Winter fuel payments for Scottish pensioners will not be less than those being paid by the UK government south of the border, John Swinney has said. The first minister made the announcement after ...

Powerful winter storms which led to deaths and power outages in the UK and Ireland were made more likely by an intense swirling vortex of winds miles above the Arctic, say scientists.

Powerful winter storms which led to deaths and power outages in the UK and Ireland were made more likely by an intense swirling vortex of winds miles above the Arctic, say scientists.  ...

Britain will make winter fuel payments to millions of older people this winter, in a major U-turn of deeply unpopular cuts after months of political pressure on Prime Minister Keir Starmer.

More lower income UK pensioners will receive winter fuel payments this year as Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves works to restore the heating subsidy to some of those who were stripped of ...

Right now, state pensioners are given £200 if they are aged under 80, or £300 if they are aged over 80, with those earning over the £35,000 per year threshold made to repay it via the tax ...

The damning verdict follows U-turns on welfare and winter fuel payments that have blown a hole in Labour's plans. The Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) said yesterday the UK was 'particularly ...

Bracing for UK economy's dark winter and beyond Mike Dolan August 19, 20223:00 AM PDTUpdated August 19, 2022 ...

The UK is set to have less coal-fired electricity available this winter as two operators have started to shutter their plants. Britain’s power grid operator ended discussions with Drax Group Plc ...

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