Gas shortages this winter could lead to electricity blackouts warns the regulator
The country is at a ‘significant risk’ of blackouts due to gas shortages this winter, the regulator OFGEM has warned.
In a letter to Elexon,...
Truss-“We should have laid the ground better over mini budget
Liz Truss has admitted this morning that she and the Chancellor bungled the mini-budget.
Interviewed by Laura Kuenssberg on the BBC the Prime Minister said...
Government must act to boost future saving rate and scheme enrolment or risk inadequate...
More than 60% of people are at risk of missing out on an adequate standard of living in retirement1 despite the introduction of auto-enrolment,...
34 year old charged with Olivia’s murder
Two two men have been charged following the murder of nine-year-old Olivia Pratt-Korbel on 22 August.
Thomas Cashman, 34 years from Grenadier Drive, West Derby,...
Universal credit changes: increasing pressure on part-time workers is the wrong move at the...
Lisa Scullion, University of Salford; Katy Jones, Manchester Metropolitan University, and Sharon Wright, University of Glasgow
Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng has laid out the government’s “mini...
Reneging on benefits pledge would be “a harmful act of historic pledge
New analysis by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation (JRF) has shown that if the Government chooses to renege on the pledge made in April by...
Economy grew in last Quarter as ONS revises figure
The UK economy grew 0.2% over the three months to June after a previously estimated decline in GDP was revised upwards, the Office for...
Draft Victims Bill won’t achieve Government’s aims, say MP’s
The Government’s draft Victims Bill will have a limited effect on police and other agencies’ delivery of victims’ rights according to a committee of...
Bank of England forced to intervene to calm the markets
The Bank of England has stepped in to calm markets as it warned of 'material risk' to UK stability.
It has announced that it will...
Shop prices continue to rise in September
The climb in prices charged by shops and supermarkets in Britain accelerated again in the 12 months to September, hitting its highest since records...