Identity theft leaves man 'stranded' as DWP demands paying back Get pensions news and advice plus latest money alerts for FREE now SUBSCRIBE Invalid email We use your sign-up to provide content in ways you've consented to and to improve our understanding of you. This may include adverts from us and 3rd parties based on our understanding. You can unsubscribe at any time. More info A BBC Money Box listener said he was left in a “black hole” getting little or no help from the DWP after it demanded more than £1,000 from him for benefits he had never claimed. Someone had stolen his identity and made a false claim, and it was this money that the DWP wanted to take from his salary. Related articles State pension age Britons with arthritis may get boost of up to £358 State pension set to increase for married women next year READ MORE DWP update as £800 payment available to Britons before Christmas …
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The ultimate Christmas Gift Guide for all the friends and family coming to stay this year
This year, Christmas might look a little different. Waifs and strays might be around who didn’t dare make Christmas plans, plus we (hopefully) get to see all the friends, family and colleagues we didn’t get to celebrate with in 2020. So whoever you’re buying for, this guide has something for everyone: from parents and partners to kids, colleagues, in-laws and friends. And while there are a few for the traditionalists, there are also some surprises for that person in your life who is almost impossible to buy for. Shine bright like a diamond These exquisite blue sapphire earrings, interspersed with sparkling, sustainable lab-grown diamonds, are truly a bit of magic this holiday season. Set in beautifully polished, handcrafted sterling silver, they are great value – a lovely gift for the women on your list. Sapphire earrings half hoop with lab diamonds, £284, The Diamond Store Christmas glam Put a ring on it this Christmas with this Sif Jakobs ring. A …
Sir Elton John and It’s a Sin cast appeal for opt-out testing for World Aids Day
On World AIDS Day , the HIV Commission is calling on the government to 'test, test, test' to end all new transmissions of HIV in England by 2030. A star-studded ensemble including Elton John , Russell T Davies and the cast of Channel 4 drama It’s a Sin have backed a campaign by the HIV commission, which calls on the government to fund the fight to end all new cases of HIV in England by 2030. This comes ahead of the Health Secretary’s HIV Action Plan, which is due to be announced by the end of the year. As part of the ongoing campaign, the HIV Commission published a report outlining 20 recommendations for the government’s Action Plan. Sir Elton John established The Elton John AIDS Foundation in the early nineties ( Image: Instagram) The emphasis of the report is on the importance of routine opt-out testing for HIV, regardless of gender, ethnicity or sexuality, to find the estimated 5,900 people living with undiagnosed HIV in England. According to Public …
‘Right’ To Abortion Comes From Fight Against Slavery: CNN Legal ‘Expert’ | The Daily Wire
With the U.S. Supreme Court poised to hear oral arguments over a groundbreaking Mississippi law that could overturn Roe v. Wade , CNN’s legal expert attempted to link the “right” to abortion to the nation’s arduous battle to abolish slavery. Kim Wehle began by falsely asserting that Texas “literally” has “no abortion rights,” thanks to the Texas Heartbeat Law , which protects unborn children from being aborted if a medical professional can detect a fetal heartbeat . The law does not affect abortion before that time. “ Roe was kind of de facto overruled in Texas,” said Wehle, who is a CNN legal contributor, a university law professor, and a frequent author at The Bulwark . “That’s what makes” Wednesday’s arguments over Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization “so dangerous. There are approximately 26 states that are poised to ban abortion if Roe gets overturned.” Wehle then turned to the legal basis on which the Supreme Court created the “right” to abortion …