Rishi Sunak warned a Labour government would mean “higher taxes and working people paying the price” in a PMQs clash today. Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer repeated demands to the Prime Minister to cost a £46billion plan to end national insurance. Sir
Feargal Sharkey issues warning during Lake Windermere tour (Image: Andy Stenning/Express) Feargal Sharkey has insisted that customers should not be “penalised for sins of the past” with bill hikes. The former Undertones frontman, 65, laced up his hiking boots and strided across
Labour is under huge fire today after it emerged their new Tax Tsar said “codger” pensioners have “had it ridiculously good”. Sir Edward Troup, a former Treasury special adviser on tax and head of HMRC, was announced as Rachel Reeves’s new tax
Michael Gove blasts Thames Water bosses (Image: Getty) Michael Gove has branded Thames Water bosses a “disgrace” for their refusal to rule out bill increases of up to 40% Taxpayers could pick up the debt-laden companies’ bill after its nine shareholders –
Households face steep council tax hikes as nearly every local authority plans to raise the levy by the maximum of 4.99% this April, an analysis has found. At least 129 of 136 county and unitary local authorities in England who have so
Vladimir Putin’s decision to increase the age limit for military recruits to 70 in some cases “smacks of desperation”, a former British Army officer has said. The MoD has said given the pre-war 2021 life expectancy for Russian males was 64.2, the
Hafize Gaye Erkan, the first woman to lead Turkey’s central bank, has resigned after facing allegations of nepotism and media scrutiny. Fatih Karahan, appointed as Erkan’s replacement, has suggested a continuation of higher interest rates. Despite significant interest rate hikes, Turkey’s inflation
Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel removed the country’s economy minister on Friday, according to state media, following a delay in recently announced measures to increase the prices of fuel and transportation. Cuba’s Council of State, which is under the president’s leadership, appointed Central
PARIS (AP) — Global supermarket chain Carrefour will stop selling PepsiCo products in its stores in France, Belgium, Spain and Italy over price increases for popular items like Lay’s potato chips, Quaker Oats, Lipton tea and its namesake soda. The French grocery
Turkey’s central bank hiked its key interest rate by 2.5 percentage points on Thursday as part of its efforts to combat high inflation that has left many households struggling to afford rent and essential items. The bank’s Monetary Policy Committee raised its