Politics
Soaring mortgage costs ‘affecting mental health of almost a third of people’
Mind’s survey of people across England and Wales came before Thursday’s news that the Bank of England had raised interest rates again.
Government turns to private clinics to help tackle NHS waiting lists
The Government said the 13 new facilities – eight of which are private – will ‘ease pressure’ on the health service.
Interest rates a ‘hammer blow for working people’, says shadow chancellor
Rachel Reeves says rise in base rates did not need to happen as Government targets halving inflation.
Flynn under investigation for use of parliamentary stationery
The SNP Westminster leader gave mugs to journalists attacking the Labour Party’s stance on the two child benefit cap.
Bank of England hikes interest rates for 14th time in a row
The Bank said that inflation risks are ‘crystallising’, but that inflation should drop to below 5% by the end of the year
Led by Donkeys broadcasts the story of Michelle Mone
The Tory peer is accused of profiting to the tune of £29 million from crony contracts to supply PPE - a lof of which was deemed unusable.
Greenpeace drape Rishi Sunak’s mansion in oily-black fabric in protest against new drilling licenses
The protesters were pictured holding a banner reading "Rishi Sunak - oil profits or our future?"
Rishi Sunak says pay offer to doctors is ‘fair and final’
"And in the end, no amount of strikes will change our decision. This offer is final."
Scottish Labour candidate vows to be his own man when it comes to Westminster
Michael Shanks described the UK’s two-child benefit cap as a ‘heinous’ policy at the launch of his by-election campaign.