Average food basket down by 0.1% amid fierce supermarket competition, says the British Retail Consortium Food prices dropped in the UK in September for the first month in almost two years, according to retail industry figures, offering consumers some respite amid the cost of living crisis. The British Retail Consortium […]
Anger over scrapping of Manchester leg of infrastructure projects risks derailing Tory party conference Rishi Sunak has become embroiled in a bitter row with regional politicians, the transport industry and members of his own party as he prepared to announce the cancellation of the multibillion high speed rail line to […]
Far-right congressman files motion after expressing outrage at speaker’s bipartisan effort to avoid government shutdown Congressman Matt Gaetz, a hard-right Republican of Florida, introduced a motion to remove Kevin McCarthy as House speaker on Monday, expressing outrage over the Republican leader’s successful efforts to avoid a government shutdown this weekend. […]
Exclusive: PM claims he has changed phone since running the Treasury and did not back up the messages Rishi Sunak has failed to hand over his WhatsApp messages from his time as chancellor to the Covid inquiry despite the high court ruling that ministers should disclose their communications for scrutiny. […]
Buyers under 29 choosing at least 35-year repayment terms to bridge gap between rising living costs and high asking prices, says Experian A quarter of young homeowners who have a new mortgage have opted to pay it back over 35 years or more in an attempt to make monthly payments […]
Arrest made after reports that image of deceased young mascot was displayed at football ground to goad Sunderland fans A man has been charged with a public order offence after the image of football mascot Bradley Lowery was displayed during a match. The six-year-old Sunderland fan, who struck up a […]
Liverpool-born actor, who also appeared in GBH and Mean Machine, was receiving palliative care for prostate cancer The actor Jake Abraham, best known for his role in Guy Ritchie’s Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels, has died aged 56. Abraham, who played Dean in the British gangster film, revealed his […]
Exclusive: Conservatives’ standing badly undermined by broken promises made in 2019, says report Tories’ 2019 NHS promises may come back to bite them The NHS will be the Conservatives’ “achilles heel” at the next election, ministers have been warned in a new report by a former government special adviser on […]
Rishi Sunak’s hopes of united front flounder with MPs and even ministers challenging policy and jockeying for position Rishi Sunak is struggling to hold together his fractured party as the first day of the Conservative conference saw attempts at a united front collapse into rival groups battling over tax, culture […]
Exclusive poll for Observer reveals Conservatives have lost support in their southern England heartlands and the Red Wall The coalition of voters that delivered the Tories a big majority at the last election is crumbling, according to dramatic new evidence that the party is losing support in key battlegrounds across […]