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Uk to be more generous. at the moment it only applies to the immediate family members are people already in the uk, whether they are british or ukrainian. the legal definition of immediate family member is much tighter than many families would feel, it only applies to certain people rather than lots of relatives. to certain people rather than lots of relatives-— to certain people rather than lots of relatives. . ,, , ., , . some other stories to bring you away from ukraine this morning. the bi...

Will pay for health and social care, he could exempt some people by raising the threshold where you start to pay national insurance and that could soften the blow for a lot of households who really feel they do not need a tax rise on top of the big energy bills. the other thing he might do is a cut in fuel duty with petrol prices at £1 65 per litre and that would make a bit of a difference, perhaps five or 6p off but given the rises we have seen, not a amount of difference and those are some op...

Difference, you know, the government bills are going up by almost 700 pounds, we would have taken 600 pounds off peoples bills, and its far in excess of anything that the chancellor has announced and we can do that, but could with that windfall tax. and when you ask about the situation of pensions and benefits theyre supposed to go up in line with inflation but the problem is that that inflation rate that was chosen was last septembers inflation and since then what has happened to inflation, it ...

Orphans are due to arrive in the uk later today. theyre aged between two and 19, and they have left poland and are headed for london, before making their way to scotland. later in the week where arrangements have been weighed for their care. from today, people who arrive here from ukraine will be able to access universal credit in job support, the department for working pensions that they were also be eligible for a range of other help. demonstrators gathered outside the russian embassy in londo...

>> or even, the white house threatening to hold china accountable if it helps unprecedented amount of pensions and post since the war in ukraine again friday president biden other two hour talk with xi jinping and the president urged china to help with the diplomatic resolution to the crisis but in terms of look at possibly happen if china might officials are giving details. >> he conveyed and described the consequence of material support to russia but again im not going to provide additional su...

And hardet hit by rises in energy prices. if you give additional money to pensioners, isnt it a strong argument that you need to do that across the board in terms of benefit >> the secretary of state for pensions said something about a triple lock this week. and going to come back next year there has been speculation about the position on benefits because theyre going up by less than the new inflation rising that you spoke about a few moments ago. well see what the chancellor says, but there has...

Programme by the windfall tax on the oil and _ programme by the windfall tax on the oil and gas _ programme by the windfall tax on the oil and gas companies who can afford it because _ oil and gas companies who can afford it because overall we want a fairer tax system — it because overall we want a fairer tax system and we want to tax people who got _ tax system and we want to tax people who got the _ tax system and we want to tax people who got the huge profits in the oil and gas _ who got th...

Benefits up 10%? i mean the bill, its just the eyeball for me. >> and right now inflation is 6.3%. and next year, when the benefits are up, the benefit increase and the pension increase will reflect the inflation that weve experienced this year. so pensions and benefits will eventually get there, its just too late to help people with their bills now. so what were saying, bring some of the forward, some of that increase, that will happen next year, so people are actually getting the money in thei...

Point of the second point where i think he is vulnerable which you can see in the response from the think tanks and academics on the left of the spectrum, is there was not anything that really addresses how tough things might be for people who really find it hard to make ends meet, those on benefits, nothing for people on benefits in that statement apart from an extra £500 million that will go to local authorities... and they can help those most disadvantaged. but and they can help those most d...

Increase in the national insurance threshold, so they are big measures that will— threshold, so they are big measures that will help many in what was perhaps — that will help many in what was perhaps surprising was what was not in the _ perhaps surprising was what was not in the statement in the sense that people _ in the statement in the sense that people who are reliant on state pensions — people who are reliant on state pensions or means tested benefits if they are _ pensions or means t...