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Chancellor Rachel Reeves has announced that a consultation will begin in early 2026 on creating a new, simplified ISA product for first-time property buyers, marking a significant shift in Government support for homeownership and confirming that the new product will eventually replace the existing Lifetime ISA (LISA).Budget documents stated: “The Government will publish a consultation in early 2026 on the implementation of a new, simpler ISA product to support first-time buyers to buy a home. Once available, this new product will be offered in place of the LISA”.Industry specialists said the decision acknowledged longstanding concerns that the Lisa has struggled…

Schools should continue to provide Religious Education (RE) based on the “holy scriptures”, according to the Department of Education.They are also legally required to hold collective worship like assemblies each day.Education Minister Paul Givan has provided the guidance in a letter to school principals.His letter is in response to a UK Supreme Court judgement that the Christian focused RE taught in Northern Ireland was unlawful.Givan said in his letter that the judgement was complex and could not be ignored.He said that it had ruled RE had not been taught in an “objective, critical and pluralist manner, and that collective worship…

Robin van Persie says his decision to hand son Shaqueel a senior debut in Feyenoord’s Europa League defeat by Celtic was made “as a coach” and not out of sentiment.The 19-year-old forward spent two seasons at Manchester City’s academy, before following in his father’s footsteps with a move to Feyenoord in 2017 and signing a first professional contract with the Dutch club in 2022.Fast forward to 2025 and Shaqueel was named in Feyenoord’s first-team squad for the first time in Sunday’s Eredivisie defeat by NEC Nijmegen.Four days later he made his senior debut, coming on in the 81st minute of…

Demolition work has started on the site where a fire broke out at an abandoned nightclub.Wigan Council said it had begun demolishing “unsafe” parts of the venue, formerly Jumpin’ Jak’s, after the site went up in flames last weekend.King’s Street has only been accessible by foot since the incident but the council said it hoped the works would make it safe “to reopen the road to traffic ahead of the weekend”.Greater Manchester Police said that the incident was “currently being investigated as a possible arson”.The council noted that only “essential” works could be carried out by them since the building…

Kemi Badenoch’s hard-hitting response to Rachel Reeves’s Budget statement sparked a fiery row on GB News, after the Tory leader’s speech was branded “cruel”.Discussing the reaction to the Chancellor’s statement on Wednesday, broadcaster Tessa Dunlop hit out at the ongoing “hate speech” being thrown around between politicians. In the Commons on Wednesday, Mrs Badenoch shut down Ms Reeves’s £26billion tax-hiking Budget, taking aim at her accusations of “misogyny” ahead of the statement.The Tory leader told the Chancellor: “She whines about misogyny and mansplaining, so let me explain it to her woman to woman. People out there aren’t complaining because she’s…

An act of environmental vandalism has struck Prince William’s Dartmoor estate, where willow trees planted for ecological restoration have been killed using herbicide. The deliberate poisoning has prompted Natural England to launch an investigation into the incident.The trees formed part of an initiative to combat peat erosion, capture carbon and mitigate flood risks on the Duchy of Cornwall property.Conservation groups have expressed fury at the sabotage, whilst the Duchy has voiced its dismay at the attack on the restoration scheme.Prince William’s estate hit by vandalism as willows poisoned in ‘outrageous act of sabotage’ | GETTYThe incident has ignited debate about…

Landlords across the UK will face higher tax bills from April 2027 after the Chancellor confirmed a two percentage point rise in property income tax rates in Wednesday’s Budget.Rachel Reeves announced that rates will increase to 22 per cent for basic rate taxpayers, 42 per cent for higher rate earners and 47 per cent for those in the additional rate bracket.The change applies in England, Wales and Northern Ireland, marking the first time workers and property investors will be taxed at different rates.Industry figures warned that the impact will quickly filter through to tenants.Vann Vogstad, founder and chief executive of…

Morgan Burtwistle, better known to millions as Angry Ginge, is reportedly on track to earn £5million in 2026 through major commercial deals following his breakout success on the ITV jungle show.The 24-year-old I’m a Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here! star has secured lucrative agreements with energy drink giant Red Bull and sportswear retailer JD Sports, capitalising on his surge in mainstream popularity.Industry insiders say the YouTube sensation will continue as a Red Bull ambassador next year, while JD Sports are preparing to “significantly expand” their existing partnership with him.The content creator, who commands more than five million followers across…

Dieters seeking to shed pounds around their midsection may benefit from paying closer attention to the hours between lunch and dinner, which may be quietly contributing to a dangerous type of fat building up around their organs.Visceral fat isn’t like the pinchable stuff under your skin – it wraps around your stomach and internal organs, creating serious health risks, with research connecting it to type 2 diabetes, heart disease, metabolic syndrome and even certain cancers.Thankfully, small daily habits make a big difference, but a set of five common afternoon behaviours could be working against you, experts have warned.The most obvious…

Wyre Davies, Wales InvestigatesandBen Summer, Wales InvestigatesFormer Brexit Party and UKIP MEP David Coburn told the when we visited his home in France that he has never taken money from pro-Russian campaignersA prominent former politician in Nigel Farage’s Brexit Party has denied he took payments as part of a pro-Russian influence campaign in the European Parliament.David Coburn is named in a series of WhatsApp messages between an alleged “pawn” of the main security agency in Vladimir Putin’s Russia and disgraced former MEP Nathan Gill.Coburn was also Scotland’s UK Independence Party leader while Gill led the party in Wales and they…