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A leading think tank and major investment firm are urging the government to embed complimentary pension “health checks” within the forthcoming pensions dashboards to help address Britain’s growing retirement savings shortfall.The Social Market Foundation, working alongside M&G, has proposed that savers accessing their pension information through dashboards should automatically receive the option of a free, tailored guidance session.Pensions dashboards, which are already in development, will enable individuals to view all their retirement savings in a single location, providing clarity for those with multiple pots accumulated across different employers throughout their careers.However, the SMF, a cross-party policy organisation, has warned that…

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Daniel Sandford and Thomas MackintoshUK correspondentEPAThe home secretary has announced a blueprint for reforming what she called the “broken” policing model in England and Wales.Shabana Mahmood confirmed the shake-up will create a new National Police Service (NPS) to fight the most complex cross-border crime and could also see the number of local forces in England and Wales cut by about two-thirds.She told the House of Commons she also intends to make better use of technology – including the “largest-ever rollout of facial recognition”. “This government’s reforms will ensure we have the right policing in the right place,” Mahmood said.The home…

A fourth-place finish at last summer’s Europe Qualifier looked to have cost Scotland a place at the 2026 T20 World Cup as the Netherlands and Italy secured the two spots on offer for the region from that event.Lindblade has already spoken to Cricket Jersey counterpart Sarah Gomersall, given the Channel Islanders might have felt somewhat aggrieved having finished above Scotland in third place at the Europe Qualifier.Her diplomacy extended to expressing sympathies to Bangladesh’s players who will miss out on the tournament.Cricket Scotland had waited for the call to come from the ICC out of respect to their counterparts at…

A church has successfully won a battle to hold a book stall at a university fair after being “banned” from a freshers event.Grace Church Greenwich, based in south east London, had their application to reserve a space for a stall rejected at a freshers fair at Goldsmiths University in the capital city.The church was told by Native, the company responsible for the event’s booking process, that a recent change to company policy meant it was “no longer able to facilitate books for religious groups at these events”.The church has paid for a stall at freshers’ fairs for several years, offering…

Suella Braverman has told GB News that she “won’t be the last” ex-Tory to defect to Reform UK in her first interview since leaving her former party.Speaking to Political Editor Christopher Hope, the new Reform MP said: “I don’t think I’m going to be the last one. I don’t know, but I know there are a lot of unhappy Conservative MPs really searching their souls right now. “It’s a big thing to do, and I think it’s very difficult to grapple with this tension that many conservative MPs are finding themselves with party versus country, and that is not an…

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Expectations of an early interest rate cut in 2026 have weakened after official figures showed inflation rose to 3.4 per cent in December, interrupting the steady decline seen in recent months and keeping price growth well above the Bank of England’s two per cent target. Data published on Wednesday by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) revealed that consumer price inflation increased from 3.2 per cent in November, marking the first monthly rise since June. The unexpected uptick has prompted analysts to reassess the likelihood of the Bank delivering another cut when its Monetary Policy Committee meets in early February.David…

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