French Socialists still waiting for concessions from Macron after talks on next PM – POLITICO
The French president has given his outgoing prime minister until Wednesday night to try to find a compromise…
The fall of France’s 14-hour government – POLITICO
The conservative Les Républicains, led by the hardline outgoing Interior Minister Bruno Retailleau, wanted guarantees that Retailleau would…
DWP urges Brits to check if they’re owed £8,300 in State Pension back payments
More than 370,000 people have been contacted to say they could be owed an average of £8,377 in…
UK minister confirms digital ID could root out benefit fraud – POLITICO
However, Work and Pensions Secretary Pat McFadden made clear the government is also considering how digital ID could…
Guidelines for the amount you can gift or inherit from someone – Limerick financial advisor
QuestionLiam, I’m leaving my current employer in November and I’ll be getting a redundancy payment, some of which…
I rely on state pension and can’t turn on the heating in winter
Sheila Cornell, 83, is finding the rising costs of bills unmanageable and is calling for the state pension…
Friedrich Merz’s fight to fix the German economy is already on the ropes – POLITICO
Dittrich called on the government to immediately do away with unnecessary bureaucracy and overhaul Germany’s social security system…
More than 100,000 pensioners to lose winter fuel payment due to frozen threshold
Retirees with income over £35,000 will not receive the winter fuel payment, but many will be pushed above…
Lecornu takes his turn on France’s political tightrope – POLITICO
The Socialists also claim, rather improbably, that almost all the deficit savings can be achieved via their new…
3 Tricky Decisions for Every Retirement Plan
Retirement planning is complicated. Fewer retirees can rely on pensions, so more people have to find retirement income…
France’s credit rating cut by Fitch amid political turmoil – POLITICO
The downgrade comes as France is going through a political crisis and is struggling to cut its massive…
How the boomers crippled France
To no one’s surprise, François Bayrou and his government have been deposed by France’s National Assembly following a…