2 h. ago How much does the average water bill cost from each company and which regions do they represent?

Southern Water customers are set to see a large increase in their bills from April on

Economics

10 h. ago April Cruel Day: Millions of Londoners hit with big bills rises as tax changes 'to cost families £3,500'

Across London, average increases in council tax, water and energy will cost households around £400 a year

Economics

10 h. ago Awful April bill rises: 'Our benefits already aren't enough for my family to get by'

Michelle Kerr, 41, from Glasgow is dreading how soaring bills and costs from today will impact her family with the mum-of-three claiming she risks going into debt

Politics

12 h. ago April Cruel Day: Millions of Londoners hit with £400 rise in annual utility and council tax bills

Across London, average increases in council tax, water and energy will cost households around £400 a year

Economics

23 h. ago Energy giants rake half a trillion in profits while households' bills go through the roof

New analysis shows energy companies have made more than £500m over the past five years, partly fuelled by soaring wholesale prices that have cost households a packet

Economics

67 h. ago 'It's 2025, not 1975': Drinkers are left frothing with rage at real ale festival's 'sexualised' stockings poster

For the real-ale lovers of St Albans, the cartoon sketch of a pretty girl revealing her stocking tops while clutching a foaming pint of beer was just the job to promote their annual festival.

Politics

3 d. ago Cost of Mother's Day flowers soars as tough new UK border checks stem supplies from Europe

Most cut flowers come from the Netherlands, where growers are being hit by tough new border controls.

Politics

3 d. ago 'They're making April Fools of us': Labour's tax raids and soaring household bills to cost families £1,000 a year more from next week

Families face a hammering of £1,000 to their annual budgets from next week as Labour's tax raids and inflation-busting bill hikes come into force.

Economics

4 d. ago Stanley Cup that 'keeps drinks ice cold for hours' has price slashed to £22 in Amazon sale

The Adventure Stacking Beer Pint by Stanley has been discounted as part of Amazon's Spring Deal Days event

Economics

4 d. ago Every European country hiking tourist taxes as Brits warned over soaring costs

From the consistently sunny country of Portugal to an insatiably popular city in Italy, make sure you don't get stung by rising tourist taxes this summer

Events

5 d. ago Chocflation: Easter eggs are getting smaller and more expensive as costs soar

The price of chocolate increased by 16.5 per cent compared to the rates of other supermarket food and drink

Politics

6 d. ago Why bloated budgets mean open world games are starting to think small – but mighty

After years of soaring costs and ever-expanding maps, open world games are getting smaller, and developers are creating richer landscapes in the processFor more than 20 years the action adventure genre has been dominated by open-world games. They started in quite a constrained way, with titles such as Shenmue and Driver offering miniature cities to wander about, but during the 21st century, they grew to encompass whole kingdoms. Now we have titles such as Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, Elden Ring and Death Stranding that contain vast and highly varied environments; Minecraft worlds are reportedly 60,000km wide. And let’s not forget space sims such as Elite Dangerous and No Man’s Sky, which effectively contain whole galaxies.This whole design model, however, is starting to seem a teeny bit unsustainable. Not only is it astonishingly expensive to build giant worlds (it’s rumoured that the forthcoming Grand Theft Auto 6 will cost in the region of $2bn), but the market is also sat...

Politics

6 d. ago Spring statement: Reeves blames ‘global uncertainty’ for deeper spending cuts

Chancellor says tougher measures required to plug fiscal hole after Treasury watchdog halves 2025 growth forecastSpring statement: key pointsAnalysis: Reeves does reasonable job of justifying fiscal prudence but welfare cuts cast shadowPolitics live – updatesRachel Reeves blamed “global uncertainty” as she announced swingeing cuts to welfare and other public spending designed to plug a fiscal hole caused by soaring borrowing costs and sluggish economic growth.The chancellor told the Commons that the UK’s growth forecast for this year had been halved from 2% to 1% by the Treasury watchdog, which concluded that the chancellor would have missed her goal of balancing the books if she did not act. Continue reading...

Politics

8 d. ago Budget measures will send average price of a pint in London to brink of £6

The impact of Budget announcements across the beer and pub sector will add around £650 million to costs

Economics

8 d. ago Mapped: The price of a pint across the UK as £5 set to become average

The price of a pint varies by as much as a pound depending where you are in the country, writes Albert Toth

Economics

8 d. ago Pubs say the average cost of a pint will rise above £5 for the first time

Beer bosses say cost hikes will be passed on to drinkers

Economics

8 d. ago Average cost of pint of beer soars to over £5 due to higher costs

The warning was issued by pub bosses ahead of higher labour costs and a national insurance hike

Economics

8 d. ago Cost of pint of beer in UK set to soar above £5 average in bitter blow for drinkers

Brits are set to pay more for a round as the cost of a pint is due to rise by 21p, making the average pint now £5.01 amid a whole host of cost increases linked to October's budget

Economics

8 d. ago Average price of pint to surge above £5 due to April cost hikes, say beer bosses

The British Beer and Pub Association said the average cost of a pint is expected to rise by around 21p due to budget-linked cost increases.

Economics

8 d. ago This is why the average cost of a pint will surge past £5 for the first time

The average pint will increase in cost by 21p, beer bosses claim

Economics