Is fully behind the action that we are taking. The member for shipley with her huge experience in health and social care, talked about the need to work with those in supported Accommodation And Housing associations and the nhs to make sure pensioners get the help they are entitled to and i will spell some of the action out. The Memberfor Rossendale and darwen made a strong case for targeting health on the poorest pensioners and the need to tackle the root causes of poverty including insulating homes and bring Energy Costs down. And the memberfor pool, one of the things he said was the long and complex form for Pension Credit which i have asked to be reduced to make it asked to be reduced to make it as simple as possible. I would like to start by setting out why we have taken the difficult decision to means Test Winter Fuel payments so they are no longer available to all pensioners whatever their income. But focused on those in greatest need. Put simply, it is because we must fix the fo
Hello. We start with breaking news imran khan, pakistan s former Prime Minister, has been arrested, after being sentenced to three years in prison. His team say they will file an appeal against the ruling. Thejudge found him guilty of failing to declare money he had earned from selling state gifts. As the decision was announced in islamabad a crowd, including some prosecuting lawyers, began chanting, Imran Khan Is A Thief outside court. Multiple cases have been filed against mr khan in the last 16 months. In may, he was detained for not appearing at court as requested but was subsequently released after the arrest was declared illegal. Since then his party has been under intense pressure from the authorities with many senior officials leaving and thousands of supporters arrested, accused of being involved in the protests that followed imran khans arrest. The Pakistan Parliament will dissolve on 9th august and a Caretaker Government will take over in the run up to the elections. No elec
Donald trump denies all the charges, saying his accounts were phenomenal. The former us president has consistently criticised the Attorney General who has brought the case, letitia james. Speaking to reporters as he entered the court, he labelled her a fraud. This case should be dismissed. This is not a case. And she should probably be dismissed also, because shes terrible and grossly incompetent, as ive said. But at a minimum, she should start looking for the murderers and the criminals, the violent criminals all over new york, do something about all of the Illegal Migrants pouring into our city and state, and not spend the next six months in a courthouse, because shes been caught early. Her numbers are fraudulent. Shes a fraud. Her numbers are fraudulent. And this case should be dismissed, and they ought to get on to Violent Crime and solving the problems of new york city and new york state. The Attorney General confident in her case. Our North America correspondent nada tawfiq has b
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more of our own people the skills and incentives and support to get off welfare and back into work. and we can t afford such a spiraling increase in the welfare bill and the irresponsible burden that we ll place on this and future generation of taxpayers. we now spend 69 billion pounds on benefits for people of working age with a disability or health condition. that s more than our entire school s budget, more than our transport budget, more than our policing budget. and spending on personal independence payments alone is forecast to increase by more than 50% over the next four years. let me just repeat that. if we do not change, it will increase by more than 50% in just four years. that s not right. it s not sustainable, and it s not fair on the taxpayers who fund it. so in the next parliament the