Month: May 2025

State pensioners born before this year get instant £100 winter fuel payment increase

Winter Fuel Payment will be increased for people born in these years (Image: Getty) As many will know by now, millions of state pensioners are losing their £300 winter fuel payment if they no longer claim a qualifying benefit, after the government’s decision…

Drivers of cars with these number plates face tax blow of up to £760

New car tax rates now apply (Image: Getty) Car owners with certain number plates face a vehicle tax blow of up to £760 after new rates came into force. People with vehicles manufactured between 2001 and 2017 are taxed on a sliding scale…

Deutschland, 24. April 1945 – Befreiung, Brot und neue Hoffnung: Frauen im Lager Bergen-Belsen

Am 24. April 1945, nur wenige Wochen vor dem offiziellen Ende des Zweiten Weltkriegs, erlebte die Welt einen stillen, aber tief bewegenden Moment der Menschlichkeit. Im Konzentrationslager Bergen-Belsen, einem Ort, der für unvorstellbares Leid, Tod und Verzweiflung stand, geschah etwas,…

Berlin 1945 – Der Neuanfang inmitten der Trümmer: Eine Familie auf dem Weg ins Ungewisse

Im Sommer 1945 liegt Berlin in Trümmern. Die Stadt, einst ein Symbol für deutsche Kultur, Wissenschaft und Moderne, ist nur noch ein Schatten ihrer selbst. Bombenangriffe haben ganze Stadtteile ausgelöscht, Häuser sind eingestürzt, Straßen sind von Schutt und Ruinen bedeckt….

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Drivers of cars with these number plates face tax blow of up to £760.uk

Drivers with certain number plates face a higher car tax bill after changes were introduced. New car tax rates now apply (Image: Getty) Car owners with certain number plates face a vehicle tax blow of up to £760 after new rates came into…

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Britons hounded by Spain’s ‘out of control’ tax authority.uk

A campaign threatens to take Spain to court if it fails to rein-in ‘rapacious tax inspectors’. It is claimed expats are pursued by the Spanish Tax Authority even once they have left the country (Image: Getty) Spanish Government has been told…

Farmers pushed to brink of suicide by Rachel Reeves’s tax raid.uk

One distressed farmer said: ‘If there was a rope in the corner of this room I would use it.’ Farmers have staged protests across the UK – and there are deep worries about mental health (Image: Matthew Horwood) Heartbroken farmers have…

‘Britain cannot afford two terms of Keir Starmer’s Labour’.uk

‘We are only at the beginning of a long-term plan to rebuild, renew, and regain your trust.’ OPINION Kemi Badenoch is developing a new suite of policies (Image: PA) Thursday night was a brutal verdict on Keir Starmer’s leadership. Remarkably, Labour…

Reform secure major victory as Conservatives ‘wiped out’ in local election.uk

The Conservatives suffered a major defeat after losing 28 seats and control of the council they had led since 2017. Nigel Farage’s Reform UK took over the Conservative council (Image: Getty) The Conservatives have been “wiped out” after eight years in power in…

‘We will lose next election!’ Labour panicking over migration as Reform surge.uk

A source says ministers will have to look at how the European Convention on Human Rights is applied in asylum cases. Keir Starmer is reportedly plotting a tougher crackdown on migrants crossing the English Channel (Image: Getty) Keir Starmer is reportedly plotting…