Joshua Nevett Political reporter PA Media Millionaires should not be getting winter fuel payments, a senior minister has said, as the government considers how to ease cuts to the allowance for pensioners. Darren Jones, chief secretary to the Treasury, said the payments would be “targeted to those that need it the most”. It comes after...
A Scottish boarding school has announced it will accept payments of school fees in the cryptocurrency Bitcoin. Lomond School in Helensburgh, Argyll and Bute – which charges up to £38,000 per year – said the move came after requests from some parents. Tuition payments will be accepted in Bitcoin from autumn term this year, but...
Zimbabwe’s government has announced an initial pay-out of $3m (£2.3m) to white farmers whose farms were seized under a controversial government programme more than two decades ago. It is the first payment to be made under the 2020 compensation agreement signed between the state and the local white farmers in which Zimbabwe committed to pay...