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More than half of PIP claimants are over 50. The welfare debate is still about the young

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PIP now supports 4.1 million people and costs the taxpayer more than £27bn a year, with the bill forecast to pass £41bn by 2031. More than half of those claimants are over 50, and the reform options being modelled would leave older claimants worse off. In a debate dominated by youth worklessness, the arithmetic points somewhere else.

Labour borrowing blow as Treasury overshoots forecast by £8.1bn

Diesel closes in on its all-time record, and Whitehall’s rationing plan is ready

‘One in, one out’ deal has cost £56,000 per migrant returned, Mahmood reveals to MPs

Labour announces specialist rape courts as Tories demand action on huge justice backlog

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31 CHAGOSSIAN FAMILIES FLEE MAURITIUS FOR UK AS FEARS GROW FOR COMMUNITY LEFT BEHIND

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Families due to arrive at Manchester Airport this morning (Tuesday 22 September) after leaving Mauritius, with some Chagossians saying they are too frightened to...
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Eleven EU states tell Brussels to stop writing laws and start clearing them up

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Eleven European Union member states, among them three of the bloc's largest economies, Germany, Italy and Poland, are calling on Brussels to stop producing...

Burnham Ducks Defence Reckoning as NATO Chief Comes Calling

Never Was So Much Owed: Britain Remembers The Few 86 Years On

Israel closes British consulate after UK bans trade with West Bank settlements

Burnham Faces Renewed Pressure Over Chagos Islands Surrender as Poll Shows Public Wants Chagossians to Have a Vote

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Trail Camera Captures Newly Released Beavers Pairing Up on Exmoor

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New trail-camera footage from the Holnicote Estate on Exmoor has revealed that two of the beavers released into the wild earlier this year appear...

Britain Prepares for Its Darkest Skies Since 1999 as Eclipse Hits Tonight

As Drought Grips Britain, Garden Birds Are Going Hungry, Here’s How to Help

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