BBC TV licence fee petition for over-75s has 50,000 signatures – despite Government reject
An online petition urging the Government to abolish the BBC TV licence fee for all over the State Pension age has garnered thousands of signatures. Daily Express :: Finance Feed
Government ‘driving farmers to brink’ instead of Donald Trump, farming boss warns
Victoria Vyvyan, president of the Country Land and Business Association, warns farmers need a government that will “fight” for them. Daily Express :: News Feed
US government forces staff to take lie detector tests over alleged leaks
At least one top FEMA agent is among dozens of federal employees who were forced to undergo a lie detector test after allegedly leaking several DHS plans Daily Express :: News Feed
Government to debate raising personal tax allowance from £12,570 to £20,000
More than 240,000 people have called for the personal tax allowance limit to be raised. Daily Express :: Health Feed
British tourists warned as Canary Islands government issues weather alert
The Government of the Canary Islands has declared a pre-alert status for adverse coastal conditions across the archipelago from midnight on Saturday. Daily Express :: Travel Feed
Free bus travel for over 60s in England plan key update as Government responds
Campaigners say it’s unfair people in England don’t get the same travel right as those in Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland Daily Express :: Finance Feed
UK faces ‘severe and advancing’ cyber attack threat as government issued chilling warning
Cyber attacks are ‘one of the most serious risks’ facing the UK according to the National Audit Office’s report, published on Wednesday morning Daily Express :: News Feed
Government responds to calls to scrap TV licence fee for all households
The Department for Culture, Media and Sport has replied to a massive petition demanding people should stop being forced to pay Daily Express :: Finance Feed
Spain in crisis as tourism industry threatens to take government to court over latest row
A new policy has been criticised by businesspeople, who say there are “errors”. Daily Express :: World Feed
Upcoming DWP session could reveal fate of PIP cash payments under new Labour Government
The DWP is expected to respond to the consultation on the health and disability green paper – which outlined plans to reform the benefits system – in the coming weeks. Daily Express :: Finance Feed