Smart homes at risk of more than 12,000 hacking or scanning attacks a week,...

A home filled with smart devices could be exposed to more than 12,000 hacking or unknown scanning attacks from across the world in a...

It would be completely unacceptable if banks refuse to lend to businesses in this...

Leading the Daily press conference the Business Secretary Alok Sharma said that “It would be completely unacceptable if any banks were unfairly refusing funds...

GP’s in England to be offered cash fund to see more patients face to...

GPs in England will be offered an extra £250m to help them see more patients face-to-face this winter, The Health Secretary Sajid Javid is expected...

Man extradited from Pakistan is charged with murder of Yorkshire policewoman

West Yorkshire Police and the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) have extradited a man from Pakistan wanted in connection with the murder of PC Sharon...

Tech firms told to tame toxic algorithms to protect children online

Tech firms must act to stop their algorithms recommending harmful content to children and put in place robust age-checks to keep them safer, under...

Living standards are set to start rising again but just about managing families face...

Family incomes are set to start slowly rising again next year but low and middle income households risk missing out with three years of...

New nationwide lockdown for hospitality considered and hospitals told to prepare for second spike

New England-wide measures which could see hospitality businesses forced to shut are being considered by the UK government to try to slow a second...

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...

2.5 million households missed payments in January as cost of living crisis bites

Around 2.5 million UK households missed payments in January, new Which? research suggests, as the consumer champion calls for businesses and government to do...

Minimum wage of at least £10 and an end to rip-off youth rates –...

Usdaw members are set to give evidence to the Low Pay Commission (LPC) on minimum wage rates in Manchester today. The LPC’s annual consultation...