New tax year means threshold for benefit charge linked to higher earnings rises to £60,000Several hundred thousand families are to be better off, some by as much as £3,000, during the 2024-25 tax year after the government finally admitted that a child benefit measure brought in 11 years ago had not worked fairly.A change to child benefit is just one of a raft of changes coming in on 6 April, the start of the new tax year, including a cut in national insurance for employees to 8% from 10%.The...
House Speaker Mike Johnson has announced a plan for the congressional chamber to vote on measures that would provide U.S. aid for countries such as Israel and Ukraine.Johnson said there will be votes on the "measures separately in four different pieces" that will cover assistance for Israel, Ukraine, the Indo-Pacific, and issues pertaining to "national security priorities." GOP Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia said she believes this is the "wrong direction." "Our border is the number one...
This live blog is now closed, you can read more on this story hereRecent tragedies in Gaza are not a reason to “walk away from Israel”, the former British home secretary, Suella Braverman, said.Asked if the UK should still be selling arms to Israel, Braverman told LBC: “I don’t think the fact that these tragedies happen is a reason to walk away from Israel, and to stop selling arms to Israel, because of that broader battle that they are engaging with.” Continue reading
‘If the US threatened to suspend aid to Israel, maybe my son would be alive today,’ father says
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Filipinos affected by the strong quake in Taiwan last week will get financial and other assistance from the Manila Economic and Cultural Office.
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The United States Central Command (CENTCOM) said in a post on X, formerly Twitter, that its forces airdropped humanitarian aid into the northern part of the Gaza Strip on Tuesday. The aid was deliver