Rachel Reeves

UK Chancellor of the Exchequer, Rachel Reeves. (Photo by Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)

Executive to get funding uplift as Reeves promises Winter Fuel Payments

Michael Strevens, Managing Director, Structured Financial Institutions, British Business Bank said:

British Business Bank reaches £5bn lending milestone

Gerard Greene

April 2025 £1million month-end hit will cripple Community Pharmacy

Britain's Chancellor of the Exchequer, Rachel Reeves, leaves 11, Downing Street to deliver her Spring Statement to Parliament on March 26, 2025.

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Hilary Benn addressing the media during a press conference at Ebrington Plaza on Thursday.

Benn rejects ‘turbo-charged Tory’ claims but acknowledges anxiety over cuts

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Spring Statement: relief but unconvinced - I’m still reeling from cuts

Chancellor Rachel Reeves leaves 11 Downing Street to deliver her spring statement to Parliament on March 26, 2025 (Photo: Peter Nicholls/Getty Images)

Rachel Reeves' Spring Statement: will it put more cash in your pocket?

Britain's Chancellor of the Exchequer, Rachel Reeves, leaves 11, Downing Street to deliver her Spring Statement to Parliament on March 26, 2025 (Photo: Carl Court/Getty Images)

8 takeaways from Rachel Reeves’ Spring Statement - including welfare

Rachel Reeves

Stormont to get just £14m under Barnett formula

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer and Chancellor Rachel Reeves. (Photo by Leon Neal/Getty Images)

Labour's disability cuts branded ‘disgraceful and sick’

Sinn Féin Vice-President Michelle O'Neill

O’Neill blasts ‘turbo-charged Tory’ moves as Reeves boosts defence, cuts welfare

Rights campaigner Tony O’Reilly addressing the Disabled People Against Cuts (DPAC) 'Welfare Not Warfare’ demonstration at the Guildhall on Wednesday.

Seven photos from Disabled People Against Cuts ‘Welfare Not Warfare’ protest

Chancellor Rachel Reeves

Eastwood: Social security cuts will plunge hundreds of thousands into poverty

Volunteers unpack food donations

Disabled people shouldn’t bear the brunt of the challenges our country faces

Rachel Reeves, poses with the red Budget Box as she leaves 11 Downing Street to present the government's annual budget to Parliament in October 2024 (Photo: Leon Neal/Getty Images)

Spring Statement 2025 - when it is and what Chancellor could announce

Clockwise from top left: Shaun Harkin, Rory Farrell, Derek Hussey and Aisling Hutton.

£100 winter fuel payments yet to reach pensioners
Derry City and Strabane District Council members say “not a single penny” of the promised £100 support payment for pensioners no longer eligible for winter fuel payment, has been released by Stormont.
Andy Balfour

(Photo: JONATHAN BRADY/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)

Economy heading to 'worst of all worlds' with decline expected in 2025

People Before Profit Councillor Shaun Harkin.

£100 Winter Fuel Payment mitigation 'just not good enough'

Derry pensioners no longer eligible for the Winter Fuel Payment (WFP) are to receive a one-off fuel support payment of £100 between now and March.

Derry pensioners hit by Winter Fuel Payment cuts to get one-off £100

Bank of England Governor Andrew Bailey (C) attends the central bank's Monetary Policy Report press conference at the Bank of England on 7 November 2024 (Photo: Henry Nicholls - WPA Pool/Getty Images)

Bank of England cuts interest rates again - what it means for you

Increase in number of UK businesses fleeing to Netherlands

Chancellor of the Exchequer, Rachel Reeves, poses with the red Budget Box as she leaves 11 Downing Street to present the government's annual budget to Parliament (Photo: Leon Neal/Getty Images)

How the Autumn Budget affects pensions - from the triple lock to tax

LONDON, ENGLAND - OCTOBER 30: Chancellor Rachel Reeves poses with the red box outside number 11 Downing Street on October 30, 2024 in London, England. This is the first Budget presented by the new Labour government and Chancellor of the Exchequer, Rachel Reeves. (Photo by Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)

Autumn Budget: What it means for workers, UC claimants, pensioners & businesses

Chancellor of the Exchequer, Rachel Reeves, poses with the red Budget Box as she leaves 11 Downing Street to present the government's annual budget to Parliament on October 30, 2024 in London, England. This is the first Budget presented by the new Labour government and Chancellor of the Exchequer, Rachel Reeves. (Photo by Leon Neal/Getty Images)

Autumn Budget: £1.5bn extra for North, Causeway deal to proceed, £45.8m for PSNI

Gregory Campbell

Campbell asks Reeves if people earning £300 a week or less should pay income tax

On September 18 the UK Government and NI Executive Ministers gathered at The Guildhall in Derry on Wednesday to sign off on the financial package for the Derry and Strabane City Region City Deal, which will help unlock in excess of £290m.

Eastwood and Campbell press Benn on paused City Deals

Rachel Reeves listens to Keir Starmer on the Labour general election campaign trail in May (Photo: JUSTIN TALLIS/AFP via Getty Images)

Budget 2024: when it is and what could be in it - as PM warns of pain
Sir Keir has said his government faces an inherited £22 billion deficit 🔍
Alex Nelson

Communities Minister Gordon Lyons has confirmed the Winter Fuel Payment will be means-tested for the first time since it was introduced to help pensioners with their home-heating bills in 1997.

Lyons follows Rachel Reeves and introduces means-testing for Winter Fuel Payment

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Martin Lewis' alert as payments cut - pensioners can still get £1000s

Professor Green. Photo: Jeff Spicer/Getty Images

Going Green: Positive change is already happening

Kwasi Kwarteng has scrapped the top rate of income tax (Photo: PA)

The results of Kwasi Kwarteng’s first Autumn Mini-Budget.

The health secretary has blamed asymptomatic people getting tested for driving test shortages. (Photo: Shutterstock)

Asymptomatic people are putting a strain on the NHS by getting coronavirus tests...

It is believed that between 10 and 19 workers at the depot have tested positive (Photo: Shutterstock)

A Greggs factory has temporarily closed due to a coronavirus outbreak

The British government has admitted that there will have to be some checks on goods between Northern Ireland and Great Britain that are likely to enter the European Union's single market.

It's official - there WILL be additional checks on goods moving between Northern...

Recall Whirlpool tumble dryers, say MPs

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