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Barking and Dagenham councillors paid moving tributes during last week’s full council meeting to serving councillor Lee Waker, who died in July aged 65 after a long battle with cancer. Lee had been a Village ward councillor for over 22 years, having first been elected in May 2002 and was …

Post Office scandal victim Jo Hamilton drew attention to the ongoing compensation struggle, revealing at the National Television Awards (NTAs) that they “still haven’t been paid”. While accepting the special Impact award for the ITV drama Mr Bates versus The Post Office, the former postmaster highlighted that “nothing has changed” …

People living alone in the city and county could be hit by a tax hike amid speculation over a possible Government rule change. Currently, single-person households get a 25 per cent discount on the amount of council tax they pay. Angela Rayner, deputy prime minister, said the Labour Government currently …

Martin Lewis is calling on hundreds of thousands of pensioners to do one thing – and it is completely free. According to the money guru, nearly a million people aged over 66 could get the money by making a single phone call. Speaking on Good Morning Britain (GMB) earlier this …

Karl Turner MP and local Southcoates Ward Councillors have launched a petition to save the East Park Post Office today. The Post Office, which is a separate organisation from Royal Mail, is located within Morrisons on Holderness Road. Confirming the closure to Hull Live two days ago, the Post Office …

British Gas, OVO, EDF, EON, Octopus customers have spoken out over the “frightening” new energy price cap. The energy regulator will announce a new price cap on Friday, which is expected to increase by about 9 per cent – £140 – from October. The new Labour Party government said it …

Government officials are expected to scrutinise any links to Russia, given that the billionaire investor Daniel Kretinsky owns a stake in a significant gas pipeline from Russia to Europe The Government has called in the takeover deal of Royal Mail owner IDS ( Image: PA Archive/PA Images) The UK government …

Yet defenders of the F-35 say it is a highly capable aircraft that is proving doubters wrong, with orders flooding in from Nato countries such as Germany, Canada, Finland, Switzerland, the Czech Republic and Greece in recent years. Deployments of F-35s in Syria against Islamic State and on Eastern Europe’s …

The new government has only been in power for five minutes but they need to urgently halt the sale of our 500-year-old institution for £3.5bn to Czech tycoon who made his billions flogging Russian gas Czech businessman Daniel Kretinsky has bid £3.5bn for Royal Mail ( Image: AFP via Getty …

The postal service’s owner International Distribution Services agreed to a £3.57billion takeover offer from Czech billionaire Daniel Kretinsky’s EP Group in May Royal Mail shareholders will vote on the proposed takeover at their next meeting on September 27 ( Image: Bloomberg via Getty Images) Royal Mail’s soon-to-be new boss has …