Eir Nolsoe

6 days ago | ca.finance.yahoo.com | Eir Nolsoe

Elderly people with arthritis and back pain stand to lose the most from Liz Kendall’s benefit cuts. The Work and Pensions Secretary’s controversial benefit reforms, which have fuelled outrage among Labour’s backbench MPs, will hit older people with physical ailments the hardest, analysis shows. They stand stand to lose £4,500 on average per year if their cases are reassessed, while young people with mental health problems are more likely to be spared.

6 days ago | yahoo.com | Eir Nolsoe

As much as Jonathan Reynolds’ opponents will hate to admit, it has been a positive week for the Business and Trade Secretary. But it is only Thursday. The ink on Britain’s landmark post-Brexit trade deal with India had hardly dried before the news broke that an agreement with the US was imminent. Writing on Truth Social overnight, Donald Trump said it was a “great honour” to have the UK be the first trade deal signed with the United States, claiming it will be “full and comprehensive”.

1 week ago | ca.finance.yahoo.com | Eir Nolsoe

As much as Jonathan Reynolds’ opponents will hate to admit, it has been a positive week for the Business and Trade Secretary. But it is only Thursday. The ink on Britain’s landmark post-Brexit trade deal with India had hardly dried before the news broke that an agreement with the US was imminent. Writing on Truth Social overnight, Donald Trump said it was a “great honour” to have the UK be the first trade deal signed with the United States, claiming it will be “full and comprehensive”.

1 week ago | yahoo.com | Eir Nolsoe

What should have been a day of celebrations after securing Britain’s biggest trade deal since Brexit with India was quickly overshadowed. Hours after London and New Delhi announced the historic agreement, it became clear that the world’s fastest-growing large economy had struck its neighbour, Pakistan, killing dozens. The military strikes have brought the two nuclear-armed countries to the brink of war, extending a long-standing dispute over the Himalayan region of Kashmir.

1 week ago | sg.finance.yahoo.com | Eir Nolsoe

Eir Nolsoe Tue, 6 May 2025 at 1:30 am GMT-4 3 min read People were evacuated out of Kabul by the UK Armed Forces in 2021 - MoD/Ben Shread Taxpayers face a bill of £5m a month to house Afghans refused asylum as Yvette Cooper struggles to return them to the Taliban-run state. The Home Office, led by Ms Cooper, has started rejecting as many as three in five asylum applications from Afghans after changing guidance last year.