23 h. ago RICHARD LITTLEJOHN: If Net Zero nutjob Ed Miliband gets his way, will the last factory worker in Britain turn off the lights...

The Government is considering using emergency powers to renationalise British Steel and save the Scunthorpe works from closure.

Culture

38 h. ago Government considers free bus pass 'next steps' for disabled people after peak times review

At the moment people can only travel for free off-peak between 9.30am and 11pm, Monday to Friday and all day at weekends and on public holidays

Politics

4 d. ago PIP and other DWP benefits claimants who can get free bus passes

Some people who claim Personal Independence Payment (PIP) are entitled to a free disabled person's bus pass - but the rules are changing later this year

Politics

4 d. ago Criminals handed longer sentences 'will be let out of prison early to make room in jails'

Shabana Mahmood's remarks open up the prospect of offenders handed long jail terms getting less jail time as part of a sentencing review launched by Labour.

Events

5 d. ago Ninja StaySharp Knife Block Review: can an integrated sharpener save time and money?

We tested whether bluntness might truly be banished forever

Politics

5 d. ago Full list of ways to qualify for free bus pass after DWP rule change

People who will no longer be eligible for PIP payments under new DWP rules may still be able to access free travel passes

Politics

5 d. ago Full list of how to qualify for free bus pass in Wales after DWP rule change

The proposed changes for Personal Independence Payment (PIP) will increase the bar for qualifying for a free bus pass

Politics

5 d. ago I trust Which? to help me choose a washing machine. But I have my own views on kitchen roll and toilet paper | Adrian Chiles

I’m in awe of the organisation’s rigorous approach to product testing. That doesn’t mean I need it for everythingI don’t buy much of any value without consulting Which?. I choose to believe that Which? – wow, that question mark is annoying when you’re trying to write about Which? – is different. I choose to believe that Which? has the resources to test things properly and honestly. Yes, you can click through to places where you can buy the recommended item, but to that I turn a blind eye. I have to. Having spent so much on Which?’s say-so, I can’t face the possibility that I’ve been too trusting.I’ve only recently discovered that it’s not just big, pricey things, such as washing machines and headphones, that Which? spends its time assessing. I recently chanced upon its review of kitchen rolls. Before I knew what I was doing, I’d clicked through to buy several rolls of the Costco Kirkland Signature kitchen roll towel, which seems like too many words for something so mundane. I must c...

Politics

5 d. ago Full list of everyone who qualifies for free bus pass after huge DWP rule change

A number of disabled people across the UK could be eligible for free bus passes but may not be aware of it - here's what you need to know and how to apply

Politics

8 d. ago Bastille’s Dan Smith says ticket touting frustrating to artists ‘on many levels’

A Government consultation is considering a range of options to make ticket-buying fairer.

Politics

8 d. ago Time Travel is Dangerous review – likable mockumentary is Back to the Future meets Bargain Hunt

Real-life vintage shop owners Ruth Syratt and Megan Stevenson raid the past for sellable trinkets in this charmingly funny, quintessentially British comedyHere is a very silly and very likable British mockumentary, one that – like Ruth and Megan, the two real-life Muswell Hill vintage-shop mavens at its centre – lovingly mixes and matches multifarious styles. Director and co-writer Chris Reading adopts a little The Office deadpan, some Shaun of the Dead bathos, a heap of Terry Gilliam, and even shoplifts a shot from Wes Anderson. If the resulting low-budget assemblage still bears these nametags and has the odd stray thread showing, it also has a persistent charm of its own.The ChaChaCha vintage emporium (which really exists) is limping along until owners Ruth (Ruth Syratt) and Megan (Megan Stevenson) stumble on a time machine in the form of a souped-up bumper car – and thus an infinite supply of merchandise from whichever epoch they desire. It transpires the gizmo was invented by Ra...

Politics

9 d. ago There’s No Time Like the Present by Paul B Rainey review – a funny, unpredictable and wild comic

Three characters stuck in the past are given access to the future in the former Observer/Faber prize winner’s mordant and misanthropic sci-fi graphic novelPeople who enjoy science fiction love to imagine the future: time travel, spaceships, something wobbly with a green face. But what if those fans really had access to it – the future, I mean – courtesy of something very similar to the internet? This is the possibility Paul B Rainey floats in There’s No Time Like the Present, in which a crowd of misfits from Milton Keynes (once the future itself) are able, if not to visit Mars, then at least to watch episodes of Doctor Who that have not yet been screened.Mordant and misanthropic in almost equal measure, Rainey’s book has three central characters, each one somewhat stuck, unable fully to escape their childhood. Barry, an obnoxious lazybones, still lives at home with his parents; he makes his living selling bootleg recordings of TV shows he has lifted from the “ultranet”, which provid...

Politics

1 week ago DWP PIP changes could affect Blue Badge holders or people with free bus pass

The Department for Work and Pensions is set to make it harder for people to claim Personal Independence Payment (PIP), with more face-to-face assessments on the way

Politics

1 week ago Armed robbers, major drug dealers and even sex offenders could serve LESS time in jail under a review launched by Labour

Former Tory MP David Gauke has insisted that 'controversial' changes will be 'necessary' to reduce prison numbers

Events

1 week ago Tom Girardi’s lawyers trying to delay hearing on the result of his mental health evaluation

A prosecutor fighting against the pushback of sentencing said the ‘defendant has had ample time to retain any expert to review’

Society

1 week ago New DWP disability benefits changes could impact Blue Badge holders or people with free bus pass

The DWP was unable to confirm if the changes to PIP might impact other UK Government departments.

Politics

2 w. ago I flew Fiji Airways business class for the first time from Sydney to Dallas. Here's my honest review

It's true what they say. Once you've experienced flying this way, the back of the plane will simply never be the same...

Politics

2 w. ago Should women be conscripted in the event of a world war? Take our poll and have your say

Army chiefs have warned that the UK must consider conscription to be ready for war with Russia, however, the government has never called up women to serve in direct contact

Events

2 w. ago Clueless: The Musical in London is like so not fixable — theatre review

Clueless: The Musical in London is like so not fixable — theatre review  Financial Times

Culture

2 w. ago How will the tariff wars impact me? Sir Keir Starmer says 'all options on table'

Labour government considering options after 25 per cent steel and aluminium tariff imposed

Events