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Average waiting times for a grant of probate fell to four weeks in December, according to latest figures from His Majesty’s Courts and Tribunals Service (HMCTS). This compares to more than eight weeks at the end of June 2024 and 12 weeks in December 2023. HMCTS attributed the improvement to several factors, including the successful […]

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An English council is focusing on empty homes as a key part of its strategy to reduce housing waiting lists. Cumbrian local authority Westmorland and Furness, which is partly located in the Lake District National Park, currently has in excess of 3,500 empty properties, despite there being more than 8,000 people on the council’s housing […]

The number of people over state pension age is projected to increase from 12 million in 2022 to 13.7 million by 2032, according to figures released last month by the Office of National Statistics (ONS). This 14 per cent rise is predicted despite the UK state pension age rising to 67 from 2028. Meanwhile, the […]

Plans are in place to restore one of Britain’s oldest Jewish cemeteries, after it received a £190,000 grant from the National Lottery Heritage Fund. Balls Pond Cemetery in Dalston, east London, first opened in 1843 with the last burial taking place there in 1951. It is one of the most important cemeteries for the Jewish […]