Hundreds of homes and roads on Lanzarote have been flooded, after torrential rainfall swept across the Canary Island on Saturday. Lanzarote’s government declared a state of emergency overnight after 6cm (2.4 inches) of rain poured down on the popular tourist destination in just two hours. No injuries have been reported by the Spanish authorities –...
In a move that has sparked widespread uproar, work and pensions secretary Liz Kendall has announced a series of Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) welfare cuts including to PIP and Universal Credit, aimed at reducing government spending that will impact millions of low-income families, and chronically ill and disabled people, who are currently bracing...