Rise in state pension by 8% could be scrapped as Rishi Sunak says it may not be 'fair'

Big format giant Imax reported a surge in revenue last quarter and narrower losses compared with a shuttered 2020 as CEO Rich Gelfond said a deluge of Hollywood tentpoles arriving will drive people to theaters.

State Pension provides essential financial support every month for around 12.6 million people across the UK, including 981,399 Scots. This regular payment is available for those who have reached the UK Government’s eligible retirement age, which increased to 66 for both men and women in October 2020.

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Covid have come into the spotlight once again. Tory Health Secretary Sajid Javid revealed that he had tested positive for the virus on Saturday, In a video, the UK Government minister said that he had received both vaccinations and was experiencing ‘mild’ symptoms.

brazen it out of self-isolation with the testing get-out.

Get the latest Scottish politics news sent straight to your inbox with our daily newsletterBoris Johnson has quickly caved to public anger and agreed to self-isolate after having contact with health Secretary Sajid Javid who tested covid positive on the weekend.The Prime Minister faced growing public anger on Sunday morning after officials said Johnson and chancellor Rishi Sunak would avoid self-isolating like thousands of others because Downing Street is taking part in a pilot daily testing

Johnson and Chancellor Rishi Sunak have been contacted by NHS Test and Trace, rather than ‘pinged’ by the Covid-19 app, after the Health Secretary confirmed on Saturday that he contracted covid-19 despite being double-jabbed.

poverty rate than the average for independent countries of Scotland’s size and has had the worst or second-worst poverty rate in every single year since UK data was first recorded in 2002.

Love Island star Shannon Singh has claimed that the ITV2 show is "boring to watch" since she became the first Islander to booted out of the villa. The 22 year old model, who previously described how her raunchy antics with Aaron Francis were "cut from show", explained how she is "entitled" to have her opinion on the series after tweeting that she was "trying not to fall asleep" while watching at home.

Love Islander Shannon Singh claims she has not yet made any big money since her sharp exit from the reality show. And the Fife born former glamour model says she's not willing to just do anything to make a fast buck.

State Pension age back to 60 for both men and women to "free up jobs for young people" in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic. The petition, ‘Move the State Pension age back to 60 for both men and women’, on the official Parliament website, says this should be reconsidered, "with immediate/imminent effect", and has already gathered more than 13,000 signatures from supporters.

international development at 0.5 per cent of national income, instead of the 0.7 per cent set down in law. Former Prime Minister Theresa May was among the 26 or so Tory backbenchers who voted against a three-line whip ordering MPs to back the government.

Wetherspoon is set to increase the price of its food at its Scottish branches when the reduction on VAT comes to an end. Bosses at the firm have been offering customers discounted meals as a result of the measure, which was introduced by Tory Chancellor Rishi Sunak last year.

Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) has said retired people could see their State Pension payouts rise by as much as 8% from April 2022 due to the UK Government's triple lock guarantee. The UK’s official forecaster estimated the increase would add around another £3 billion a year to Uk Government spending from its triple lock pensions pledge - on top of what was already budgeted.