Sunak sees country through Covid crisis but future tax squeeze to pay for it
The Chancellor Rishi Sunak extended the country's emergency programmes to see the economy through the COVID crisis but announced a future tax squeeze on...
Unions and bereaved families demand Covid inquiry seeks the truth about worker deaths
The TUC and Covid Bereaved Families for Justice are calling for the public inquiry into Coronavirus to focus on what could have been done...
It’s no job seekers paradise out there report warns
For about a quarter of the workforce (8 million people), vacancies in occupations relevant to them remain at least 10% below pre-pandemic levels.
The...
£4 billion of unusable PPE bought in first year of pandemic will be burnt...
The Department for Health & Social Care (DHSC) lost 75% of the £12 billion it spent on personal protective equipment (PPE) in the first...
Television cameras to be allowed into Crown courts
Television cameras will be allowed to broadcast from Crown Courts in England and Wales for the first time, following draft legislation due to be...
Record number of places apply to be next U.K. City of Culture
A record 20 places from across the UK have submitted an expression of interest to become the UK City of Culture 2025 - an...
Six million people are paying too much for their insurance premiums
Six million people may be paying £1.2 billion too much for their insurance premiums
The FCA has today published the final report of its market...
Vaccination committee recommends that 12-15 year olds are not given Covid jabs
The UK government's vaccine advisers have decided not to recommend Covid-19 vaccines for healthy children aged between 12 and 15
However around 350,000 12 to...
Northern cities and towns face a debt ‘avalanche’ as Government Covid support ends
People in many parts of Northern England and the Midlands face an ‘avalanche’ of debt as Covid-support is phased out this summer, according to...
Loyal Broadband customers getting ripped off by service providers
Broadband customers are enduring terrible customer service and potentially paying hundreds of pounds a year more than they need to as providers take advantage...