32 h. ago Make your garden autumn ready with £5 off when you spend £20 at Dobbies

The final days of summer don't mean your garden needs to go to waste! Pick up your paper this weekend for a great money off deal at Dobbies and get inspired in store

Economics

38 h. ago English councils pay private landlords millions in incentives to house homeless families

Exclusive: Data gathered by Generation Rent shows 37 councils spent £31m in 2024-25 in one-off payments to individual landlordsCouncils across England are increasingly spending millions of pounds a year in incentive payments to private landlords to persuade them to house homeless families, with campaigners describing it as a “senseless waste of public money”.Data gathered by the campaign group Generation Rent via freedom of information requests showed that 37 councils spent more than £31m on one-off cash payments to private landlords on 10,792 occasions in 2024-25. Continue reading...

Society

54 h. ago Motorists baffled after spotting major issue with 'waste of money' speed bumps

Locals on a street in Norwich have branded the short speed bumps installed by their council a 'waste of money' after campaigning for years to get a proper set of traffic calming measures

Politics

8 d. ago Tesco shares important message to shoppers buying potatoes frequently

The UK is in the grip of the cost of living crisis with Brits taking all steps they can to save money - supermarket giant Tesco has shared a warning to avoid food waste

Economics

9 d. ago Expensive menopause hormone tests 'a waste of money', experts warn

When the then 46-year-old mother of two from Newcastle also began suffering breathlessness and fatigue, she visited her GP.

Events

1 week ago Red light tanning beds are 'not a quick fix' and should be avoided experts warn

Red light tanning beds are currently trending, with beauty fans claiming they are 'better' for your skin - but experts have warned they can be a waste of money

Events

1 week ago Red light tanning beds are trending – but here's why they might be wasting your money

Sunbeds have been declared as carcinogenics, but now people claim red light sunbeds are 'better' for you as they help promote collagen - but skin experts aren't convinced

Politics

1 week ago Brits always order same takeaway dish because they don't want to 'waste money'

A study of 2,000 adults found a third will always stick to what they know when ordering a meal in or eating out

Politics

1 week ago Honey Don’t! review – Ethan Coen returns with another amusing, throwaway queer comedy

Margaret Qualley is a horny private eye in an easy-going noir that might not amount to much but provides diversion on the wayMargaret Qualley’s Chandler-esque private eye Honey O’Donahue is actually not that good at her job. That’s one of the many running jokes in Ethan Coen’s comic sun-blasted noirish caper Honey Don’t!, in which the titular gumshoe even tries to talk a potential client (Billy Eichner, a hoot) out of hiring her. Having Honey expose his cheating partner would just be wasting his money, she insists. Turns out, she’s right.It’s not that Honey is incapable. She’s got all the right instincts, and can typically sniff out the scoundrels in her midst. Her brow almost always stays furrowed, especially when she’s in a room with men, as if she’s got a resting interrogator face. But she’s rarely committed to the assignment, or just too easily distracted by curious subplots and hot lesbians to get the job done. Continue reading...

Politics

1 week ago This is how much taxpayer money the Government wastes ferrying empty red despatch boxes in chauffeured cars

A new Freedom of Information request has found that the Government will spend almost £18,000 this year sending its famous red despatch boxes in empty cars.

Economics

2 w. ago New Gaelic plan to launch in Falkirk as numbers using the language grow

Despite the big rise in learners, a public consultation found that many branded support for Gaelic 'a waste of money'

Politics

3 w. ago Hellbent on arrest, more than 360 activists of outlawed Palestine Action goad police to detain them

Militant protesters were accused of a 'colossal' waste of millions of pounds of taxpayers' money after more than 360 deliberately forced police to arrest them.

Events