News of billion-pound profits comes after UK households warned average annual bill could hit £3,850 by 2023 Soaring profits at two of the UK’s biggest energy companies have been described as an “insult” to millions of people struggling amid the cost of living crisis, with high oil and gas prices […]
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Police fired teargas in a bid to stop crowds who entered parliament waving flags, taking photographs, chanting and cheering Hundreds of supporters of powerful Iraqi cleric Moqtada al-Sadr danced and sang in parliament after storming Baghdad’s high-security Green Zone in protest at a rival bloc’s nomination for prime minister. Police […]
Aslef members voted for action in August, while the RMT chief, Mick Lynch, is calling for a general strike Unions warned the UK could face a general strike this year as rail workers voted for fresh action set to intensify a summer of industrial unrest. The vote for further transport […]
England against Germany in a European Championship final at a sold-out Wembley. Loved, hated, it is a tie that draws the attention of the host nation like no other, in any sport, in any arena. Despite an at times scintillating display from France, who came from behind for the first […]
Francis Crick Institute in London says area of spike protein of Sars-CoV-2 could form basis of jab against variants and common cold Scientists have made a “promising” advance towards developing a universal coronavirus vaccine to tackle Covid-19 and the common cold. Researchers at the Francis Crick Institute in London have […]
Consumers also warned bills of more than £3,500 a year could last ‘well into’ 2024 British households face being told shortly before Christmas to brace for annual energy bills of £3,850, three times what they were paying at the start of 2022, after Russia further squeezed Europe’s gas supplies. Consumers […]
Amid reports Beijing is planning massive bailout of the sector, S&P predicts sales slump will heighten liquidity squeeze and trigger more defaults Property sales in China could fall by one-third this year, spelling more trouble for the country’s giant housing sector as people lose faith in the market and pressure […]
Local hosepipe bans considered as Environment Agency officials prepare to declare drought in August People in England are being urged to curb their use of water as the country faces its driest conditions since 1976. Officials are preparing to declare a drought in August if dry conditions continue, after months […]
TalkTV show goes off air after Kate McCann’s collapse, cutting short a bitter clash over NHS and tax cuts The second TV debate between the Conservative leadership candidates Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak was halted dramatically after the presenter Kate McCann fainted, cutting short a bitter clash over funding for […]
Commons public accounts committee issues damning report into £777m spent with firm that employed Owen Paterson as lobbyist Ministers and government officials played “fast and loose” when awarding £777m in Covid contracts to a healthcare firm that employed the Conservative MP Owen Paterson as a lobbyist, the head of parliament’s […]