial specialist SunLife. SunLife’s Life Well Spent report surveyed more than 2,000 people over …

Storch Advisors CEO and former Toys”R”Us and Target executive Gerald Storch reacts to a strong November retail report and explains how industry winners are ‘value-based’ players. Costco’s chairman of the board donated hundreds of thousands of dollars to Democrats in the last election cycle, and multiple other board members heavily …