Winter fuel cut to put 50,000 pensioners into relative poverty

An additional 50,000 pensioners will be living in relative poverty next year as a result of cuts to the winter fuel allowance, the government’s own estimates have revealed. Earlier this year, Chancellor Rachel Reeves announced the £300 payment would be restricted to all but the poorest pensioners – those eligible for pension credit. In a bid to soften the impact of the cuts, the government launched a campaign to encourage

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‘Traitors’ poster put up at Michelle O’Neill’s office

PA O’Neill was the first senior Sinn Féin figure to take part in an official Remembrance Sunday ceremony A banner accusing Sinn Féin of being “traitors” has been put up at the office of the party’s deputy leader Michelle O’Neill. The banner was stuck to the office shutters after O’Neill laid a laurel wreath at the Cenotaph at Belfast City Hall on Sunday, becoming the first senior Sinn Féin figure

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Some LinkedIn users are being put off the platform by flirtatious DMs

Chinese spies used Linkedin to get information on German officials, according to Germany’s intelligence agency bfV. studioEAST | Getty Images Some LinkedIn users have reported receiving unsolicited flirtatious messages via the platform, with expert Bernie Hogan at the Oxford Internet Institute saying the employment-focused social website is increasingly being used for dating purposes. Blair Huddy, founder and CEO at Hudson Davis Communications, told CNBC Make It that one LinkedIn user

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