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Plans to freeze some disability benefits could be abandoned.
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Plan to freeze key disability benefit may be dropped
Many usually loyal Labour MPs had voiced strong opposition to the idea of not increasing PIP in line with inflation, as part of expected welfare cuts.BBC News - 8h -
Disability benefit cuts test loyalty of Labour MPs
Some are worried about the possibility of freezing payments for people with long-term conditions.BBC News - 4d -
UK ministers to drop plan to freeze key disability benefit
Decision on personal independence payments comes ahead of government paper setting out wider reforms on TuesdayFinancial Times - 6h -
'Worrying' number of teens lose disability benefits
More than 124,000 young people have had claims for adult disability benefits refused, the BBC finds.BBC News - 4d -
Keir Starmer defends planned welfare cuts to anxious Labour MPs
Prime minister wants to reform disability benefit payments to help fund greater spending on defenceFinancial Times - 5d -
They lost their federal jobs and now can’t get jobless benefits: ‘You’re left watching your bank account slowly bleed’
Fired federal workers are having trouble getting unemployment benefits — and some experts fear that could spell trouble for the broader economy.MarketWatch - 1d -
Some universities are freezing hiring as Trump threatens federal funding
Universities across the U.S. have announced hiring freezes due to the risk of federal funding cuts under President Donald Trump’s administrationABC News - 3d -
How An Earlier Start And 84-Game Season Could Benefit The NHL
The NHL’s tightly-compressed schedule has been a bone of contention for quite some time. And on Saturday, a Sportsnet report posited that the league may be willing to start the regular-season at ...Yahoo Sports - 5h -
What the Education Department layoffs could mean for students with disabilities
The Department of Education cut nearly half its civil rights investigators, which experts say could have a major impact on children with special needs.NBC News - 3d
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Death toll from North Macedonia nightclub fire rises to 59
Pyrotechnics during a concert sparked the blaze, causing mass panic in the crowd.BBC News - 1h -
Moment pyrotechnics set fire to North Macedonia club
A blaze broke out in the early morning at the Pulse nightclub in Kocani, with at least 59 people killed and more than 155 injured.BBC News - 2h -
Mental health conditions are overdiagnosed, Streeting says
Wes Streeting says too many young people are "being written off", as he defends upcoming welfare reforms.BBC News - 5h -
Pope seen for the first time since going to hospital
The pontiff has been recovering from pneumonia, after he was admitted last month.BBC News - 32m -
Fisherman rescued after 95 days adrift eating turtles
Maximo Napa Castro set off for what should have been a two-week trip on 7 December - but was only found on Wednesday.BBC News - 4h
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Ukraine Retreats From Most of Russia’s Kursk Region
The bold campaign Ukraine launched last summer to seize and occupy Russian territory appears to be nearing an end.The New York Times - 19m -
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The pontiff has been recovering from pneumonia, after he was admitted last month.BBC News - 32m -
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Face the Nation: Graham, Dingell, Moore
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