It will take a decade for public services such as NHS and the Justice...
Public services won’t return to acceptable levels of quality until the 2030s and while funding is needed wholesale reform is critical to improving services...
My wife didn’t profit from the PPE contract says Mone’s husband
Michelle Mone’s husband Doug Barrowman has this morning issued a statement rejecting allegations that the couple cashed in by supplying duff PPE during the...
Energy prices rise by 5 per cent from today
Energy prices will be increasing from today
The price cap will increase by 5% on the previous quarter from 1 January to 31 March 2024....
VAT on period pants is scrapped from today
From today women will save up to £2 on period pants on average - up to 16% - as the government scraps VAT on...
Chancellor announces budget date fuelling election rumours
The Government has set the date for what will be the last budget before the General election
The Chancellor Jeremy Hunt will deliver the Spring...
Metric to stay as public overwhelmingly dismisses move back to Imperial measurements
The Government has dropped Boris Johnson’s signature Brexit “dividend” of letting shops sell products in pounds and ounces after it was opposed by...
MPs call for cut to football gambling adverts to shield children from exposure
The Premier League and other sports governing bodies should commit to cutting the volume of gambling adverts in stadiums, MPs say today, in a...
Britain’s energy price cap to fall 14% in April
The UK's domestic energy price cap is expected to fall in April, reflecting a significant decline in wholesale energy prices since mid-November, analysts at...
Inflation falls to its lowest rate in two years
The UK inflation rate has dropped to 3.9% in November,its lowest rate for two years
it fell from 4.6% in October,an even bigger fall than...
Council funding settlement does not provide enough funding to meet the severe cost and...
The funding settlement for councils announced by Michael Gove will not not provide enough funding to meet the severe cost and demand pressures which...