Prosecutors are dropping rape cases because of fears they will be lost due to...
Rape prosecution rate has collapsed with only 1 in 25 reported cases getting to court according to figures from the End Violence Against Women coalition who...
More than a third of the UK’s hospitality sector is at risk of business...
More than a third of the UK’s hospitality sector is at risk of business failure in early 2023 due to the cost of doing...
UK growth stalls in cost of living squeeze
The UK economy slowed more sharply than expected in February, reflecting a hit to car production from component shortages, storm disruption and reduced health...
UK to shut its borders from Monday
The UK is tightening border controls to prevent new strains of COVID-19 coming into the country, suspending all the ‘travel corridor’ arrangements that had...
LATEST REACT STUDY-Coronavirus infections remain high three weeks into lockdown
very high number of people have the coronavirus in England with around 1 in 64 people infected, or 1.57% of the population.
These latest findings...
COBRA-style action needed to save ‘lost generation’ of young people
Today’s young people face becoming a “lost generation” unless the Government develops a COBRA-style response to boost skills and job opportunities, the Local Government...
Millions of low-income families missing out on £144 annual broadband saving
Millions of families under pressure from the rising cost of living could each save £144 on their annual broadband bills, Ofcom has found.
Special discounted...
“Shameful shambles” of DWP’s long term underpayment of state pensioners with “little interest” in...
The Department for Work & Pensions (DWP) estimates it has underpaid 134,000 pensioners, mostly women, over £1 billion of their State Pension entitlement, with...
Inflation remains at 6.7 per cent in September with rising fuel prices to blame
The rate of Consumer Price Index inflation was 6.7% in September, the same rate as in August, the Office for National Statistics said
The ONS...
New proposals to reimburse victims of fraud are “fundamentally flawed”, say MPs
Proposals to hand scam reimbursement to a body sponsored by the banking industry are “fundamentally flawed”, the Treasury Committee says today.
In a new report,...