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Brown Calls For Emergency Budget And End Of Price Cap

Former Labour PM Gordon Brown says 'several urgently needed decisions' need to be taken

Soaring Energy Bills Are Sign Of Failure To Exploit UK Supplies

Having just emerged from the Covid pandemic, Britain appears to be hurtling towards another national crisis. If the dire predictions about soaring energy bills are proved correct, then the public will experience a bigger shock to living standards than anything endured in modern times.

‘War Will End In Crimea'

Zelensky hints at offensive to retake occupied peninsula

Let-Off For Hundreds In Sham Marriages To Stay In Britain

Hundreds of illegal migrants who used sham marriages to flout post-Brexit immigration rules have avoided prosecution and deportation, it emerged yesterday.

There's A First! Trump Stays Silent In Business Probe

FURIOUS Donald Trump stayed legally silent yesterday, as he appeared before lawyers in a civil probe into his business.

Government Downplays Talk Of Extending Energy Windfall Tax

Ministers are rowing back from threatening energy companies with a bigger windfall tax after Liz Truss and her ally Kwasi Kwarteng made plain they would not support this option.

Rising Prices Six Ways Government Could Help Soften Impact Of Crisis

There are a number of measures that the government could take to alleviate the impact of soaring energy prices.

No10 Officials Will Say That Johnson Lied To Parliament

Ex-staffers claim ‘PM knew’ about parties

Public Services Face Cuts As Inflation Set To Drain £26bn

Healthcare and other sectors face a real-terms fall in funding, IFS warns.

How Truss And Sunak Differ On Tackling Energy Bill Rises

The victor in the No 10 race will face a baptism of fire as the cost of living crisis grows.

£1.3Bn Energy Debt Triples In 10 Months

Cost Of Living Crisis

Fuel Poverty ‘tsunami' To Hit UK As Energy Bills Forecast At £4,266 A Year

Annual energy bills are forecast to top £4,200 from January, triggering a warning that people in Britain face “serious hardship on a massive scale” without government intervention.

Covid Crazes For Gardening And DIY Evaporate In ‘New Normal'

Britain’s love for green fingers and blackened thumbs during the first Covid lockdown has evaporated as people once again find a “new normal” after the ending of restrictions, a survey suggests.

Blasts Rock Putin's Air Base In Crimea

Huge explosions at a Russian air base in Crimea yesterday could be a major turning point in the war in Ukraine.

Monkeypox Taskforce Plea

A SENATOR has written to the Health Minister calling for a special monkeypox taskforce to be convened as cases continue to rise.

Call For Meeting On Cost-Of-Living Crisis

Scotland's First Minister has called for an urgent meeting between the heads of the devolved administrations to address the cost-of-living crisis.

Russia And Ukraine At Odds Over Shelling Of Nuclear Power Station

RUSSIA and Ukraine have traded accusations that each side is shelling Europe’s biggest nuclear power plant in southern Ukraine.

Bankers Toast Large Pay Rises As Poorest Workers Struggle

Average pay increases in finance and insurance peaked at nearly 20% in February

Kim Offers Russia ‘100,000 Soldiers To Fight In Ukraine'

North Korea is ready to send 100,000 soldiers to its ally Russia as military assistance for boosting its invasion of Ukraine, Russian military expert Igor Korotchenko said on state TV.

Hollywood 'Unlikes' Depp's Post Celebrating Trial Win

Stars who supported the actor at the time have seemingly had second thoughts about making their views public

China's Territorial Claim May Echo Ukraine Invasion

Experts believe Beijing’s military aggression is a face-saving exercise – but the tension poses significant costs for Taiwan

Health Alert Is Issued As UK Braces For Another Heatwave

The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) has issued a heat health alert for all regions of England as the country braces itself for another heatwave.

Raab Wants To Curb Judges' Powers, Says Leaked Paper

Justice secretary Dominic Raab's reported proposals are aimed at making it harder to bring successful judicial reviews

Debt Collection Warning For Those Refusing Energy Bills

Charities urge caution as nearly 100k join No Pay campaign

PM: No Budget To Soothe Energy Crisis

After relaxing hols he snubs help plea

Toll Of Infectious Human Diseases Being ‘Worsened By Climate Crisis'

More than half of the infectious human diseases caused by pathogens looked at in a new study of the link between disease and climate have been worsened at some point by the sort of impacts associated with the climate crisis.

Rishi Makes Pledge To Help Out Families

Rishi Sunak has pledged to act as “soon as we know how much bills will go up by” to help families with the cost-of-living crisis.

Autumn Crisis Likely In The NHS, Say Experts

Cost of living crisis will further strain ‘creaking’ NHS, say experts

Taiwan On Alert As War Threat Grows

CHINESE air force planes entered Taiwan’s defence zone yesterday as Beijing continued drills around the island, renewing fears of war.

Taiwan Fears China Blitz After 'Provocative' Exercises

CHINA could launch a devastating 48-hour blitz of Taiwan as Beijing bids to thwart interventions by the island’s Western allies.