For five years, the Independent Financial Review Panel (IFRP) set wages and expenses for politicians in the assembly. But the terms of the three panel members ended in 2016 and they were never ...

Stormont MLAs currently have annual salaries of £52,500, while counterparts in Scotland and Wales take home £72,197 and ...

Assembly members (MLAs) are unlikely to receive "massive" pay rises as a result of the introduction of new plans to set pay levels for assembly members, the justice minister has said. Naomi Long added ...

SCOTLAND has been hailed for its free pensioner travel scheme as the UK Government was urged to expand an “unjust” policy.

The Department for Transport confirmed last year that the UK Government has "absolutely no plans to withdraw the ...

The national entitlement scheme operates UK-wide but there are different eligibility rules under devolved governments.

Petition creator Karen Hickman argues the current scheme is “unjust” and calls for “equality for everyone over 60”. The campaigner explained people in England, living outside London, are not entitled ...

People are pushing for the ENCTS to mirror Scotland's policy, offering free bus travel to all individuals aged 60 and above.

MPs from across the UK and from different parties will come together to demand the Six Nations rugby championship does not go ...

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If Keir Starmer is elected for a second term, he will ditch his Brexit pretensions and take the UK back into the EU single market and customs union, says Brian Monteith ...

MPs urged the Department for Transport to look at 'peak time' travel for pensioners and allow carers on buses for free ...