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Nov 25, 2025 - World

Claimants forced to pay back thousands of pounds tell of ‘horrendous’ court ordeals and of desire for official apologyDWP to reassess hundreds of thousands of cases in carer’s allowance scandalThe carer’s allowance scandal – a timelineVivienne Groom had never been inside the dock of a criminal court when she stood, sobbing and shaking, before a judge last year.She was accused by the government of unlawfully claiming nearly £17,000 in carer’s allowance while she juggled a minimum wage supermarket job with being the sole carer for her dying mother. Continue reading...

Nov 25, 2025 - World

Ten years of bureaucratic failure, whistleblowing, political neglect and groundhog day-style policy inertiaDWP to reassess hundreds of thousands of cases in carer’s allowance scandal‘It’s like the Post Office scandal’: victims of carer’s allowance crisis speak outMinisters have announced a major review of the penalties imposed on hundreds of thousands of unpaid carers after a damning independent investigation of the carer’s allowance scandal.The inquiry by Liz Sayce was launched after the Guardian revealed how a catalogue of failures at the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) had left scores of vulnerable families with huge debts and hundreds with criminal convictions for fraud. Continue reading...

Nov 25, 2025 - World

Trades, machine operations and administrative roles are most at-risk, says leading educational research charityUp to 3m low-skilled jobs could disappear in the UK by 2035 because of automation and AI, according to a report by a leading educational research charity.The jobs most at risk are those in occupations such as trades, machine operations and administrative roles, the National Foundation for Educational Research (NFER) said. Continue reading...

Nov 25, 2025 - World

A far-right Australian politician sparked outrage Monday after donning a burqa at the country's parliament, in a display that other lawmakers slammed as "racist".

Nov 24, 2025 - World

Four police officers in the UK have been accused of misconduct on Monday over their handling of abuse allegations reported by Harshita Brella, the Delhi woman later found dead in a car boot with her husband Pankaj Lamba on the run as the main suspect