The average spending on utility bills rose 43.9 per cent year-on-year in Julymore

The high street building society is the latest employer to offer its workers a cost of living support payment as families struggle with high bills.more

British diplomacy chief Liz Truss's advantage over former finance minister Rishi Sunak in the election of the Conservative party leader has slightly diminished, but is still enough to be sure of a win, according to a poll published today.more

GMB London, which represents some water workers, called on Thames Water and the Government to implement Victorian-era plans to move water from Welsh lakes to London and the south east to help combat drought.more

"Dumplings should almost always be spoken in the plural, because one pierogi is simply never enough", informs the British daily "Financial Times" in its review of the book "Pierogi: Over 50 Recipes to Create Perfect Polish Dumplings".more

Commuters and other travellers are facing further disruption over three days from Thursday on rail, tube and bus services, as tens of thousands of workers begin the latest round of strike action.more

A group of MPs from Birmingham have asked Queen Elizabeth II to honor the city's band Black Sabbath for their contributions to music.more

The suggestion of the minister of transport regarding the introduction of registration plates for cyclists was met with considerable criticism in the UK. Grant Shapps allegedly suggested such a solution in an interview with the Daily Mail.more

The UK could become a leading producer of red wine due to rising temperatures from climate change, a new study claims. more

Young people now watch almost seven times less broadcast television than people aged over 65, according to a report from regulator Ofcom. more

Conservative leadership candidate Liz Truss said British workers needed "more graft" in leaked comments. more

Thames Water has announced a hosepipe ban for 15 million customers across the south of England. more

Pollution warnings are in place for almost 50 beaches in England and Wales after a water company discharged untreated sewage into the sea during heavy rain since Monday, Surfers Against Sewage reported today.more

Police officers who are violent towards women or girls can expect to be sacked, under new guidance for misconduct within police ranks. more

The UK has started a dispute resolution procedure with the European Union over "persistent delays" in accessing EU science programmes, the UK Foreign Office said today.more

The RAF - the UK's Royal Air Force - has virtually stopped making job offers to white men, instead recruiting women and people from ethnic minorities to meet its diversity targets, Sky News reported, citing military sources.more

The candidates to succeed Boris Johnson as UK Prime Minister - diplomacy chief Liz Truss and former finance minister Rishi Sunak - last night clearly ruled out agreeing to a new independence referendum in Scotland.more

The UK's annual inflation rate rose to 10.1 per cent in July. - reported the Office for National Statistics (ONS) yesterday. This is another month when it is at its highest level in 40 years, but the first time since February 1982 that it has reached double digits.more

The vast majority of the 40 new hospitals promised by British Prime Minister Boris Johnson before the last House of Commons election have not yet started construction, and some of them do not even have planning permission, according to Sky News findings.more

The UK yesterday denied Russian claims that an RAF jet had entered Russian airspace in the Arctic Circle. Russia called it a "deliberate provocation".more

Supermarket bills in Great Britain will soar by £533, or more than £10 a week, as grocery price inflation hits its highest level since at least 2008.more

Unemployment in Wales continues to be low but it has become the only UK area where the number of people employed fell in the three months to June. more

The UK's largest gas storage facility, which has not been used for this purpose since 2017, has been re-approved for use by security inspectors, which will allow it to begin stockpiling for the winter, the Daily Telegraph reported.more

The number of European Union citizens moving to the UK has fallen by up to 90 per cent since Brexit, according to Office for National Statistics estimates.more

Pay has fallen further behind the rising cost of living, according the latest official data.more