2 h. ago Tower Hamlets: ‘Significant weaknesses’ exposed at London council controlled by Lutfur Rahman’s Aspire party

East London council risks being stuck in ‘cycle’ of government intervention, auditors warn

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2 h. ago House price growth forecast: London expected to lag behind East Midlands and North West by 2028

Property firm Hamptons, which made the forecast, said London ‘is being held back by higher stamp duty and broader tax anxieties’

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4 h. ago A new start after 60: I moved on to a boat, fell in love – then opened my own restaurant

After a lifetime of working for others, Rich Baker threw caution to the wind. The result was a national award for his pizza and a surprising surge in confidence When his kimchi fiorentina pizza won a national award, Rich Baker knew he was turning a corner. It was 2023. Baker was 60. He and his wife, Sarah, had made the kimchi themselves and their win put Flat Earth Pizzas, the east London restaurant they had launched the previous year, on the map. “My life has changed so much,” Baker says. “A lightbulb has lit up inside and given me energy, and that energy has given me something that is quite amazing: a sense of confidence and a sense of fulfilment.” Continue reading...

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11 h. ago House prices will rise 2.5% next year as East Midlands overtakes London in growth stakes

House prices will rise 2.5% next year as East Midlands overtakes London in growth stakes  MSN

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11 h. ago Midlands and North West ‘will overtake London for house price growth since 2010’

Property firm Hamptons, which made the forecast, said London ‘is being held back by higher stamp duty and broader tax anxieties.’

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33 h. ago Reform UK gets first House of Lords member as Tory donor jumps ship

Mr Farage announced that Baron Offord of Garvel had now joined his party - giving Reform its first member of the House of Lords.

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42 h. ago Tory peer defects to Reform and launches campaign for Holyrood

Lord Malcolm Offord said the Tories had ‘given up’ as he vowed to run in the Scottish Parliament elections under Reform UK.

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42 h. ago Nigel Farage launches legal action over Government decision to delay elections

Lord Malcolm Offord (left), the until-now Treasurer of the Conservative Party in Scotland, was announced by Nigel Farage as the latest politician to join the party during a rally in Falkirk on Saturday.

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43 h. ago Defiant Nigel Farage vows to ignore his critics as Reform gains first member of House of Lords with new Tory defection

Lord Malcolm Offord (left), the until-now Treasurer of the Conservative Party in Scotland, was announced by Nigel Farage as the latest politician to join the party during a rally in Falkirk on Saturday.

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43 h. ago Millionaire Tory donor Malcolm Offord defects to Nigel Farage's Reform UK and launches campaign for Holyrood

Offord has refused to say if he plans to donate to Reform UK, as he has not yet paid his membership to officially join his new party.

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44 h. ago Millionaire Tory donor made a peer by Boris Johnson defects to Reform UK

Lord Malcolm Offord said he will give up his peerage to join Reform UK

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44 h. ago Tory Lord defects to Reform and launches campaign for Holyrood

Lord Malcolm Offord said the Tories had ‘given up’ as he vowed to run in the Scottish Parliament elections under Reform UK.

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44 h. ago Millionaire Scots Tory peer defects to Reform at Nigel Farage Falkirk rally

Lord Malcolm Offord was announced by Nigel Farage as the latest defector to join the party during a rally in Falkirk.

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45 h. ago Millionaire Tory donor Malcolm Offord defects to Nigel Farage’s Reform UK

The defection has given Reform its first peer

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45 h. ago ‘Delighted’ Nigel Farage reveals shock defection as Scottish peer joins Reform UK

NIGEL Farage is "delighted" after the first Scottish peer has moved to Reform UK in a shock defection. Former Tory minister Lord Malcom Offord of Garvel was unveiled by Mr Farage as Reform's latest member at a rally in Falkirk today. He is the first ever member of the House of Lords to move to...

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45 h. ago Reform gains first House of Lords member after Tory defection

Lord Malcolm Offord became the party’s first peer after Nigel Farage announced his defection during a rally in Falkirk.

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48 h. ago ‘I visited a Ukrainian bakery hidden in East London that serves tasty meals under £10’

‘I visited a Ukrainian bakery hidden in East London that serves tasty meals under £10’  MyLondon

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64 h. ago Woman in her 20s raped in east London park in horrific attack

Woman in her 20s raped in east London park in horrific attack  London Evening Standard

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64 h. ago Bethnal Green rape: Woman in her 20s attacked in east London park in horrific incident

No arrests have been made and enquiries remain ongoing after horrific incident in early hours of Friday

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65 h. ago Whitechapel rape: Woman in her 20s attacked in east London park

No arrests have been made and enquiries remain ongoing after horrific incident in early hours of Friday

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