"These new findings underscore the urgent need for the deployment of a mission to protect civilians in Sudan."
The government has announced the extension of a fund designed to help with cost-of-living pressures over the winter.The money in the Household Support Fund will be distributed to councils, who can use the scheme to give struggling households small payments.
The extension comes after criticism of the Labour government’s decision to scrap winter fuel payments for 10 million pensioners in England and Wales.Work and Pensions Secretary Liz Kendallin the coming weeks.
“Pensioners and others struggling with the cost of living over the colder months should contact their local council to see what support may be available to them,” she said.The policy to scrap some winter fuel payments is expected to reduce the number of pensioners who receive the payment from 11.4 million to 1.5 million, saving the Treasury £1.4bn this financial year. It is a devolved matter in Scotland and Northern Ireland.
The Household Support Fund will be worth £421m in England and will run until the end of March next year. It was originally due to end in September.
The government is facing calls to rethink the winter fuel payment decision ahead of Rachel Reeves’s first budget as chancellor in October.John Feehery, a Republican strategist, estimated that some 80% of white evangelical Christians - who make up about 14% of the American electorate - need to turn out for Trump to deliver him a win.
“I don’t think there’s a danger of white evangelicals voting for Harris, I think there’s a real danger of them not voting,” Mr Feehery said, adding that “10,000 votes” could be enough to tip the scales.That risk could explain the reticence of most anti-abortion leaders to talk publicly about abandoning the Republican candidate.
Indeed, some in the movement have expressed frustration with Ms Rose’s position, saying that while Trump is not the ideal candidate, he is still better for their cause than any Democratic opponent.Ms Hawkins of Students for Life has begun to focus her messaging, increasingly, on Harris, telling followers that the harm her administration could do - in the number of abortions alone - would eclipse any missteps by Trump.