Number of English Channel crossings more than doubles 2020 record
Small boats arrivals in 2021 now stand at more than double the figure for the whole of 2020, when 8,417 people crossed the Dover Strait.
Small boats arrivals in 2021 now stand at more than double the figure for the whole of 2020, when 8,417 people crossed the Dover Strait.
The Scottish Labour leader will urge ministers at Holyrood to use their powers to boost the payment.
The appeal from the Manchester United forward for the increase in Universal Credit to remain appears to have fallen on deaf ears .
The Resolution Foundation said inflation, rising energy bills, the looming social care tax and the benefits cut could leave households worse off.
The 50-year-old entrepreneur, who has six other children from previous relationships, said he and the Canadian are still raising ‘Baby X’ together.
More than half of local areas are currently recording a week-on-week rise in rates.
Boris Johnson said keeping the additional £20 per week payment would cost £5-6 billion in tax.
Just over a third of local areas are currently recording a week-on-week rise in rates.
It comes as Citizens Advice warned the decision could force 1.5 million working people into hardship this winter.
The recommendations are aimed at reducing injury risk and supporting short and long-term player welfare.
Citizens Advice said the removal of the £20-per-week uplift was coming at the ‘worst possible time’.
Neath Port Talbot, West Dunbartonshire and Merthyr Tydfil are currently recording the highest rates.
Business Secretary Kwasi Kwarteng insisted he was focused on helping ‘vulnerable’ customers heat their homes.
Young people will be hit hardest by the change, it is claimed.
More than four in five local areas have recorded a week-on-week fall in rates.