Joseph Silke

What’s a typical Sunday like at London’s oldest parish church? 🤔 Christ has been worshipped at St Bart’s for over 900 years. Our services offer traditional Anglican liturgy and preaching, a world-class choir, great company, and stunning medieval surroundings.

NEWS. The State Pension is set to rise 4.7% next April. We know this as it is 'triple locked', ie rises by the higher of 2.5% or inflation or average earnings rise. The final figure has just come in, for earnings up to July and it's the highest of the three, at 4.7%. So based on that the FULL state pension (ie for someone with all the qualifying national insurance years) is set to rise from... NEW state pension £230.24 to £241.05/wk OLD state pension (retirees pre Apr 2016) £176.45 to £184.75/wk This will take someone on the full new state pension to £12,535 a year, only £35 below the frozen personal allowance (amount you can earn tax free each year). So as state pension income is taxable, that means without any question the following year (unless something changes), those on the full new state pension with no other income will for the first time pay tax on it (as it will rise a minimum 2.5% and personal allowances are frozen).

Bringing Richmond station back to life ✨ Today we revealed the beautifully restored brass canopy of one of our most iconic buildings. The Art Deco facade of Richmond has been faithfully returned to how it would have looked in the 1930s, now flanked by 'Double Arrow' flags.