The Royal Mint reveals new coins for 2022 including the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee 50p
The Royal Mint has today revealed five new coin designs for 2022 including a 50p and a £5 crown in celebration of Her Majesty...
Interest rates rise to 0.5 per cent
The Bank of England has raised the interest rate to 0.5% as it tries to control inflation
At its meeting yesterday, the MPC voted by...
Heightened uncertainty and the spectre of inflation hang over the Spring Statement
Households and public services will be squeezed by higher inflation, the economy rocked by heightened uncertainty, and the public finances buffeted by the fallout...
Main out-of-work benefit sees its biggest drop in value in fifty years
New analysis by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation (JRF) shows that tomorrow marks the greatest fall in the value of the basic rate of unemployment...
Home Secretary put under spotlight at Police Federation Manchester Conference
The Home Secretary was put on the spot over Police Pay at the Police Federation of England and Wales’ annual conference yesterday afternoon.
In a...
Government creating hostile environment for peaceful protest, report finds
New policing powers risk creating a hostile environment for peaceful protestors, the Joint Committee on Human Rights warns in a report published following legislative...
Which? reveals 10 worst products of the last 12 months
A vacuum cleaner that really sucks, a blender that makes a racket better than it makes smoothies and a smoke alarm and car that...
Cost of Living crisis-Plans to fast track nuclear as Russia shuts gas pipeline to...
Nuclear power stations could be fast-tracked under a planning shake-up to try to alleviate the country’s energy crisis.
Greg Clark, the Levelling Up Secretary, unveiled...
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...
People are taking food safety risks because of money pressures and rising energy costs.
New evidence by the Food Standards Agency (FSA) has found some people are taking food safety risks because of money pressures and rising energy...