Labour awards £370m contract to company ‘at centre of pensions crisis’
Trade unions have warned that more than 250,000 civil servants could face potential salary delays after Labour awarded…
Rachel Reeves issues major update for the 600,000 state pensioners ‘drawn into paying tax’ this year
Fears have been growing that rising state pension payments could soon push retirees into the tax net. Rachel…
Rachel Reeves gambling taxes blamed by Ladbrokes owner for £681million losses
Entain, the parent company of Ladbrokes and Coral, has reported a post-tax loss of £681million for 2025. The…
Manchester byelection defeat leaves Keir Starmer green around the gills – The Irish Times
Tory opposition barbs in UK politics tend to be soaked in hyperbole. Yet its taunt on Friday morning…
Job vacancies fall as Rachel Reeves’s tax raids blamed for ‘collapse in business confidence’
New data suggests that Britain’s labour market has deteriorated sharply, with job vacancies plunging to 694,000, a five-year…
HMRC launches investigation into bereaved families over underpayments
HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) has dramatically stepped up its scrutiny of bereaved families suspected of underpaying inheritance…
Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor released after becoming first British royal to be arrested since 1647 – The Irish Times
Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, the British former prince, presumably would have been used to travelling with a police escort, although…
Male unemployment hits highest level in over a decade as ‘worrying trend’ exposes Labour’s tax raid
Britain’s labour market is showing a widening divide between men and women, with male unemployment rising sharply to…
‘Staggered by the Green Party fella with bad teeth!’
Jeremy Clarkson has launched a fresh public attack on the Green Party and its leader, Zack Polanski, over…
Farming industry facing mental health crisis as one farmer takes own life every week: ‘We’re really struggling!’
A farming charity has warned the industry is facing “extreme times”, with the mental health crisis in rural…
Rachel Reeves’s record 7.9% public sector wage rises led to flat productivity growth
Government employees recorded just a 0.1 per cent productivity improvement in the third quarter of 2025 compared with…
Pension tax overhaul from Rachel Reeves ‘could see people on modest incomes lose out’
Analysts are sounding the alarm that Chancellor Rachel Reeves’s reforms to the pension system “could see people on…