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Salary sacrifice changes could hit millions more Britons, pensions expert says | Money News

Salary sacrifice changes could hit millions more Britons, pensions expert says | Money News

Millions more workers could be indirectly affected by changes to the salary sacrifice scheme announced in the November budget, a former pensions minister has warned. Chancellor Rachel Reeves announced that from April 2029 only the first Β£2,000 of pension contributions made through salary sacrifice will be exempt from National Insurance. Contributions above Β£2,000 will, from…

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Oscar nominees gathered at their customary luncheon on Tuesday to celebrate

Oscar nominees gathered at their customary luncheon on Tuesday to celebrate

p]:text-cms-story-body-color-text clearfix”> β€œFrankenstein” star Jacob Elordi, at 6 feet 5 easy to spot from across the ballroom, leaned down to hug Teyana Taylor, a supporting actress Oscar nominee for β€œOne Battle After Another.” Nearby, her co-star Leonardo DiCaprio caught up with Steven Spielberg, who directed him 24 years ago in β€œCatch Me If You Can,”…

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Starmer’s ex-comms chief should lose peerage over links to paedophile, says Labour chair | Politics News

Starmer’s ex-comms chief should lose peerage over links to paedophile, says Labour chair | Politics News

Sir Keir Starmer’s ex-communications chief should be stripped of his peerage over his ties to a paedophile councillor, Labour’s chairwoman has said. Anna Turley MP told Sky News “there’s no place […] in the Lords” for people like Matthew Doyle, who she suggested hadn’t been truthful before being elevated to parliament’s upper chamber earlier this…

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0 million in Trump administration health cuts will hit California HIV programs

$600 million in Trump administration health cuts will hit California HIV programs

WASHINGTONΒ β€”Β Public health experts warned Tuesday that $600 million in cuts to federal public health funding announced by the Trump administration would endanger one of California’s main early-warning systems for HIV outbreaks, leaving communities vulnerable to undetected disease spread. The grant terminations affect funding for a number of disease control programs in California, Colorado, Illinois and…

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2026 Super Bowl scores 124.9 million viewers, second-largest audience in history

2026 Super Bowl scores 124.9 million viewers, second-largest audience in history

Defense wins championships and Super Bowl LX showed it can get ratings too. NBC’s Sunday telecast of the Seattle Seahawks’ 29-13 win over the New England Patriots averaged 124.9 million viewers according to Nielsen data, falling short of the record of 127.7 million set last year on Fox. Seattle’s smothering defense preventing New England from…

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