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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 4 days 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 9 hours ago by TodayWhy Editorial Updated 24 October 2026. On 24 October a second major day of protests took place. The interior ministry counted about 410,000 participants; organisers claimed around 800,000. Clashes occurred again in Paris and Marseille. Why are the French protesting? Because students, unions and remnants of the Yellow…

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

    Who owns Greenland? The US-Denmark security deal explained

    Last Updated on 1 week 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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