Ireland sees 51 surge in eviction notices as housing crisis deepens.

Spending watchdog warns £38bn cost of Sizewell C nuclear plant is risky National Audit Office says potential benefits are considerable but uncertain while risks are immediate and substantialThe cost of the governments £38bn nuclear plant in Suffolk is subject to significant uncertainty and may outweigh the benefits for UK households until at least 2064, according to the governments spending watchdog.The National Audit Office (NAO) has warned that although the potential benefits of the Sizewell C nuclear plant are considerable, they remain uncertain. The risks, however, are immediate, substantial and borne by the public. Continue reading...

theguardian · 1 day ago

Britain must think like a hot country – otherwise inequalities will only grow The government must act to redress the unequal impact of climate change, or risk rising temperatures making disparities worseUK built for climate that no longer exists and needs urgent changes to survive global heating, report warnsIt may not always feel like it, but Britons are going to have to get used to living in a hot country.Temperatures are already 1.4C above the historic norm, and heading for a 2C rise in the next two decades. This may not sound like much, but it will mean far higher temperatures in summer – heatwaves as high as 45C lasting for more than a week, dwarfing the previous record of 40C in 2022 – as well as more frequent droughts and severe flooding, according to a major report published on Wednesday. Continue reading...

theguardian · 1 day ago

Least fit people need to do more exercise than fittest to get same benefit – study Research appears to challenge previous studies but some experts call aspects of it misguidedPeople who are the least fit need to do 30-50 minutes more exercise a week than the fittest to get the same reduction in cardiovascular risk, according to research.Researchers examined data from more than 17,000 British adults taking part in the UK Biobank study. They completed a cycle test to measure their baseline cardiorespiratory fitness (estimated VO2 max) and wore a fitness tracker for a week to record typical exercise levels. Continue reading...

theguardian · 1 day ago

e-Factura: experții fiscali spun că exceptarea unor persoane fizice corectează o eroare și reduce birocrația Specialiștii în fiscalitate și drept consultați de „Adevărul spun că exceptarea anumitor persoane fizice de la obligativitatea emiterii e-factura de la 1 iunie corectează o eroare legislativă care ar fi creat costuri administrative inutile pentru persoane fără activitate comercială propriu-zisă.

adevarul · 1 day ago

Highest since the Famine: TDs bring motion for ban on no-fault evictions and rent increases New data from the Residential Tenancies Board showed eviction notices were up 51 in the first three months of this year.

thejournal · 1 day ago

Parcarea de la Aeroportul Otopeni poate fi plătită și online: trebuie să-ți faci cont pe bază de e-mail și telefon CNAB anunță introducerea plății online pentru parcarea de la Aeroportul „Henri Coandă din Capitală. Pasagerii vor putea achita și la automate, casierie sau contactless la barieră.

adevarul · 2 days ago

e-Factura pentru persoane fizice de la 1 iunie 2026: cine mai este obligat să emită facturi și cum se face înscrierea De la 1 iunie 2026, sistemul RO e-Factura continuă să se aplice obligatoriu în România, însă nu mai vizează în aceeași măsură toate persoanele fizice.

adevarul · 2 days ago

Un deputat liberal critică reducerea pauzelor la 5 minute în școlile supraaglomerate: „Creierul unui copil nu funcționează ca o mașinărie Un deputat liberal atrage atenția asupra condițiilor din școlile supraaglomerate din România în care pauzele au fost reduse la doar cinci minute pentru organizarea în două sau trei schimburi.

adevarul · 2 days ago

The Guardian view on saving for old age: alarming shortfalls set the scene for a pensions overhaul | Editorial Auto-enrolment has made retirement more secure for many. But some groups, including women, need more support Recommendations from the government-backed Pensions Commission are not due until next year. But its interim warning that at least 15 million Britons are not saving enough for retirement already signals the scale of the challenge. The trend towards increasing longevity means that the issue of retirement incomes is unavoidable. At some point during the next decade, a threshold is expected to be reached whereby there are three pensioners for every 10 working-age adults.The decision to reconvene this expert group was a good one. The automatic enrolment system it proposed has been a success, with around 90 of eligible employees signing up since 2012, along with their employers. But millions of low-paid workers, as well as the vast majority of self-employed people, face an uncertain future unless they too are helped to plan and save. One suggestion, made by the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) as part of its own pensions review, was that HM Revenue and Customs could oversee a system whereby self-employed taxpayers would be enabled to make pension contributions at the same time as paying their tax bill. Continue reading...

theguardian · 2 days ago

Noi reguli pentru obținerea permisului de conducere: șoferii care scapă de proba teoretică MAI a modificat oficial procedura pentru obținerea permisului de conducere, după publicarea noilor reguli în Monitorul Oficial. Schimbările îi vizează pe șoferii și motocicliștii care au deja experiență și vor să obțină categorii superioare fără să mai susțină proba teoretică.

adevarul · 2 days ago

Revoltă după gafa Fiscului: Cum să avem încredere în ANAF, dacă lasă AI-ul să inventeze legi? Cazul contribuabilului a cărui contestație a fost respinsă de ANAF prin invocarea de articole de lege inventate de către inteligența artificială aduce în discuție modul în care Fiscul folosește digitalizarea și tehnologiile moderne în relația cu publicul.

adevarul · 2 days ago