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  • New State Pension Over £13,000: Why the Triple Lock Pushes It Past the Tax Threshold

    New State Pension Over £13,000: Why the Triple Lock Pushes It Past the Tax Threshold

    Last Updated on 10 hours ago by TodayWhy Editorial Updated 21 October 2026. The full new state pension is on course to exceed £13,000 a year from April 2027 under the triple lock. Why is the new state pension over £13,000? Because the triple lock will raise it by 3.9% in April 2027, in line…

  • Why Are the French Protesting? Cost of Living, Schools and Yellow Vests

    Why Are the French Protesting? Cost of Living, Schools and Yellow Vests

    Last Updated on 3 days ago by TodayWhy Editorial Updated 19 October 2026. On 17 October, roughly 550,000 people marched across France. In several cities the day ended in riots. Why are the French protesting? Because students, unions and remnants of the Yellow Vest movement marched on the same day against high living costs, rundown…

  • Who owns Greenland? The US-Denmark security deal explained

    Who owns Greenland? The US-Denmark security deal explained

    Last Updated on 6 days ago by TodayWhy Editorial On Tuesday 22 September 2026, at United Nations headquarters in New York, three leaders signed a document that closed nearly two years of transatlantic tension. President Donald Trump, Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen and Greenland's Prime Minister Jens-Frederik Nielsen put their names to a trilateral security…


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