The government has awarded state contracts worth over £1billion to deal with the coronavirus pandemic to private firms without public tenders. Companies including Randox Laboratories Ltd and US-run Brake Bros are among the companies to have been handed contracts. The Government has fast-tracked the rules on awarding state contracts so that they don’t have to … Read more
How many state pensions have been underpaid? Steve Webb joins the This is Money podcast to discuss our investigation By This Is Money Published: 17:59 BST, 15 May 2020 | Updated: 17:59 BST, 15 May 2020 Underpaid state pensions, the reopening of the property market and whether house prices will fall and the furlough scheme extension, … Read more
People who start getting the state pension or receiving benefits from this week onward are barred from using a Post Office card account to collect their cash. The Government has announced new applicants will have to use a bank account, or a special scheme called the HMG Payment Exception Service if they can’t open one, … Read more
Boris Johnson is declaring war on fat as he ditches his ‘nanny state’ worries and demands an action plan to tackle Britain’s obesity crisis. Mr Johnson is convinced he had such a tough battle with Covid-19 in part due to being significantly overweight. He’s told senior advisers that the experience – which he famously said … Read more
Married women who fear they are being underpaid state pension can use new tool to check their record State pension scandal: Underpayments tot up to £35k-plus in our probe to date The DWP has refused to confirm whether a full, systematic review is under way Are you being underpaid? Steve Webb and his firm LCP … Read more
Cases of elderly women missing out on thousands of pounds in state pension are piling up, and the Government has failed to say what it is doing to address this scandal. We might be in the middle of a pandemic, but that shouldn’t stop it reassuring those who might be affected that it will carry … Read more
New South Wales will not relax any coronavirus restrictions until next week, Premier Gladys Berejiklian said today. On Friday the national cabinet will set out a three-step framework to ease the rules – but state and territory leaders will be able to chose when. Premier Berejiklian today said she will not be changing any rules until … Read more
Paid £6k: Glenis Madden had previously asked the DWP to check her state pension – but was told it was CORRECT just a few months ago An untold number of elderly women could have lost out on thousands of pounds in state pension due to a devastating blunder by the Government. In the past few weeks, … Read more
Are you being underpaid state pension? How to check if YOU are due more By Tanya Jefferies for Thisismoney.co.uk Published: 07:30 BST, 5 May 2020 | Updated: 07:30 BST, 5 May 2020 Married women who retired on small state pensions before April 2016 should get an uplift to 60 per cent of their husband’s payments … Read more
The most popular tours and experiences in each of America’s 50 states have been revealed by TripAdvisor. From glacier gazing in Alaska to speedboat rides in Florida, these are the trips that melted the TripAdivsor switchboard last year. As it were. Scroll down to find out America’s excursion gems, state by state… Alaska – Whale Watch … Read more