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DWP rejects calls to increase Basic State Pension to £203 each week for 9.7m older people

An online petition is calling for people on the Basic and New State Pension to be paid the same amount of money.

Daily Record

All Wales' political parties unite to call on the UK Government to reclassify HS2 as England-only

The Welsh Conservatives joined forces with the other major Welsh parties in the Senedd to demand Wales gets the money it is "rightfully owed' for HS2

Wales Online

Welsh Government claim there are '1,000 imminent job losses across Welsh universities and businesses' as a 'direct result' of the Westminster choices

Vaughan Gething has just launched a scathing attack on the UK Government

Wales Online

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What happened when Rishi Sunak was asked about 'great Welsh train robbery'

'Now the PM talks about running away with other people’s money but his government is depriving Wales to the tune of £6 billion by ruling that north to south England rail links like HS2 somehow benefit Wales? Will he plead guilty to the great Welsh train robbery?'

Wales Online

Kettle boxes, queues outside the door and eating cold beans - crisis at food banks as demand reaches record high

The Trussell Trust distributed 138,347 aid packages in Greater Manchester in the year to March - a 95 per cent increase over five years.

Manchester Evening News

The Mancunian Way: Cold beans and kettle boxes

Emergency food parcels double as families struggle to make ends meet PLUS The museum becoming a holiday let

Manchester Evening News

Calls for release of Dumbarton man Jagtar Singh Johal grow as he marks 2000 days behind bars

Today (April 26) marks 2000 days since Jagtar Singh Johal, known as Jaggi, was locked up amid accusations he was involved in a political murder plot in Punjab, northern India.

Daily Record

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'Level playing field' with European competitors needed to decarbonise says Tata Steel

Tata said it wanted the same level of government support to decarbonise already being delivered to steelmakers in Europe

Birmingham Post

New calls for State Pension Triple Lock review to make sure it remains 'fit for purpose'

More than 13million people are predicted to be receiving New State Pension payments within five years.

Daily Record

Record 3,000,000 emergency food parcels handed out in a year, 1m to children

There was a 38% rise in first-time users compared to the same period last year

Wales Online

'Laissez-faire' approach to Covid loan schemes may lose taxpayers billions, say MPs

THE UK Government has increased the risk that taxpayers will lose money because of the way it has treated banks who lent during its Covid-era loan…

The National (Scotland)

Pressure cooker situation for food banks as emergency parcels hit record high

More than 760,000 people used a food bank in the Trussell Trust’s UK-wide network for the first time in the year to March.

The Independent UK

Scottish Government expresses ‘deep concern’ over Sudan conflict

Angus Robertson has written to Foreign Secretary James Cleverly.

The Independent UK

Government told a ‘lot more to do’ to persuade DUP over Windsor Framework

DUP MP Jim Shannon accused NI Secretary Chris Heaton-Harris of trying to ‘bully’ his party.

The Independent UK

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The Independent UK

Safety warning as lighthouse workers vote for strike action

Unite said that strike dates will be announced in due course.

The National (Scotland)

'Moral compass' challenge for Tory MSP as he defends asylum seeker crackdown

A TORY MSP was challenged on his “moral compass” as he defended the UK Government’s plans to crack down on asylum seekers.

The Independent UK

Somerville: UK Government attempting to confuse public on migration Bill

The Social Justice Secretary restated the Scottish Government’s opposition to the Illegal Migration Bill during a debate in Holyrood.

Edinburgh Live

New Emergency Alert test to sound today - but not everyone will receive it

The UK Government made the announcement that yet another emergency alert test sound will go out to mobile phone users today - April 25 - but not everyone will get it.

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The National (Scotland)

International politicians condemn Tories' anti-strike law plans

POLITICIANS from across the world – including the former Italian prime minister – have united to condemn the UK Government’s draconian…

Daily Record

People using prepayment meters urged to claim £160m in energy bill support

Households can still claim savings of up to £400 off their energy bills under the UK Government-funded scheme.

Wales Online

Confusion over second emergency alert test on mobile phones today

The Government website says the system will be tested again. The Cabinet Office disagrees

Birmingham Post

Nexperia appoint advisers to look at possible sale of its Newport microchip factory

The company is still seeking to overturn a divestment ruling from the UK Government through a judicial review

Liverpool Echo

Government shares why Emergency Alert will not sound today

*EDIT - The Government has now confirmed that a warning of a new emergency alert was put out in error*

The National (Scotland)

Handling of Section 35 challenge could be 'watershed' moment for Scottish devolution

Legal experts said that they hoped judges presiding over the case would be “alive to the dangers to Scottish democracy” when reaching their…

Wales Online

Welsh Government to formally apologise for forced adoptions that 'robbed' women of babies

Thousands of women are thought to have been forced to give up their babies against their will from the 1950s to the 70s

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