A married couple with three children with an income of £57,000 will be £919 better off thanks to the mini-budget. Illustration: Hannah Robinson/The GuardianHigh earners are the big winners in the chancellor’s tax giveaway, while people on universal credit risk losing income by Zoe WoodSingle, 25UnemployedView image in fullscreen2022/23 She receives a universal credit payment of £335 a month, which adds up to £4,019 over the year. Financial assistance with housing costs depends on the property and where she rents.

Australian lifestylePeople living with engineered stone benchtops should not fear for their health. But would-be renovators should rethink their options Ikea joins Bunnings in banning engineered stone products linked to silicosis Get our weekend culture and lifestyle email Anna Power, architect and director at Studio Ester, remembers her first encounters with engineered stone as it hit the Australian market nearly 30 years ago. “We would have bits of it in the office and we were so fascinated with it.

IN THE 'BU On Location News After a rough week in the ballroom, Dancing with the Stars partners Derek Hough and Shannon Elizabeth hug it out – and share a smooch! – Thursday while frolicking at the beach in Malibu. For complete DWTS coverage, go to TV Watch. GAME FACE St. Clair-Dickerson/Splash News Online While her sister Ashlee stays coy about her pregnancy, aunt-to-be Jessica Simpson – in a Dsquared hoodie – shows off a smile as she heads out to dinner in Nashville, Tenn.

The Olympics are the world’s most important sporting event because they are also a performing-arts event. Beyond the opening and closing ceremonies, the Olympics give you rhythmic gymnastics in summer and its hornier cousin, figure skating, in winter. These are modes of dance as much as sport; they’re emotive and expressive and have choreography set to music. One skating competition, ice dancing, has it right there in the name in case there was any confusion.

A statement on Dalai Lama’s Twitter account says the leader often teases people he meets ‘in an innocent and playful way’. The Tibetans’ spiritual leader, Dalai Lama, has apologised after footage showed him asking a young boy to “suck my tongue” at a public event in India. “A video clip has been circulating that shows a recent meeting when a young boy asked His Holiness the Dalai Lama if he could give him a hug,” said a statement published on Monday on the exiled 87-year-old leader’s Twitter account, which has 19 million followers.