The Conversation

Postcode by postcode: a clever way to include homes in the age pension assets test

Anthony Asher is a member of the Actuaries Institute and was one of the authors of the Green Paper mentioned. Here’s the boldest idea the government’s inquiry into retirement incomes should consider ...
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Luxury property in Portugal: A good postcode is no longer enough

Portugal continues to shine as one of the world’s most attractive destinations for luxury property, thanks to its quality of ...
The Financial Times

Proof that postcode snobbery is real— as if we needed it

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. There is a London junction where late-night gay bars twinkle in the shadow of a mosque, while dirty old ...
The Big Issue

Care leavers face a 'postcode lottery' for support: 'It can be incredibly lonely at Christmas'

Coram surveyed 27,000 care leavers across the country between 2015 and 2024, finding that more than a quarter are struggling ...

As a child I had no postcode, front door, or education

For the first 11 years of my life, we had no postcode, no front door, and no permanent education. My parents would only stay ...

Postcode glitch freezes pensioners out of winter heating benefit

The Warm Home Discount of £150 is paid automatically by energy suppliers to those on the guaranteed element of Pension Credit ...
The Sun

I’m a Postcode Lottery winner – I was fuming I didn’t get a huge cheque but my surprise prize had people in hysterics

Other People's Postcode Lottery players revealed their unsuspected prizes - scroll down for more A WOMAN has revealed that she plays the People’s Postcode Lottery and recently had a very surprising ...

Bus fare a 'postcode lottery' after discount axed

The cost of bus travel has been branded a "postcode lottery" after a decision to axe a discounted ticket in one area. The ...
Manchester Evening News

From ‘postcode’ gang wars to a spike in arrests - Greater Manchester Police one year after damning report

This week will mark the one-year anniversary of an inspection report that would go on to have far-reaching repercussions. When the police watchdog found Greater Manchester Police had failed to record ...
The Independent

‘I beat cancer – but a postcode lottery of fertility services nearly robbed me of hopes of becoming a mother’

For Joanna Young, the news that doctors had found a rare form of ovarian cancer with just a five to 10 per cent chance of survival was devastating enough. Little did the 26-year-old know that the ...
Daily Mail

The GP surgeries where just 1 in 5 get a face-to-face appointment: Postcode lottery reveals how thousands of patients are only seeing their doctor on remote calls

A postcode lottery of GP surgeries means some patients are five times less likely to see a doctor in person than others, a Daily Mail investigation reveals today. Analysis of NHS figures shows a huge ...
Daily Mail

I had to wait FOUR years for a breast reconstruction after my mastectomy, due to secret postcode lottery EVERY cancer patient must be aware of

After the trauma of undergoing a mastectomy for breast cancer followed by months of gruelling chemotherapy and radiotherapy, Laura Wilson was looking forward to rebuilding both her body and her life.