38 h. ago UK consumer confidence improves due to better economic sentiment

Survey suggests British households may be regaining some willingness to spend

Economics

44 h. ago The big house price winners and losers, as value of average home soars by £45,000 in one area

House prices in one area have soared by 18 per cent, while elsewhere they have plummeted by up to 21 per cent

Economics

69 h. ago Furious Spaniards beat British 'animals' off their houses amid Europa League chaos as Man Utd and Tottenham fans fight, strip naked and cause chaos in Blibao

VIVEK CHAUDHARY: An estimated 80,000 fans are descending on Bilbao in what has been described as an 'English invasion', but locals were left gobsmacked at their inebriated state.

Sport

2 d. ago British house prices leap by an average of £16,000 in just 12 months

The average UK property price is now £271,000, according to the latest House Price Index data for March 2025 which the Office for National Statistics released today.

Economics

3 d. ago Brits working from home could boost pension pot by £236,000, new data claims

Standard Life found that working from home for three days a week reduces the cost of commuting by as much as £2,000 a year on average - a saving that could be put to good use in a pension

Economics

3 d. ago 29% of wedding guests say ‘I don’t’ to ceremonies overseas, survey finds

Experian, which commissioned the research, estimated that the average cost of attending a wedding abroad is nearly £2,000.

Politics

3 d. ago Seven in 10 Brits admit to buying food knowing it will eventually end up in the bin

A study of 2,000 adults found the average person wastes the equivalent of £387 a year on produce that bypasses plates and goes straight in the bin

Politics

5 d. ago HMRC sending letters out to Brits with kids who 'could be owed £5,000'

Officials said they don't know who may be missing out on the cash but said that tens of thousands of people could be due an average of £5,000 in back payments

Economics

5 d. ago Slash £500 off your energy bill with expert's simple £5 heating trick

Despite balmy temperatures sizzling the UK, many British households are still wasting energy without even realising. Luckily, a £5 hack can put an end to the problem, and save you hundreds

Economics

6 d. ago Thousands of mums who had kids before 2000 could be in line for huge HMRC payout

The average compensation payout is almost £8,000 and is related to an error that primarily affected women who gave birth in the 80s and 90s due to an error with Home Responsibilities Protection

Politics

7 d. ago It’s not a rich list – it’s gone far beyond that. We need to talk about ‘extreme wealth’ | Dhananjayan Sriskandarajah

We recognise extreme poverty as ruinous, but this turbo-charged affluence is deeply damaging too. Treat it as suchDhananjayan Sriskandarajah is chief executive of the New Economics Foundation and author of Power to the PeopleOnce again, it’s the Hinduja family. Gopi Hinduja and his family, who run the Hinduja Group, are cited as Britain’s richest family in the latest Sunday Times rich list. The big story so far seems to be that their wealth has dropped to £35.3bn from £37.2bn the year before. But that story, and much of the discussion there will be this weekend, risks missing the real story. “Rich list” is barely the right description for the extreme wealth we should be talking about.In 1989, when the Sunday Times first published its annual rich list, to be included someone would need to have 6,000 times the wealth of the average person in the UK. That’s already a pretty big gap – but this has now tripled to more than 18,000 times the average, according to a study by the University ...

Events

9 d. ago Average private school fees rise to more than £22,000 a year

Independent schools have been hit with a ‘triple whammy of financial blows’ after the Government’s decision to impose VAT on fees, the ISC chief said.

Economics

9 d. ago Kids on free school meals earn £7,000 less if they live in one northern area

A disadvantaged child growing up in Newcastle on average earns £7,000 less in their late 20s compared to one who grows up in east London, a grim report shows today

Economics

1 week ago Parents can save £7,500 a year as 30 hours free childcare applications open today

If your child is between the age of nine months and two years old, you must be earning the equivalent of the national minimum wage for 16 hours a week, on average, but less than £100,000 a year

Society

1 week ago Will Net Zero kill off British curry houses? Bosses say Ed Miliband's plans are a 'death warrant' and would force them to shut up shop

The Energy Secretary's push for 'clean' electricity has raised fears gas-fuelled tandoori ovens are on a path to extinction.

Events

1 week ago ‘It’s an illogical job’: Why driving a train isn’t as cushy as it might seem

The rulebook is hefty, the hours are awful and the hurdles to becoming a train driver huge. But 18-year-olds can now applyFew professions’ pay have aroused such incredulous ire as train drivers: earning an average of nearly £70,000 a year, going on strike to demand more, and they don’t even have to steer. But if it really is such a cushy number, why doesn’t Britain have enough drivers – and what does it take to join their ranks?Driver shortages have become a leading cause of disruption on Britain’s railways; about seven out of eight “P-coded” cancellations, made the night before travel, are down to a missing driver. Continue reading...

Politics

2 w. ago Trump expected to announce framework of UK trade agreement, sources say

President teases deal ‘with representatives of a big, and highly respected, country’ but specifics remain unclear Donald Trump is expected to announce the framework of a trade agreement with the UK, according to two people familiar with the matter, after teasing a major announcement with a “big and highly respected, country.”The specifics of any agreement were not immediately clear and there was no comment from the White House or the British embassy in Washington on whether an actual deal had been reached or if the framework would need further negotiation. Any agreement would mark the first such deal for the administration since it imposed sweeping tariffs against trade partners last month. Continue reading...

Politics

2 w. ago British student nurse’s roommate charged with her murder in Texas

Elizabeth Odunsi was found with multiple stab wounds on April 26, Houston Police said.

Events

2 w. ago Thousands of people gather near Buckingham Palace to mark the 80th anniversary of V

Thousands of people have lined the roads around the Houses of Parliament and Buckingham Palace as British and allied troops paraded past at the start of four days of pageantry to mark the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II in Europe

Politics

2 w. ago People are adding 1 'divisive' ingredient to their baked beans and say it's a 'game changer'

Baked beans are a staple in British households and are a firm favourite when it comes to a cooked breakfast, but some home cooks have a secret ingredient that they swear by.

Events