4 h. ago Poorest places to live: The 9 UK cities with the lowest disposable income, as wages 'stagnate'

The UK’s richest and poorest places, where people have the most and least money to spend, have been revealed.

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13 h. ago Disposable income in 11 towns and cities has risen twice as fast as rest of UK

Study finds top performers over past decade have companies in industries such software, marketing and financeA southern town in the north: how Warrington has adapted to changeEleven towns and cities in the UK, including Warrington, Barnsley and Wakefield, have seen their disposable incomes rise twice as fast as the rest of the UK over the past decade, a study has found.A report from Centre for Cities, a thinktank, showed that between 2013 and 2023, disposable income for residents of these top performing towns and cities rose by an average of 5.2%, compared with an increase of 2.4% for urban areas in the UK overall. Continue reading...

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31 h. ago One city sees huge decline in survey of disposable income in Scotland

Scottish cities "trailed the rest of the country, experiencing real-terms declines”

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58 h. ago Major M4 and other road closures in Wales today, Saturday, January 24

From the north to the south, closures affect towns, rural areas, the motorway and major cities

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7 d. ago What ICE is doing on US streets looks terrifying, but don’t forget: it could happen anywhere | Nesrine Malik

This shocking moment is the outcome of a political, institutional and media environment that is not far off Britain’sThere is not much that can still shock about Donald Trump’s second administration. But the killing of Renee Good earlier this month by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officer, as well as the regular, often violent confrontations that ICE stages on US streets, show so much that is unravelling in plain sight. The rule of law, the freedom to protest, and even the right to walk or drive in the streets safely without being assaulted by the state, seems to exist no longer in the towns and cities where ICE has made its presence felt. The most disturbing aspect of all this is how quickly it has happened. But for a government agency such as ICE to become the powerful paramilitary force that it is, several factors need to be in play first. Only one of them is Donald Trump.ICE may look as if it came out of nowhere, but the sort of authoritarianism that results in th...

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9 d. ago The hill I will die on: Stag and hen dos should be fun, not bankrupting endurance tests | Liam Pape

Multi-day benders that deplete your mates’ annual leave and wallets are a no-no. Keep it cheeky, cheap and – crucially – enjoyableA stag or hen do should be a straightforward, fun night celebrating a good friend moving into a new chapter of their life. Instead, thanks to films such as The Hangover and Bridesmaids, as well as the general Americanisation of what a “bachelor” or “bachelorette” party should be, we’ve ended up with too many overindulgent, wildly inconvenient and quite frankly underwhelming send-offs to our friends who are getting married.Somewhere along the way, they’ve morphed into three-day tests of stamina and disposable income. Groomsmen bankrupting themselves on long weekends in Vegas that are billed as obligatory for anyone who wants to keep calling themselves a friend. Injuries sustained during ill-advised human pyramids on Spanish beaches. Weddings called off after drunken lapses of judgments in strip clubs. To add insult to injury, in 2023, a survey by Aviva fou...

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1 week ago Good news for North Lanarkshire homeowners as area ranks among Scotland’s most affordable

New research has revealed the UK locations with the most disposable income after mortgage payments, with North Lanarkshire ranking in ninth place.

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1 week ago London is the greatest city in the WORLD according to TripAdvisor – here’s our top things to do at every age

AROUND the world are thousands of incredible destinations from skyscraper cities to Mediterranean beach towns, Caribbean Islands and all those in-between. But for those living in the UK, you don't have to go far to see one of the very best - as Tripadvisor Travellers’ Choice Awards has revealed that London is the world's best...

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1 week ago With thousands dead, the Iranian regime may survive these protests – but not in its current form | Sanam Vakil

With fear, surveillance and brute force only set to increase, there are disturbing parallels with Saddam Hussein’s IraqSanam Vakil is director of Chatham House’s Middle East and North Africa programmeIran is once again convulsed by protests that are threatening the Islamic Republic’s stability and future. What began as demonstrations over a collapsing currency and rising inflation has rapidly evolved into one of the most destabilising episodes of unrest the regime has faced in years. The protests have exposed both the resilience of Iranian society and the growing brittleness of a political system stubbornly unwilling to reform.It’s the scale, spread and momentum of the demonstrations that have been most alarming to the authorities. Protests have erupted across all provinces in the country, reaching more than 180 towns and cities, cutting across class, ethnic and regional lines. This time, the turn to openly anti-regime slogans has been rapid and widespread. Protesters are no longer ...

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1 week ago The 20 towns where house prices are forecast to rise MOST in 2026

Towns and cities across Scotland and northern England will perform best, while the south is set to suffer according to Zoopla.

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1 week ago House price growth predicted for nine Scottish town and cities in 2026

Scotland holds nine out of 10 spots in a league table of UK locations where house price growth is predicted for 2026

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2 w. ago Seven best Scottish cities and towns for retirement named by travel experts

A new list of the top places across the country to retire in has been shared.

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2 w. ago House prices sky rocket by 63 per cent in iconic national park as Brits flee cities and towns because of immigration

One of the areas with the biggest contrasts between county and park prices is the New Forest where families are willing to pay at least £300,000 extra to live in the park.

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2 w. ago Iran’s supreme leader sets stage for harsher crackdown as protest movement swells

Ayatollah Ali Khamenei calls protesters ‘vandals’ and ‘saboteurs’ and blames the US for instigating the unrestIran’s supreme leader has vowed that authorities will “not back down” in the face of a rapidly growing protest movement, setting the stage for an intensified violent crackdown on the second day of a nationwide internet shutdown.Protests have raged in cities and towns across the country in recent days, posing a threat to the authority of the regime, which has been significantly weakened since the last large protest movement in the country in 2022. Another round of demonstrations was called for Friday night. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Richest and poorest neighbourhoods mapped as top earners have £87,000 more

Households in the Leamouth neighbourhood of Tower Hamlets had an average disposable income of £107,600 after tax in the financial year ending 2023

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2 w. ago UK snow forecast as twin Arctic storms will bring 30 inches by end of this week

A staggering 30 inches of snow could settle on the ground in some parts of the UK as two more Arctic blizzards are set to bury towns and cities this week, weather maps suggest

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3 w. ago New Year Eve's fireworks in photos as London dazzles and world celebrates 2026

London's spectacular fireworks show crowned a series of frenzied New Year's celebrations across Britain's major towns and cities - while dazzling displays were seen around the world

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4 w. ago UK snow forecast reveals 17 inches to hit major towns and not just over hills

Staggering amounts of snow appear to be on the cards in January as advanced weather maps show as much as 17 inches could hit several towns and cities in England

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