The mystery pensioner dubbed 'walking stick man' has gone viral since he was filmed strutting his stuff in Nottingham city centre

New figures show that there has been a worrying surge in hate crime due to people's religious faith. Of the recorded religious hate crime, 52 per cent was targeted at people of the Muslim faith. In total the number of hate crimes was a record 94,098 from April 2017 to March 2018, an increase of 17 per cent. Of that figure 76 per cent were labelled as “race hate.” According to the police figures, the number of hate crimes has...

MP Frank Field has warned that the government’s flagship welfare project is driving women into the sex trade as opposition to Universal Credit continues to mount.   In a nod to I, Daniel Blake he said women in his Birkenhead constituency are taking to the red light district for the first time in order to make ends meet. Speaking in the Commons, the independent MP invited work and pensions secretary Esther McVey to “come to Birkenhead and meet those women’s...

Life is a breeze once you reach the age of 44, it has emerged. After struggling to get on the property ladder and establish our careers in our 20s and 30s, research has revealed we start to relax and enjoy the finer things in life from our mid 40s onwards. And the good news is the ‘window of contentment’ continues all the way through our 50s, early to mid 60s and beyond. The turning point in our lives was identified...

Ecofin Global Utilities and Infrastructure Trust (EGL) is two years old. The period since its launch has been one in which utilities and infrastructure have faced significant headwinds from rising interest rates and investors’ focus on growth stocks. Despite this, it has thrived. Staying nimble EGL’s manager (Jean-Hugues de Lamaze) has been nimble, moving to take advantage of opportunities provided by swings in sentiment. EGL has borrowed money to buy stocks he has identified as being of good quality and...

Britain is home to some of the best work environments in Europe when compared to other major economies, a new study has revealed. Despite a third of Brits saying they don’t get enough recognition from their boss, some 67 per cent say they think their manager has a genuine interest in their wellbeing and happiness at work. Almost half say they get on well with their boss on both a professional and personal level and two thirds agree they deserve...

Until recently, there’s been an imbalance in the economy in terms of most businesses choosing to locate their corporate centres in London and the South East of England. However, there are a growing number of businesses who have taken advantage of the improved transport links between the capital and the big cities of the north and relocated significant parts of their operations there — the BBC and HSBC are good examples. There’s also an emerging hybrid model which enables smaller...

After giant AstraZeneca said it will keep its freeze on investments in Britain if Brexit fails to give enough clarity on future trading relations, the Government has been accused of  ‘ideology and incompetence’ putting the industry at risk. AstraZeneca Chairman Leif Johansson reportedly told France’s Le Monde newspaper the company would keep its freeze on manufacturing investments without clarity on future trading relations. GMB, the union for workers at AstraZeneca has warned the Government’s mishandling of Brexit talks is putting...

After Esther McVey admitted that some families will be worse off under the Universal Credit system, a Labour MP has made a shocking claim about the desperation some women have found themselves in under the controversial system. Veteran MP Frank Field told the House of Commons that women in his Birkenhead constituency “have taken to the red light district for the first time” because Universal Credit is pushing them into poverty. Frank Field appeared appalled by the dismissive reaction of...