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The Royal Family has suffered an international blow as the British monarch will not feature on the new Australian $5 note. The newly redesigned bill will feature a new Indigenous theme in place of the British monarch, the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) has revealed. The changes mean that the note’s net design won’t have … Read more

Labour is facing a backlash over a key net zero role being advertised with an annual salary equivalent to £255,000. The Chair of the Low Carbon Contracts Company, sponsored by Ed Miliband’s Department for Energy Security and Net Zero, would earn £102,500 a year to work two days a week. It is equivalent to a … Read more

A woman has died after a van was driven into a crowd of people in central London. The Metropolitan Police said the driver of the van, a 26-year-old man, was arrested at the scene on suspicion of causing death by careless driving and driving with a concentration of a specified controlled drug above the limit. Emergency services … Read more

Pensioners could be squeezed to help fund Labour’s defence spending increase, experts have warned. It comes as European countries search for ways to increase defence spending and support Ukraine while battling sluggish growth and ballooning welfare state costs. In Britain, Labour is scrambling to get the nation’s finances back on track after Chancellor Reeves’ budget … Read more

Countries across Europe are considering introducing conscription as US President Donald Trump adopts an increasingly ‘America first’ outlook. After World War Two ended in 1945, most European nations gradually lessened their defence spending, with almost all nations ending conscription at some point in the 20th century. But with a conventional land war once again raging … Read more

Ukraine launched a surprise attack in the Belgorod region of Russia, according to reports. The surprise move—with “heavy battles” underway—comes hours before Vladimir Putin is due to speak to Donald Trump on the phone about a war ceasefire. Reports were contradictory about whether Ukrainians had penetrated nearby villages Grafovka, Prilesye and Demidovka, with some reports insisting they had done so. … Read more

Train drivers earning a minimum of £72,223-a-year are set to spark travel chaos with an eight-week strike from March 31st – in a raging row over a colleague’s sacking. Aslef (the Associated Society of Locomotive Engineers and Firemen) union staff at Hull Trains will walk out for 56 days until May 24st, threatening “serious disruption” … Read more

GB News stars Andrew Pierce and Bev Turner have slammed Keir Starmer’s plan to deploy British troops to Ukraine as part of a peacekeeping force. Andrew told GB News: “Keir Starmer wants to put 10,000 peacekeeping troops in Ukraine. We can’t even protect the Kent coast. It’s a joke.” “He says they will be neutral. … Read more

The next stop on Rachel Reeves’ cost-cutting spree could see the state pension age and triple lock guarantee put under fresh scrutiny. Despite huge backlash to the Government’s move to scrap winter fuel payments for thousands of pensioners across the UK last year, retiree Brits could be in for more challenges to come as the Treasury hunts for ways … Read more

Next month, more than 13million retirees will get their annual state pension increase, with most getting 4.1% more under the triple lock. But as I explained on Sunday, not everyone gets the full uplift. Those receiving the basic state pension – paid to those who retired before April 6, 2016 – may find parts of their income rising by just 1.7%. … Read more