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Those mourning the loss of a partner could be entitled to receive up to £3,500.The Bereavement Support Payment is a financial aid scheme for those who have lost a spouse or partner. It has superseded several similar benefits, including the Widowed Parent's Allowance and the Bereavement Allowance (formerly known as the Widows' Pension).It's crucial to understand that the Bereavement Support Payment is not means-tested, meaning your income and savings will not impact the amount you could potentially receive.Eligibility CriteriaIn order to be considered eligible for the payment, the following must have applied when your partner passed away:under State Pension ageliving in the UK or a country that pays bereavement benefitsmarried to your partner, in a civil partnership with them, or living ...

CoinStories podcast host discusses the state of cryptocurrencies following the global market selloff. Crypto is kicking off a new era in sports marketing: Partnering with major European soccer clubs. Sponsorship deals between crypto companies and high-profile soccer outfits are particularly hot this season. The latest iteration involves blockchain firm BlockDAG and two of Europe's top clubs: Italy's Inter Milan and Germany's Borussia Dortmund.BlockDAG, which operates a so-called "Layer One" blockchain, has committed $10 million over three years for its branding to appear across Borussia Dortmund’s home stadium and various social media platforms. The German team also extended its partnership with the U.S.’s largest crypto exchange, Coinbase, for a further three years. Sam Bankm...

Campus Reform higher education fellow Nicholas Giordano discusses whether students should comply with DEI guidelines to get into college on "Varney & Co." Molson Coors is rolling back its diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) initiatives, becoming the latest in a string of iconic American companies to step away from so-called "woke" policies in recent months. Conservative activist and filmmaker Robby Starbuck, who has been leading a campaign exposing major corporations' woke policies, said Tuesday on X that Coors sent him a letter its leadership team had circulated to employees that day to explain the changes after he threatened company executives last week. In the letter, provided to FOX Business from Coors, the company's executives said its human resources team began making p...

Shoppers are highlighting the limited Trader Joe's mini cooler bags that sell for around four dollars. (Credit: @geetripsandeats /TMX) Fall fanatics can take their obsession one step further by turning it into a side hustle. Personal finance platform FinanceBuzz is looking to hire a "pumpkin spice pundit" to taste-test fall food products from Trader Joe’s.The platform said it's looking for someone to taste and evaluate the retailer's "fall-inspired Pumpkin Palooza foods." STARBUCKS UNVEILS PUMPKIN SPICE LATTE FALL MENU WITH NEW NON-DAIRY CUSTOMER FAVORITE The individual will be tasked with rating over 20 pumpkin-flavored food and drink products, like pumpkin waffles and pumpkin-spice ginger brew. Among the Trader Joe's fall lineup is this "fall zucchette pasta" and "pumpkin Alf...

Martin Lewis is back.The money expert has reassured his fans after a long career break which saw him absent from social media for weeks on end.The Money Saving Expert Founder announced on July 30 that he was taking a break from his career to spend time with his family.The money maestro was gone for over a month, save for a brief return for a few hours when the energy price cap changed.Martin had signed off from his Twitter account with a warning before he left, saying: “'ll be social media silent. The website and weekly email (we've just finished this weeks) will be in the overly-capable hands of the @MoneySavingExp team.“Beware scammers. Sadly when I'm off social, scammers tend to ramp up activity using my name, even messaging people from fake accounts so do take care.“Plus when you se...

Passenger planes come into contact at New Chitose Airport during wintry weather conditions. (Credit: Reuters) Cathay Pacific, Hong Kong's flagship airline, has grounded most of its Airbus A350-1000 fleet and canceled dozens of flights following an in-flight failure of an engine part. The planes were inspected after a problem unfolded several minutes after take-off on flight CX383 from Hong Kong to Zurich on Monday, according to information from flight tracking service FlightRadar24 obtained by Reuters.The five-year-old A350-1000 plane performed two wide circles and dumped fuel over the sea before returning to Hong Kong where it landed safely about 75 minutes after its departure. Cathay Pacific said it identified an engine component failure after the aircraft returned to Hong Kong. ...

This morning, business leaders sent the first clear signal that things have stopped getting better. The economy was finally showing signs of life, and Starmer has crushed it by pursuing a misguided political strategy.Businesses turned more cautious in August, as Labour lines up a string of tax hikes and boosts trade union power and employment rights.In doing so, Starmer has hit business investment, destroyed confidence and made employers reluctant to take on more staff.With terrifying clarity, today's survey of UK business leaders by The Institute of Directors (IoD) reveals the damage Starmer and Reeves have inflicted.It shows the sharpest decline in business investment intentions since the start of pandemic lockdowns in 2020.Starmer's aggressive tax hike threats are effectively locking...

Martin Lewis has called the 880,000 older Britons missing out on Pension Credit support a “national tragedy” and urged those eligible to claim it.The Money Saving Expert founder is supporting the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) in its 'Week of Action,' which aims to boost the uptake of this under-claimed benefit, potentially providing eligible individuals with around £3,900 in additional financial support each year.This Pension Credit awareness campaign comes after Chancellor Rachel Reeves’ controversial decision to narrow Winter Fuel Payment eligibility to address a £22 billion gap in the country’s finances. Previously, these payments were available to all pensioners of a certain age in England and Wales.This year, however, they will be means-tested, with only those receiving ce...

WASPI (Women Against State Pension Inequality) campaigners will be attending two party conferences later this month to renew their calls for DWP compensation and have set out a plan of action to get justice for women who it is claimed missed out on their fair pensions.Angela Madden, chair of WASPI, said: "We are going to both the Liberal Democrat and Labour conferences, where we hope to meet more MPs and Labour supporters."The way Labour MPs will change their mind if they don't support is if their constituents ask them to, to tell their MP that they want them to represent WASPI women."She said the WASPI group will have an exhibition stand at the Labour party conference, which is taking place in Liverpool from September 22 to 25.They will also be trying to arrange meetings at the event t...

Thousands of working parents will be able to grab a handout worth up to £4,684 from today, the Government has announced.From Monday, September 2, hundreds of thousands of eligible working parents of children aged nine months old or more will begin to be able to access 15 hours of government-funded early education per week, worth up to £5,740 per year.For parents of primary school aged children, new "wraparound" childcare places will be available before and after school as well.The free hours are being phased in, with the amount doubling to 30 hours from next September.The average cost of nursery care in the UK is £300 a week for 50 hours of childcare, meaning that the 15 free hours are worth the equivalent of about £90 per week or £4,684 per year.Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson s...