Shanaz Musafer Business reporter, BBC News Getty Images Some people who pay into a Lifetime Individual Savings Account (LISA) may end up getting less money out than they put in, MPs have warned, as they call for the product to be reformed. Anyone under 40 can open a LISA to either help save towards retirement...
Did you know that Truthout is a nonprofit and independently funded by readers like you? If you value what we do, please support our work with a donation. Ahead of a vote on Republicans’ budget reconciliation package expected as soon as noon Saturday, U.S. Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Chair Mike Lee revived...
Did you know that Truthout is a nonprofit and independently funded by readers like you? If you value what we do, please support our work with a donation. As an Iranian, I felt a surge of relief — and cautious hope — when I heard news of the ceasefire between Iran and Israel. The bloodshed...
United Archives via Getty Images Facing political turmoil and protests, Indira Gandhi imposed the Emergency in 1975 At midnight on 25 June 1975, India – a young democracy and the world’s largest – froze. Then prime minister Indira Gandhi had just declared a nationwide Emergency. Civil liberties were suspended, opposition leaders jailed, the press gagged,...
Jim Connolly BBC News Investigations BBC Avril has avoided taking her Cavachon Dougie to the vet due to the cost and now regrets it Pet owners are increasingly having their sick animals put down or they are delaying taking them for treatment to avoid spiralling vet bills, vets and animal charities have warned. Some animal...
Getty Images The IOPC found there were gross misconducts cases to answer over the treatment of the woman Two serving Metropolitan Police officers and a former officer will face a gross misconduct hearing after a 90-year-old woman with dementia was “red-dotted” with a Taser, handcuffed and put in a spit hood. The woman was targeted...
The US president says his patience is “wearing thin” with Iran Read full article at source...
Wycliffe Muia, Barbara Plett Usher & Brian Waihenya BBC News, Nairobi Albert Ojwang / Facebook Albert Ojwang, who was married with a young son, had graduated with a Bachelor of Education degree a few years ago “My son died like an animal,” said Meshack Ojwang, before breaking down in tears in front of journalists outside...
“We are not playing around,” Donald Trump warned reporters earlier today. “These are paid insurrectionists, these are paid troublemakers,” Trump continued, describing the attacks on LAPD on Sunday by people throwing large chunks of concrete down on police officers and cars, among other such violence in the LA riots. Still, that was two days ago....
Che Adams slots Scotland into an early lead in Liechtenstein. Read full article at source...
The final act in this slow motion U-turn has played out. The arc of this row runs to almost a year. It was late July last year when I was among a bunch of reporters called into the Treasury to question the then new chancellor about her out-of-the-blue policy to take the Winter Fuel Payment...
Tammy Beaumont brings up her 11th ODI century off 96 balls to put England on 208-0 in the first One Day International against West Indies at Derby. Read full article at source...
Amy Jones brings up her 15th One Day International half-century in 59 balls as England reached 84-0 against West Indies in the first ODI at Derby. Read full article at source...
Georgia Roberts Political reporter, BBC Derby Christopher Furlong/Getty Images The Peak District welcomes about 13m visitors every year Charging tourists to visit the Peak District could be the solution to “unprecedented” financial woes, according to the leader of the authority running the national park. The Peak District National Park Authority, based in Bakewell in Derbyshire,...
Chloe Kelly said she considered taking a break from football before Arsenal “put the smile back on my face” and transformed her difficult season “from a real low to a real high”. Kelly started Saturday’s Champions League final as the Gunners stunned holders Barcelona to win a first European title in 18 years. The England...