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Hundreds of people are backing Gloucester MP Alex McIntyre’s petition to save the King’s Square Post Office branch from closure. Post Office bosses revealed in November that up to 115 of its wholly-owned branches, branches and hundreds of jobs are at risk as part of a shake-up of the business. …

UK households are re-evaluating their pension and estate planning strategies in light of an impending HMRC rule adjustment. From April 2027, proposed plans under the Labour Party government could result in pensions losing their inheritance tax (IHT) exemption. Experts at Spencer Churchill Claims Advice have voiced concerns, stating: “Many people …

Victims of domestic abuse in the Northumbria area are now receiving a more specialist police response to calls for help, as the first domestic abuse specialists are embedded in five 999 police control rooms across the country. Northumbria Police will pioneer this new approach to improve the police response to …

The Starmer Labour government’s flagship Border Security, Asylum, and Immigration Bill 2025 deepens the criminalisation of any immigration not carried out through strict “official” channels, seeking to jail, deport, and tag as many migrants as possible. The Bill’s second reading in the House of Commons on Monday followed a campaign …

Edinburgh’s tourist trade has been given an extra six months to prepare for the introduction of a tourist tax after it was approved by councillors today. City of Edinburgh councillors backed the new 5% visitors levy, which will be the first introduced in Scotland, at a meeting this afternoon. But …

Edinburgh’s tourist trade has been given an extra six months to prepare for the introduction of a tourist tax after it was approved by councillors today. City of Edinburgh councillors backed the new 5% visitors levy, which will be the first introduced in Scotland, at a meeting this afternoon. But …

Former Stoke-on-Trent North MP Jonathan Gullis has still not found a permanent job – 177 days after losing his seat at the General Election. The former deputy Tory chairman has revealed he has even struggled to secure interviews since July 4. However, he has been earning money through freelance and …

Royal Mail has warned stamp prices will rise AGAIN due to a £120 million hit from the Labour Party Budget. The boss of the postal service told reporters this morning that he could not rule out hiking stamp prices even higher. It comes as it faced the enormous burden of …

WASPI campaigners are taking the next step in their fight over changes to the State Pension age. Chancellor Rachel Reeves made no mention of any compensation plans in her Budget on October 30 but did announce that Labour is setting aside £11.8 billion for victims of the infected blood scandal …

The Postal Workers Rank-and-File Committee calls for a Yes vote in the ballot on political funding in the Communication Workers Union (CWU). Our call is against the campaign by CWU General Secretary Dave Ward and his cronies on the executive to promote Sir Keir Starmer’s Labour Party as a friend …