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New VPN rule put forward for UK households with July 23 deadline issued
Technology Secretary Liz Kendall issued a ominous update over VPNs on BBC Breakfast this week.
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New rules for UK home buyers and sellers with households handed £650
Families and first-time buyers are set to "save time, money, and stress", thanks to the reforms
DWP planning state pension rule change which could feel 'very different'
Pat McFadden has confirmed a major review of the state pension age remains on track.
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New VPN rules for UK update as government issues 'really important' statement
Government is exploring new rules for VPNs amid its social media ban for under-16s being announced.
The truth about VPN 'ban' on table for UK isn't what users think
Sir Keir Starmer has announced a proposed ban on major social media platforms for children under 16.
New dog walking rule in England from June 29 with owners facing £500 fine
Councils have the power to issue fines of up to £500 to dog walkers from the end of this month.
4 groups handed free BBC TV Licences amid popular shows being cancelled
Ex-BBC One controller Lord Michael Grade has launched a fresh attack on the television licence fee this week.
Major bank announces Soho Road branch closure as customers say 'always busy'
This branch is due to close permanently
Dudley Council shells out £80k to drivers over issue plaguing roads
Pothole compensation costing tens of thousands as council declared blitz despite 15,000 repairs
Worcester teacher gave vile instructions to 'girl' and made 'horrific' sex abuse images
Primary school teacher Richard Leighfield has now been banned from teaching
HMRC overcharges 40,000 people after error and will treat them 'like cash cow'
Tax arm gaffe meant incorrect earnings had been used to calculate graduates’ interest charges over several years, meaning they may have been dragged into the wrong interest rate bracket.
Birmingham dad learns fate after telling daughter's school bully 'I'll burn your house and stab your family'
Erdington father issued a restraining order at court and told to stay away from the family of his 'daughter's bully'
Birmingham's new leaders urged to carry out 'city-wide clean-up' and 'save' weekly bin collections
Birmingham Tories have want to see the new administration 'launch a city-wide clean-up operation'
'We want to keep our skilled workforce in Sandwell but homes plan will end our business'
'Our business is not something that can just be moved to another site'
'Careless' Redditch driver jailed for killing dad-of-two died seven-months into sentence
Fay Newman was jailed for 20 months for causing the death of Nick Bennell by careless driving
64 drivers caught breaking disabled parking rules in Birmingham
Some drivers are using blue badges belonging to dead people, Birmingham City Council investigation found
Speed camera vans move around Birmingham - these are the roads they visit most often
Drivers can never be sure where the police vans are going to be
Urgent action to tackle backlog leaving Dudley residents waiting 'months' for help
Pledge to set up a recovery team after nearly a quarter of concerns at local authority are unresolved
Ex-JLR engineer who admitted she was a 'horrible person' joins police's most wanted list
Police urged anyone who sees wanted Melissa Elliker to ring 999 as she is wanted on recall to prison
How police caught killer six years after body found in Birmingham canal
Relentless work by police detectives linked a killer to the death of a Birmingham man whose body was found in a canal, and some six years on he's been convicted