61 h. ago 'They're making April Fools of us': Labour's tax raids and soaring household bills to cost families £1,000 a year more from next week

Families face a hammering of £1,000 to their annual budgets from next week as Labour's tax raids and inflation-busting bill hikes come into force.

Economics

67 h. ago Welsh pair had never met, then they made £40,000 from a house they'd never seen

These two Welsh strangers worked together to flip a house and make a £40,000 profit

Society

3 d. ago I had £750,000 to buy a house – then lost it in a ‘cryptomugging’

Britain is facing a phone-snatching epidemic, and for victims of ‘cryptomugging’ the cost is much higher than the price of a new iPhone. Lydia Spencer-Elliott talks to some of those who lost their life savings in the blink of an eye

Economics

3 d. ago Historic stately home with 25 bedrooms, 16 acres of land and boating lake sells for just over the UK's average house price

Otterburn Hall (pictured), in Northumberland National Park, went under the hammer yesterday, going to an anonymous buyer for roughly £25,000 more than the average house.

Society

4 d. ago Grand Designs fans brand home 'the worst in show's history' after couple take three yeasrs to complete £465,000 floating house made of polystyrene

Wednesday's episode featured architect Howard and his interior designer wife Sarah, as they set out to build a radical floating home on a tidal estuary near Worthing.

Economics

4 d. ago JAN MOIR goes inside the Disney housing estate: The 2,000 homes start at £1.9m, there's streets for the over

Welcome to Cotino, the first of a new kind of Disney town which the company are calling a 'Storyliving by Disney Community'.

Economics

4 d. ago Grand Designs premiere disappoints fans after architect's 'depressing' floating house worth £465,000 fails to impress

The latest season of Grand Designs premiered tonight on Channel 4 as host Kevin McCloud laid the groundwork for what is one of the series' most ambitious builds yet

Events

4 d. ago Labour admits welfare squeeze will push another 250,000 Brits into poverty

In the Government's own assessment of its benefits changes, it was estimated an extra 250,000 people will be in relative poverty after housing costs in 2029/30.

Politics

6 d. ago BBC Bargain Hunt star Charles Hanson speaks out after thug breaks into his property

Charles Hanson reacted to the sentencing of Shane O'Malley who took more than £21,000 in valuables from an auction house the Bargain Hunt star owns in Derbyshire

Politics

7 d. ago Seaside street in UK town where you can buy a home for just £100,000

Penfold Road, in Clacton-on-Sea, Essex, has an average house price of just £100,000 - and it could be a bargain for first time buyers. Especailly those set to be hit by a rise in stamp duty

Economics

7 d. ago Illegal migrants will be put up in hotels for years to come, Treasury admits

At present the Home Office houses more than 38,000 migrants in hotels at a cost of £5.5million per day, with a further 65,000-plus migrants staying in 'dispersal accommodation'.

Events

8 d. ago Rachel Reeves bets the house on 60,000 new bricklayers to help jumpstart economy

The chancellor reveals plans to train up to 60,000 bricklayers, electricians, engineers and carpenters over the next four years

Politics

1 week ago DWP axing major benefit claimed by over 90,000 households within weeks

According to recent DWP data, around 91,000 households were still claiming one form of Tax Credit - either Child or Working - in December 2024

Politics

1 week ago Developer falls silent as families wait four years to be repaid thousands of pounds

Having paid a deposit of £2,000 each and in the region of £7,000 to £9,000 for kitchens and fixtures, each household was told their cash would not be returned until the homes were sold due to financial difficulties.

Politics

1 week ago Thousands of 'ageing' energy meters to be deactivated as Scots urged to act

According to the Scottish Government, as of January this year there were more than 146,000 households and businesses in Scotland still using RTS meters.

Politics

1 week ago Price of buying an average detached house jumps £100,000 in just five years

Larger homes are driving house price growth across Britain, new data from Halifax has revealed.

Economics

1 week ago The modest terraced £87,000 house where a star was born: Adolescence sensation Owen Cooper's very unlikely working class start in Warrington revealed

Owen Cooper is currently shooting a big-screen adaptation of Wuthering Heights alongside superstar Margot Robbie - after Adolescence became the most popular show on Netflix.

Economics

1 week ago The modest terraced £87,000 house where a star was born: Adolescence sensation Owen Cooper's very unlikey working class start in Warrington revealed

Owen Cooper is currently shooting a big-screen adaptation of Wuthering Heights alongside superstar Margot Robbie - after Adolescence became the most popular show on Netflix.

Economics

1 week ago Original body model of ET expected to fetch up to $1m at Sotheby’s

Daughter of Oscar-winning special effects artist Carlo Rambaldi hopes item will ‘continue to inspire’It was last seen standing at the entrance to a spaceship with a potted plant of chrysanthemums, its chest glowing bright red as it stared down at the tearful young boy on the ground below.Now, the original body model of ET, the Extra-Terrestial, is expected to fetch up to $1m (£700,000) when it is sold at Sotheby’s auction house at in April. Continue reading...

Politics

1 week ago Tube drivers on £70,000 are now 'demanding priority for social housing in London'

The request is one of 12 pay and working conditions demands made by the union as part of their negotiations with TfL .

Economics