British expat pensioners have been warned that they are required to complete and return forms sent out by the Government in order to continue to receive their pensions.
The anti-fraud form is designed to prove to the government that the pensioner living abroad is still living and to stop friends or relatives fraudulently claiming the pension after a person has died.
The DVLA is doing away with the paper driving licence on 8 June of this year.
The agency is instead pursuing the aim of digitising motorists’ records.
Voters in Sunday’s regional elections in Andalusia gave Podemos 15 seats and its fellow upstart Cuidadanos (Citizens) received 9.
Both the new parties gained representation for the first time in Andalusia.
Four days after chaining herself to the office stairwell at Clube Praia da Rocha, Marilu Santana is adamant that she will remain until her wages from last year are paid.
The publicity surrounding the case of workers owed money since their seasonal contracts ended last October does not seem to have had any affect on Green Stairs, the managing company whose management continues to blame 'lack of funds.'
In the absence of the promised provision of sites, rules and regulations for tourists visiting the Algarve in motorhomes the GNR have been busy inspecting and fining dozens of campers in Silves and Armação de Pêra.
In police moves that already are sweeping across social media and dedicated motorcaravanning websites, around 50 mortorhome owners have been fined for illegal camping or irregular parking.
One in five litres of water collected, processed and piped to the consumer simply is lost along the way, never reaching the tap, according to Portugal’s Regulatory Authority for Water and Waste Services (ERSAR).
The consumer is still paying for this leakage despite not receiving the supply with 66% of councils recording losses exceeding 19%. Over 100 councils waste more than 30% of the water and 45 councils lose more than 40%.
April 2012 and the future looked assured for the insolvent Alisuper chain of food stores as the then Minister for the Economy, Álvaro Santos Pereira, said the purchase of the business by the Nogueira Group was sending a clear message to other potential investors that "the Algarve remains a secure investment."
Pereira's statement was nonsense then and remains so now as the Nogueira Group, led by José Nogueira, is struggling to cope with seasonal trading and an unremitting level of fixed costs at its Alisuper subsidiary.
Britain’s ever-evolving shopping basket now contains more health and speciality foods.
The ONS updates the national basket every year to represent changing shopping habits in an effort to track the cost of living.
