Pensioners in line for 8.5% state pension hike - an extra £18 a week - in the Autumn Statement as Chancellor Jeremy Hunt sticks to triple lock boosted by high inflation rate.Jeremy Hunt's carrot-and-stick Autumn Statement for benefit recipients as they get 6.7% rise in handouts costing taxpayers £3billion but face clampdown that will force more into jobs - with housebound told to WFH.Autumn Statement LIVE: Chancellor Jeremy Hunt to reduce national insurance for millions of workers and cut business taxes.Hunt's bold plan to 'get Britain growing': Chancellor heads for Parliament as he prepares to 'cut National Insurance payments for 28m Brits, hand businesses tax breaks and give OAPs an extra £18 a week' in bumper Autumn Statement TODAY.
Grief-stricken mother of teen, 17, found dead in Snowdonia camping crash says she is 'in a nightmare she can't wake up from' - amid fears four friends lay undiscovered for 48 hours on 'very remote' road in 'terrible' weather.
