28 h. ago Spending Review 2025 LIVE: Rachel Reeves sets out spending plans with 'biggest cash injection in social housing in 50 years'

Chancellor is laying out the Labour government’s day-to-day and capital spending plans

Economics

31 h. ago Spending review live: Reeves to reveal how she’ll spend Britain’s cash to make working people ‘better off’

Chancellor is set to unveil plans for all department funding today

Economics

33 h. ago Spending Review LIVE: Rachel Reeves to set out spending plans with more cash for NHS, housing and schools

There are fears the Chancellor’s spending review will see London miss out on key funding

Economics

3 d. ago Schools and nurseries write to London families urging them to impose screen time limits

A coalition of 21 heads in Southwark has issued guidelines for appropriate screen limits in a letter sent to more than 11,000 children on Monday

Culture

3 d. ago Samsung's £600 giveaway with free Galaxy tablet, smartwatch and earbuds ends in hours

Samsung fans can get a free tech bundle worth nearly £600 this month in a mega summer giveaway, but the offer is ending soon - here's how to get it

Economics

3 d. ago Families urged to apply for cost of living cash worth up to £600

The Household Support Fund is a cost of living scheme that is run by local councils - it is a pot of cash awarded to local authorities, which they then distribute to residents

Economics

3 d. ago John Swinney’s youth violence summit must deliver real change not just talk

Record View says grieving families and concerned communities demand urgent action—not promises—as Scotland confronts a rise in knife crime and school violence.

Politics

6 d. ago Household Support Fund 2025: UK families urged to apply for cost of living support payment before deadlines

Many councils are offering one-off payments — check what you could get where you live 🧾

Economics

6 d. ago Romance fraudster tricked girlfriend out of £15,000 saying he needed to pay for his still

Andrew New, 36, from Liverpool, claimed that he needed his partner's cash in order to arrange his mother's funeral, despite her remaining alive and well to this day.

Economics

9 d. ago UK households urged to apply for new £300 cost of living payment

The money is being issued as part of the Household Support Fund, which is a pot of cash that is distributed by local councils to struggling or vulnerable residents

Economics

2 w. ago Households can apply for new £200 cost of living payment in days

Birmingham Council will supply £ 200 cost of living payments to households in financial hardship. Applications for help are currently closed but will reopen in June

Economics

2 w. ago Families urged by hospitals 'do not call to ask about loved ones' after Liverpool parade crash

Liverpool's NHS hospitals have asked families not to call to ask about their loved ones

Events

2 w. ago Angela Rayner 'urges Rachel Reeves to strip child benefits for middle

The Labour Deputy Prime Minister urged the treasury to 'claw back' the benefit from families where the top earner's annual salary was somewhere between £50,000 and £80,000, The Telegraph first reported.

Politics

3 w. ago Transfer news LIVE: Fernandes offers Man Utd exit, Arsenal learn Rodrygo price, Wirtz to Liverpool update

Manchester United's summer plans have been dealt a crushing blow after losing the Europa League final while rivals Arsenal and Liverpool are ready to splash the cash

Sport

3 w. ago The Guardian view on Britain’s new aid vision: less cash, more spin. The cost will be counted in lives | Editorial

With development assistance cuts, ministers have traded responsibility for rhetoric and borrowed from Donald Trump’s playbook Last week, the government justified cutting the UK’s development budget from 0.5% to 0.3% of gross national income – the lowest level in more than 25 years – by claiming Britain’s role is now to “share expertise”, not hand out cash. With a straight face, the minister responsible, Jenny Chapman, told MPs on the international development committee that the age of the UK as “a global charity” was over. But this isn’t reinvention – it’s abdication, wrapped in spin. No wonder Sarah Champion, the Labour MP who is chair of the committee, called Lady Chapman’s remarks “naive” and “disrespectful”. Behind the slogans lies a brutal truth: lives will be lost, and Britain no longer cares. Dressing that up as the “new normal” doesn’t make it less callous.Kevin Watkins of the London School of Economics analysed the cuts and found no soft-landing options. He suggests chartin...

Economics

4 w. ago 'Gotta catch 'em all' cops tell thieves after they recover 'high value' Pokemon cards

Cops find rate Pokemon cards stacked in boxes with some worth up to £600 each but all people can react to is the last line of their post

Politics

4 w. ago Eurovision’s Tommy Cash ‘interrupted’ by stage invader during live semi

Eurovision contestant Tommy Cash’s performance appeared to be briefly interrupted by a stage invader during Tuesday’s (13 May) live semi-final in Switzerland.

Events