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Politics Home Article | Tony Blair Think Tank Calls For Scrapping The Triple Lock

Politics Home Article | Tony Blair Think Tank Calls For Scrapping The Triple Lock

Published by Sam Flores

(Alamy) 3 min read1 hr The Tony Blair Institute (TBI) think tank has called for the government to scrap the “unaffordable” triple lock on state pensions. In a new report published on Friday, the think tank said current pensions policy is unsustainable and outdated and should be replaced by a more flexible alternative. “Britain’s state pension system was built for a different era. We can’t keep pouring money into a system that is increasingly unaffordable,” said Tom Smith, TBI Director of Economic Policy. Under the existing policy, pensions are guaranteed to rise by the highest of inflation, average earnings and 2.5 per cent. However, there have been growing warnings that factors like people living longer, a falling birth rate and high inflation levels mean that it is not sustainable in the long term. The TBI report points to the number of pensioners in Britain being expected to rise from 12.6m this year to 19m in 2070, with spending on the state pension expected to increase from 5 per cent of GDP to 7.5 per cent, costing the Treasury an …

Politics Home | Labour MP Calls For Pension Triple Lock Reform To Fund Defence Spending Boost

Politics Home | Labour MP Calls For Pension Triple Lock Reform To Fund Defence Spending Boost

Published by Sam Flores

4 min read19 min A Labour backbencher has called for the pension triple lock to be reformed to help fund a rise in defence spending. Graeme Downie, who was elected as the Labour MP for Dunfermline and Dollar in 2024, wrote in The House this weekend that the government should be brave enough to ask older people who “benefited financially from peace” to make a greater contribution to future national security.  “If there is to be a true whole of society approach to defence, and younger people could be expected to die, what are older people willing to sacrifice?” he wrote. Prime Minister Keir Starmer is under pressure to expedite plans to raise defence spending amid warnings that international conflicts pose an increasing threat to the UK. As things stand, the government is committed to spending 2.5 per cent of GDP on defence by 2027, with the target of reaching 3 per cent in the next parliament. Starmer has recently indicated that he is willing to go further, but is facing growing calls, including from senior Labour figures, to detail how he will …

Experts believe diabetes may triple someone’s dementia risk. Here’s why

Experts believe diabetes may triple someone’s dementia risk. Here’s why

Published by Daniella Wilson

Get the Well Enough newsletter with Harry Bullmore for tips on living a healthier, happier and longer life Get the Well Enough email with Harry Bullmore Get the Well Enough email with Harry Bullmore As increasing numbers of people with type 1 diabetes live into old age, a large new study has found they face almost three times the risk of developing dementia compared to people without the condition – raising urgent questions about how the disease affects the brain over time. To put this in context, of the 283,772 people in the study, 5,442 had type 1 diabetes. Of those, 144 people went on to get dementia. That is 2.6% of that group. Of those without diabetes, only 0.6% went on to develop dementia. Once the researchers had accounted for factors like age and education level, the overall increased risk was about three times higher. A similar trend appeared for type 2 diabetes. Those people had roughly a twofold higher risk. It is important to note that this data was taken from a health …

Ireland beat Scotland to win Triple Crown before Six Nations title is snatched away

Ireland beat Scotland to win Triple Crown before Six Nations title is snatched away

Published by Sam Flores

The visitors did manage one final score to stay in touch, with Rory Darge cutting a wicked angle to finish another seemingly endless Scottish move. But O’Brien’s double and a late Jack Crowley penalty put the game to bed. Paris is Paris, but Ireland end the Six Nations with hope, and their heads held high. Match details Scoring sequence: 5-0 Osborne try, 7-0 Crowley con, 7-5 Graham try, 7-7 Russell con, 12-7 Sheehan try, 14-7 Crowley con, 19-7 Baloucoune try, 19-12 Russell try, 19-14 Russell con, 24-14 Murray try, 26-14 Crowley con, 26-19 Darge try, 26-21 Russell con, 31-21 O’Brien try, 33-21 Crowley con, 36-21 Crowley pen, 41-21 O’Brien try, 43-21 Crowley con. Ireland: J Osborne; R Baloucoune (Frawley 65), G Ringrose (Aki 65), S McCloskey, T O’Brien; J Crowley, J Gibson-Park (Casey 77); T O’Toole (Milne 65), D Sheehan (Kelleher 65), T Furlong (Bealham 65); J McCarthy (Murray 65), T Beirne (Murray 50, Beirne 61); J Conan, J van der Flier (Timoney 53), C Doris (capt). Scotland: B Kinghorn; D Graham (Rowe 61, Jordan …

Atlantic Trivia, March 12, 2026: Triple or Nothing

Atlantic Trivia, March 12, 2026: Triple or Nothing

Published by Daniella Wilson

Today’s questions all come from McKay Coppins’s April cover story on sports betting, for which The Atlantic spotted him $10,000 so he could become a degenerate gambler. Parlay all three questions for an extra payout of satisfaction. To play, type your response into the field below the question and click “Submit.” You’ll see the answer, a tie-in to McKay’s article, and the button to proceed. Atlantic Trivia From a story by McKay Coppins In the 17th century, Native Americans placed bets on a game called “little brother of war”—a precursor to what modern sport? Show Hint It’s played with a netted stick today. Previous QuestionNext Question And by the way, did you know that, although estimates vary a bit, only about 3 percent of sports bettors turn a profit in the long run? And to do so, they must win not 50.1 percent of their bets, McKay reports, but more than 52.5 percent to account for the cut that sportsbooks take. Does McKay end up in that 3 percent? You will have to read to …

Nottingham triple killer punched colleague in face month before fatal stabbings | UK News

Nottingham triple killer punched colleague in face month before fatal stabbings | UK News

Published by Sam Flores

Nottingham triple killer Valdo Calocane attacked two colleagues – punching one in the face – a month before his fatal stabbings, an inquiry has been told. The investigation in London has been hearing about events involving CaIocane before he killed University of Nottingham undergraduates Barnaby Webber and Grace O’Malley-Kumar, both 19; and grandfather Ian Coates, 65. Image: Grace O’Malley-Kumar, Barnaby Webber and Ian Coates were killed by Calocane in 2023 He also attempted to kill three more people during his attack in Nottingham in the early hours of 13 June 2023. The inquiry has heard that a month earlier Calocane, who has been diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia, was working in a Derby warehouse for logistics company Arvato when he attacked two colleagues, who were a married couple. He punched the man in the face before pushing over the woman and hurting her leg. The inquiry has previously heard how Calocane put a flatmate in a headlock and trapped him in his flat in January 2022; and how he headbutted, punched and swung handcuffs at a …

Nottingham triple killer Valdo Calocane headbutted PC two years before fatal stabbings, inquiry told | UK News

Nottingham triple killer Valdo Calocane headbutted PC two years before fatal stabbings, inquiry told | UK News

Published by Sam Flores

Nottingham triple killer Valdo Calocane repeatedly hit a police officer in the face less than two years before his deadly knife attacks, an inquiry has heard. He had been diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia and was being detained by medics when he punched, headbutted and swung handcuffs at Nottinghamshire Police Constable Barnaby Pritchard, causing swelling to his face. Less than two years later he would go on to kill University of Nottingham undergraduates Barnaby Webber and Grace O’Malley-Kumar, both 19, and grandfather Ian Coates, 65. Image: Less than two years later Calocane would go on to kill Grace Kumar, Barnaby Webber and Ian Coates. He also attempted to kill three more during the attack in the early hours of 13 June 2023. On Wednesday PC Pritchard told the London inquiry that he was called to Calocane’s Nottingham address on 3 September 2021. The former student was refusing to take his medication and resisting doctors’ efforts to detain him, he said. Calocane was “very calm” when they arrived at his address and “was very unemotional with any …

Police failed to arrest Nottingham triple killer on warrant months before attacks, inquiry hears | UK News

Police failed to arrest Nottingham triple killer on warrant months before attacks, inquiry hears | UK News

Published by Sam Flores

Police failed to execute a warrant to arrest a violent schizophrenic before he went on to kill three people in Nottingham, an inquiry has heard. Valdo Calocane killed University of Nottingham students Barnaby Webber and Grace O’Malley-Kumar, both 19, as well as 65-year-old caretaker Ian Coates, and attempted to kill three more people in the June 2023 attacks. The arrest warrant was issued more than nine months before the killings in September 2022, after Calocane did not attend a hearing at Nottingham Magistrates’ Court over accusations of assaulting an emergency worker. He went on to assault two colleagues at a factory in Kegworth, Leicestershire, a month before the attacks, but was not arrested by Leicestershire Police at that time. Image: Valdo Calocane. Pic: PA In an opening statement on behalf of the relatives of those killed in the attacks, Tim Moloney KC said any attempt by police to claim arresting Calocane would not have made a difference would be “cowardly, highly offensive and insulting”. “If the police do say that executing a warrant for his …