Category: UK Politics
Christmas and New Year Bank Holidays Push UK Benefit Payments to December 24 and 31, 2025
UK benefit payments for Christmas and New Year 2025 will be moved to December 24 and 31 due to bank holidays, affecting 20 million recipients of Universal Credit, PIP, and Child Benefit across England and Wales.
- Nov, 23 2025
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Starmer reshuffle after Rayner resignation shakes Labour top team
Angela Rayner quit as deputy PM, housing secretary, and deputy Labour leader after a stamp duty breach, triggering a sweeping reshuffle by Keir Starmer. David Lammy moves from foreign secretary to justice secretary and deputy PM, while Rachel Reeves stays at the Treasury to calm markets. Pat McFadden takes a new growth-focused super-department. A deputy leadership contest now looms.
- Sep, 7 2025
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