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People retiring in 2050 will be worse off than pensioners today, the government has warned, unless action is taken to boost retirement savings. The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is reviving the Pensions Commission, which first reported nearly 20 years ago, to look at how to tackle the issue.more

From the beginning of this year until 25 May, 211,678 cholera cases and 2,754 deaths have been reported worldwide in 26 countries, mainly in Africa and Asia, according to updated WHO data. In Europe, there have only been isolated cases, with some people experiencing them after returning from Ethiopia.more

The fertility rate will be 1.35 in Germany in 2024, the Federal Statistical Office reported last week. It is the lowest since 2006. Around 15,000 fewer children will be born in Germany in 2024 than in 2023.more

Six people have been arrested during a protest outside a centre for asylum-seeking refugees in Epping, Essex County in the east of England, the BBC reported today. Demonstrations have been ongoing since Thursday, when a court charged one asylum seeker with sexually assaulting a 14-year-old girl.more

At least 80 people were arrested yesterday during pro-Palestinian protests across the UK for the third weekend in a row. Demonstrators are protesting against the government's decision to designate the group Palestine Action as a terrorist organisation.more

A further 300,000 households have stopped paying the licence fee, as the BBC said it was looking at overhauling the payment to secure the corporation’s future “for the long term”.more

Immigration will spur the UK’s population to rise faster than any major EU country, figures reveal. Britain’s population is predicted to increase by 6.8 per cent from 69.6 million to 74.3 million by the end of the century, according to the United Nations’ latest predictions.more

The African cities of Algiers, Tripoli, Lagos and Harare have been named among the 10 most difficult places to live in the world, according to a report by the Economist Intelligence Unit, the research arm of the British publisher of the weekly The Economist.more

The voices of women who have died at the hands of a partner or former partner in England and Wales are being ignored and the government is failing to heed warnings from their deaths, a damning report from the domestic abuse commissioner has revealed.more

The British government announced yesterday that it plans to lower the voting age to 16 in general elections across the UK. The proposed change must be approved by parliament. Currently, such young voters can only vote in Scotland and Wales.more

The UK is a “powder keg” of social tensions, with a third of people rarely meeting anyone from different backgrounds, research has found. A report from the thinktank British Future and the social cohesion group Belong Network found that a year on from last summer’s riots, there was a risk of unrest being reignited unless urgent action was taken to address issues of polarisation and division. more

All-inclusive family package holidays from the UK have jumped in price for some of the most popular destinations, including Spain, Cyprus and Turkey. The average price for a week in Cyprus in August has gone up by 23%, from £950 per person to £1,166, figures compiled for the BBC by TravelSupermarket show.more

The number of people hunting for jobs in Britain surged in June at the fastest rate since the height of the Covid pandemic, industry figures show, amid growing business fears over tax rises and the economic outlook.more

People have been urged to beware of scams linked to winter fuel payments after HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) received more than 15,000 reports of bogus activity last month. HMRC received a total of 15,100 reports of bogus activity in June, with fraudsters targeting vulnerable people using texts and phishing websites.more

The Central Statistical Office estimates that in 2060 there will be 30.9 million of us. If not migration, then at present there is no other way to stop the depopulation of our country, said Professor Piotr Szukalski of the University of Łódź.more

Children in England are living in “almost Dickensian levels of poverty” where deprivation has become normalised, the children’s commissioner has said, as she insisted the two-child benefit limit must be scrapped.more

The number of foreigners performing work in Poland at the end of January amounted to 1 million 45 thousand people, 4.5 per cent more year-on-year, the CSO reported.more

The cost of the state pension triple lock is forecast to be three times higher by the end of the decade than its original estimate, according to the government's official forecaster.more

The Notting Hill Carnival cannot be fixed if safety is at risk, Metropolitan Police boss Sir Mark Rowley has said. Another Met officer said “everyone accepts” that the event is unsafe and questioned why it would be allowed to go ahead in such circumstances.more

The Government's welfare system revamp could force 150,000 individuals below the poverty line, including those who receive universal credit (UC) and personal independence payments (PIP). Sir Keir Starmer is facing strong pushback on his welfare reforms from those within his own party, with a humiliating rejection of the proposed bill last week.more

The thorny topic of MPs’ pay and funding will be debated by randomly selected members of the public at a new citizens’ forum, as parliament’s watchdog said it was launching an “open and honest conversation” about what democracy is worth.more

An increase in babies born to fathers over 60 helped trigger the first increase in the number of births in England and Wales since 2021. Data from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) showed there were 594,677 live births in 2024, up 0.6% from 2023.more

Almost 2,200 dog attacks were recorded on Royal Mail staff in the UK last year, the organisation has said. The highest number of incidents occurred in the Sheffield and Portsmouth post codes, with 66 and 60 attacks respectively.more

The UK will be the first country in the world to use an AI system to analyse hospital databases and catch potential safety scandals early, the Government has announced. The technology can identify patterns of abuse, serious injuries, deaths or other incidents that can slip through the net.more

Foreign Minister Radosław Sikorski, President-elect Karol Nawrocki and Mayor of Warsaw Rafał Trzaskowski found themselves on the podium in the trust survey conducted by IBRiS on behalf of Onet. Fourth place went to outgoing President Andrzej Duda, and fifth to Confederation politician Sławomir Mentzen.more