HMRC warns customers criminals are targeting individuals with an elaborate scam trying to take their money. Criminals try again to pose as HMRC while people start working on their tax credits. 2.1 million tax credit customers are expected to renew their annual claims by the end of July 2022, but criminals are beginning to impersonate … Read more
Home Secretary Priti Patel has written to MPs urging them to back controversial legislation that was mauled by peers, which argues that too many criminals are “getting off” with light sentences while the bill is in limbo. The House of Lords inflicted a string of defeats on the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill last … Read more
Finance expert Martin Lewis has issued a warning to anyone thinking of opting out of a pension scheme offered by their employer. Millions of workers are automatically put onto a workplace pension scheme – a process known as auto-enrolment – where your employer and the Government pay into your final balance. The pension funds will … Read more
President Biden said Monday that Congress must act to help Americans “keep each other safe” on the fourth anniversary of the mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla., which killed 14 students and three staff members. “On this difficult day, we mourn with the Parkland families whose lives were upended in … Read more
The CDC should amend its guidance to recommend lifting mask guidance in areas experiencing low rates of the virus, the FDA’s former head said Sunday. dr. Scott Gottlieb, who ran the federal Food and Drug Administration from 2017 to 2019, said the CDC is trying to maintain a “national standard” with its recommendations for masks … Read more
Ukraine’s government asked citizens to remain calm, amid fears a Russian invasion is imminent. in a statements Saturday, Ukraine’s foreign ministry said that armed forces are ready to repel any attack. “It is now critical to remain calm and united within the country, and avoid actions that undermine stability and sow panic,” the statement said. … Read more
A nurse who had two babies during the pandemic has urged other mums-to-be to get their covid vaccine – after she had the jab during her pregnancy. Ali Hair is a nurse on a surgical ward at the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital, Glasgow, and is mum to Solomon, 17 months, and three-month-old Iris. When she … Read more
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has taken note of the appointment by Libya’s east-based parliament of a new prime minister and is following the situation in the North African country closely, his spokesman said Friday. The statement by the UN spokesman, Stephane Dujarric, seems to reflect a more neutral position than the … Read more
TORONTO — The Biden administration urged Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s government Thursday to use its federal powers to end the truck blockade by Canadians protesting the country’s Covid-19 restrictions, as the bumper-to-bumper demonstration forced auto plants on both sides of the border to shut down or scale back production. For the fourth straight day, scores … Read more
Martin Lewis has advised Britons looking for a holiday to be cautious as some destinations still face severe restrictions. The UK has started to open up to travelers returning to the UK who do not need to present a Covid test and only a passenger tracing form from 4am on February 11th. However, the money-saving … Read more