The decline of corporate Democrats is no longer a theory floated by the party's left flank. It is the result of two primary elections held within a fortnight of each
A new Travelodge room key security policy, now live across all 600-plus UK hotels, is the centrepiece of a sweeping safety review the company has disclosed alongside its 2024 financial
The Meta child safety trial that opened in Oakland, California this week has already produced testimony that will be difficult for the company to talk its way around. Arturo Béjar,
Burnham's No 10 North experiment, unveiled in the weeks since he became prime minister on 20 July 2026, is the most ambitious attempt to break Treasury dominance since Harold Wilson
The energy price cap rise confirmed for October will leave most households worse off than they were before Andy Burnham promised voters relief, with the 4% increase officially set by
The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has opened a Trainline drip pricing probe alongside formal investigations into Virgin Atlantic and Red Driving School, published on 19 August 2026, after initial
JPMorgan has called the latest jump in UK consumer prices a UK inflation warning shot for what could follow, after official data showed the headline rate climbing to 2.9% in
The UK's dependence on UK fruit and vegetable imports from countries acutely vulnerable to climate breakdown is storing up serious price and supply risks, according to a new report from
UK gas supply risks are no longer a fringe concern buried in technical reports: the government has now formally acknowledged that intervention may be necessary to keep the lights on
Ferguson Marine job cuts are, on their own terms, a reasonable piece of industrial management. When a shipyard finishes one contract and has nothing confirmed behind it, you trim the
Grocery price inflation slows to its lowest point since October 2024, according to new data, with British shoppers swapping hot meals for dips, olives and cold cuts during last month's
Worldpanel by Numerator reports that UK grocery inflation eases to 2.1% in the four weeks to 9 August, the lowest reading since October 2024 and the fifth consecutive monthly decline,
The Warm Homes Local Grant has delivered free solar panels to a Wisbech homeowner who suspected the whole thing was a con, and then left a neighbour in Little Downham
The government has abandoned plans to remove affordable housing quotas on medium-sized development sites in England, after a consultation produced an overwhelmingly hostile response from housing experts, councils, and community
The Sainsbury's Facewatch false accusation that led to comedy promoter Matt Arnold being escorted from a south-east London store this week is not, by any reasonable reading, an isolated incident.