welcomed Indian citizen Sikka Khan( 78) when he arrived at the house of his brother Siddiq Khan

case showed the other suspensions were “ not about anti-racism ”.... Lord Sikka also called on Sir

Last month, the Government suspended the" triple lock" policy used to set how much the state pension rises each year.... The state pension is supposed to increase each year in line with whichever of the following three things is highest: inflation, the average wage increase or 2.5 percent. Known as the triple lock, it was introduced by the Conservative/ Liberal Democrat coalition government in 2010. However, during the coronavirus pandemic, many people were earning less than usual because they

Economists on Thursday expressed the view that India needed to do reforms in the judiciary, labour, and regulations to induce the private sector to step up investment.... Laveesh Bhandari, president at the Centre for Social and Economic Progress( CSEP), said he was not bothered about economic growth going up or coming down a bit but about medium-to long-term growth.... “ The most important thing is that you have to be internally strong, ” Bhandari said, emphasising the need for addressing judi

India's Russian crude oil imports will hit close to 1.8 million barrels per day in May, the highest in 10 months, ship tracking data from Kpler showed, after refiners snapped up more light grades such as ESPO Blend. The robust demand for the lighter Russian grades in the world's third biggest oil importer and consumer is expected to last into July as Indian refiners ordered more than 10 cargoes of June-loading ESPO crude last week, traders said. The purchases took place prior to the latest sanct

On Wednesday, Chancellor Rishi Sunak announced ￡150billion spending plans in his autumn Budget speech.... However, millions of pensioners on fixed incomes who face a surge in food and fuel bills as winter looms were left out of any help. Now, Dennis Reed, director of Silver Voices, has warned the Conservatives will see droves of older voters abandon the party at the next election.He told Express.co.uk:" I was flabbergasted that the Chancellor did not mention older people once in his Budget spee

The life peer attacked the Government for forcing pensioners to" choose between heating and eating" by failing to honour its tripe lock manifesto pledge.... In their 2019 election manifesto, the Conservatives promised to increase state pensions each by 2.5 percent, average earnings, or inflation. However, the lock was suspended for the 2022-23 financial year due to fears the end of the furlough scheme had led to an artificial spike in the rise in average earnings. Pensions are now set to rise b

Labour MP Richard Burgon is due to hand in a letter at Belmarsh prison about the ongoing refusal to allow a meeting with Mr Assange.... The Labour MP will hand in a cross-party letter to UK's high-security Belmarsh prison on Tuesday, June 29.... " A cross-party group of parliamentarians first requested an online meeting in December 2020....

Read ourprivacy notice Thanks for signing up to theView from Westminster email{{# verifyErrors}}{{ message}}{{/ verifyErrors}}{{^ verifyErrors}} Something went wrong.... Please try again later{{/ verifyErrors}} The Labour Party is embroiled in a fresh antisemisitm row with Sir Keir Starmer under renewed pressure to block his Rochdale by-election candidate from standing as an MP over his remarks on Israel.... Diane Abbott was suspended after writing a letter suggesting Jewish people are not sub

Almost two thirds of those aged over 65 are worried about the cost of heating their homes during the colder months, according to a charity. Next month, energy sector regulator Ofgem will reveal how much households’ gas and electricity bills are expected to increase from April. Predictions from the energy sector suggest that bills could go up by as much as 50 per cent to ￡2, 000 a year, and increase again in October 2022 to up to ￡2, 400. Age UK, which commissioned surveys of thousands of people,