As the cost of living crisis continues, more much-needed financial help for those on low incomes is incoming.
With energy bills, council tax and water bills all having risen lately - plus the cost of phones and broadband going up - most households are feeling the squeeze.more
Landlords would be banned from evicting tenants with no justification as part of a long-promised overhaul of the private rental sector in England. A new law to be tabled in Parliament would abolish no-fault evictions and end bans on tenants claiming benefits.more
Council of Europe member states must send a clear message that they will support Ukraine as long as necessary, but they must also learn from this war and prepare to confront other threats such as illegal immigration, British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak appealed in Reykjavik.more
A rich collection of human and animal preparations, collected by John Hunter, an 18th-century surgeon-anatomist, has been on display in London since yesterday. The Hunterian Museum has reopened after a six-year hiatus.more
An unusual discovery ended with the valuation of a collection of artworks belonging to a British family. Among the paintings whose value was to be estimated by the experts of Christie's auction house were two portraits that the subsequent analysis showed were painted by Rembrandt. Both works will go up for auction in July.more
British Home Secretary Suella Braverman is increasingly positioning herself as a candidate to replace Rishi Sunak as leader of the Conservative Party and, consequently, prime minister, according to British media reports.more
British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was said to have told Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenski during a meeting yesterday that Britain would support his country's NATO membership after the war, the "i" daily reported today.more
On the eve of a summit of Council of Europe heads of state and government in Iceland's capital Reykjavik, British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak called for concerted action to curb illegal immigration.more
Homeowners don't always need to spend a fortune to completely transform their home. There are many ways that you can inject personality into your property without breaking the bank - including DIY, upcycling and shopping smart.more
Britain cannot be dependent on cheap foreign labor and there is no reason why Britons shouldn't be lorry drivers, fruit pickers or butchers, Home Secretary Suella Braverman argued yesterday. She stressed that it is not racist or xenophobic to want to control state borders or to call into question rapid and mass immigration.more
The high cost of sunscreen is resulting in more skin cancer cases, according to charities who are calling on the UK government to scrap VAT on protective creams.more
Embattled London tenants have been hit with yet further price rises as average rents hit a record £2,210 per month in April. Latest figures from estate agents Hamptons showed 1.5 per cent growth in the cost of a new let in the capital last month, amounting to an annual hike of 17.2 per cent.more
Thousands of Poles are fleeing the UK from the rising cost of living and returning to their country, whose economy is currently booming, reports The Sun.more
There has been a significant increase in the number of children diagnosed with gender dysphoria over the last decade, with more than half of teenagers in England knowing someone of their age who wants to change gender, the Daily Telegraph reported.more
Morrisons is cutting the prices of breakfast essentials by more than half after sky-high food prices were blamed for interest rates hitting 15-year highs. Morrisons chief executive David Potts promised shoppers would see many "deflation dividends" over the coming months, as the supermarket kicked off its fourth wave of price cuts since the start of the year.more
