Can the UK end animal testing sooner? MHRA unveils new support for alternatives
Image: © LightFieldStudios | iStock The UK’s medicines regulator is backing developers using non‑animal methods, offering early data…
New State Pension age to rise next month for people born in certain years
The State Pension age will increase from 66 to 67 between April 2026 and 2028.State pension age to…
Invasive meningococcal disease cases rising
Image: ©Jacob Wackerhausen | iStock UKHSA confirms meningococcal disease cases in Kent, including deaths, with advice on meningitis…
Legal battle over Labour’s inheritance tax reliefs set for March hearing
Friday 27 February 2026 11:20 am Farmers protesting. Photo by Andrew Aitchison / In pictures via Getty Images…
Entrepreneurs offer a plan to pull Britain out of the doom loop
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Retired Scots struggling to access pensions face ‘considerable financial distress’
EXCLUSIVE: A senior MSP has written to the DWP to demand answers on when a massive backlog of…
State Pension payments from April – check your new weekly rate now
The State Pension is typically paid every four weeks, meaning 13 payments throughout the year, with rates increasing…
Blood pressure drug shortage to ‘get worse’ as supply chain ‘risks collapsing’
A pharmacy leader has issued an urgent warning to Brits as manufacturers are pulling products from the market.Hanna…
New State Pension update for over 100,000 people on frozen payments
Nearly half a million pensioners will not receive the 4.8 per cent payment rise in April.State pension age…
Ministers urged to extend ‘nightmare’ deadline for paying inheritance tax
Wednesday 28 January 2026 11:07 am Share Facebook Share on Facebook X Share on Twitter LinkedIn Share on…
Parents are missing out on pension cash by overlooking this rule
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High earners could be losing thousands in pension tax relief
Monday 19 January 2026 4:47 pm Share Facebook Share on Facebook X Share on Twitter LinkedIn Share on…