until they can be deported.

Starmer said he wanted to help people with the cost of living and added that he wanted more retirees to be eligible for the so-called winter fuel payments. He spoke during his weekly questioning in the House of Commons after figures were released showing“As the economy improves, we want to make sure people feel those improvements,” he said. “That is why we want to ensure that as we go forward more pensioners are eligible for winter fuel payments.”

Soon after Labour came to power last July, Treasury chief Rachel Reeves removed the, worth between 200 and 300 pounds ($266 and $399) a year, from all but the poorest retirees, arguing that the measure was needed because of the dire state of the public finances left by the previous Conservative government.The more targeted payment meant that around 11 million retirees, many on limited incomes, lost out and were struggling to make ends meet, especially in a cost-of-living crisis.

Many members of Labour, in and out of parliament, thought the relatively modest 1.5 billion-pound ($2 billion) saving that the policy change reaped was not worth the political cost.The move arguably contributed to a swift decline in popularity for Starmer’s government since it was elected. In

earlier this month, Labour fared poorly, with many party representatives blaming the removal of the winter fuel payment.

Since then, there’s been growing speculation that the government will change tack by either scrapping the measure or increasing the level at which the allowance is paid.people asked for — space to ask hard questions and do life together, not just host another barbecue, for example — churches adapted.

“As the years went by, our churches grew healthier, they grew more intergenerational, they grew more missional, and this collaboration of churches shifted from individual churches to a network,” said the Rev. Daniel Hartman, co-director of Mosaic Ministries at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School.In 2022, that network came together to form Refined, a program for young adults from each of the 12 churches. Across 18 months, the young adults received mentoring, attended retreats and became involved in Waukegan-based community projects.

Though Adi Camacho grew up attending a Baptist church in Waukegan, she joined Refined after several years away from the church.“It was my first time getting to meet brothers and sisters who were not from my congregation that could hear my heart and be there for me and love and support me in such a godly way,” Camacho said. “We were able to break barriers between our churches.”