Treasury says move will save four million households £45 a year on their energy bills Prepayment meter customers will no longer be charged more to receive their energy under reforms to be announced in the budget. The chancellor is to end the “prepayment premium” from July, saving more than four […]
Industry leaders expected to call for state intervention to avoid failure of hundreds of UK firms The UK government is coordinating an emergency meeting with tech firms, who are expected to call for state intervention to avoid the failure of hundreds of firms following the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank […]
Latest phase of Aukus scheme comes amid concerns about growing threat from China Rishi Sunak will fly to San Diego on Sunday to unveil plans for supplying Australia with nuclear-powered submarines under the Aukus scheme amid concerns about the growing threat from China. A major announcement 18 months in the […]
Broadcaster forced to slash TV coverage, while BBC chair and director general face calls to resign over crisis The row triggered by Gary Lineker’s suspension from the BBC was spiralling out of control on Saturday night as it threatened to bring down the corporation’s most senior leaders and even derail […]
PM said Father’s Day card would be his ‘limit’ in response to Johnson nominating his father for knighthood Rishi Sunak has said his father would be lucky to get a card on Father’s Day, let alone a knighthood, after accusations that Boris Johnson’s honours list had discredited the system. Sunak […]
BBC commentators also refusing to appear after corporation takes its highest-paid presenter off air over impartiality concerns Match of the Day will be broadcast without presenters, pundits or its usual commentators this weekend, after the main host, Gary Lineker, was suspended from the BBC for breaching impartiality guidelines after criticising […]
US regulators seize SVB’s assets after a run on the bank, as global institutions monitor situation closely Why did Silicon Valley Bank fail? US regulators rushed to seize the assets of top tech lender Silicon Valley Bank on Friday after a run on the bank, marking the largest failure of […]
Nomination at annual meeting of National People’s Congress confirms replacement of Li Keqiang Xi Jinping has nominated Li Qiang, 63, to become premier during the continuing annual meeting of China’s rubber-stamp parliament, the official Xinhua news agency has reported. Li Qiang will replace Li Keqiang, who became premier in 2013 […]
Head of one Hertfordshire school in survey of 14- to 18-year-olds says it has led to rise in sexual abuse A major new survey of British schoolchildren’s attitudes to pornography has found significant numbers of young people aged between 14 and 18 are watching it frequently, with some becoming addicted […]
Paris gathering is first such UK-France summit in five years Rishi Sunak and a series of his ministers are heading to Paris for a summit at which he will push Emmanuel Macron to assist him over Channel migrant crossings – but with little apparent chance of securing an immediate deal […]