Weather experts are warning that hurricane forecasts will be severely hampered by the upcoming cutoff of key data from U.S. Department of Defense satellites, the latest Trump administration move with potential consequences for the quality of forecasting.

NOAA said it would stop collecting and distributing data from three weather satellites that it jointly runs with the Defense Department.

People who currently receive Personal Independence Payments (Pip), or the health element of Universal Credit, will continue to do so.

In a letter to MPs, Work and Pensions Secretary Liz Kendall revealed personal independence payments will be protected

Sir Keir Starmer’s climbdown on the welfare Bill is the latest in a series of U-turns. Here, the PA news agency looks at three major policy changes this month. – Welfare reforms The Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill was put in motion to change who could qualify for certain disability and sickness benefits.