PHULWAL, India — As Sikka Khan tells it, he was struck by tragedy, but also fortune, in 1947.He was

longer has a tsunami potential.... 2 Maumere is the capital city of Sikka and the second-largest town

months ”.... Lord Sikka, a Labour peer and accounting professor, told The Independent “ it is

The Labour peer’s comments came as the upper chamber discussed a report by the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development called ‘What should an effective sick pay system look like?... Could the minister please explain why it is set at such a low amount, and whether it is tested on ministers to see if they can survive on it?... She said: “ I’m glad the Government is thinking about this but it has been thinking about it for a very long time....

The peer has tabled an amendment in tonight's Social Security( Uprating of Benefits) Bill in a final attempt to save pensioners from losing out.... At the last election, Conservatives pledged to maintain the triple lock, which is enshrined in law.It guarantees pensions will rise each year by the rate of inflation, average wages, or 2.5 percent-whichever is highest. But last month MPs voted to suspend the mechanism for a year in light of the pandemic. Work and Pensions Secretary Therese Coffey w

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,