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Tories warn Rishi Sunak is making a ‘mistake’ that could be ‘electoral suicide’ as PM mulls watering down state pension triple lock to save £600m

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Tories warn Rishi Sunak is making a ‘mistake’ that could be ‘electoral suicide’ as PM mulls watering down state pension triple lock to save £600m

Tories warn Rishi Sunak is making a ‘mistake’ that could be ‘electoral suicide’ as PM mulls watering down state pension triple lock to save £600m By James Tapsfield, Political Editor For Mailonline Published: 09:02 BST, 13 September 2023 | Updated: 12:41 BST, 13 September 2023 Rishi Sunak is facing a Tory backlash today after it … Read more

Jeremy Hunt hails huge GDP upgrade showing the UK bounced back from Covid faster than France, Germany, Italy and Japan – recovering all lost ground by the end of 2021

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Jeremy Hunt hails huge GDP upgrade showing the UK bounced back from Covid faster than France, Germany, Italy and Japan – recovering all lost ground by the end of 2021

Jeremy Hunt hails huge GDP upgrade showing the UK bounced back from Covid faster than France, Germany, Italy and Japan – recovering all lost ground by the end of 2021 By James Tapsfield, Political Editor For Mailonline Updated: 13:44 BST, 1 September 2023 Jeremy Hunt today hailed the debunking of Britain’s reputation for having the … Read more

Kate’s tears for Ons: How empathetic Princess broke down as she watched women’s final of Wimbledon 

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Kate’s tears for Ons: How empathetic Princess broke down as she watched women’s final of Wimbledon 

The Princess of Wales appeared to become tearful in a rare emotional moment in public as she watched Ons Jabeur lose the women’s final of Wimbledon on Saturday. Kate Middleton, 41, who is patron of the All England Club, watched Tunisia‘s Jabeur take on the Czech Republic’s Markéta Vondrousova to win the Venus Rosewater Dish over … Read more

Princess Kate’s sweet moment with disabled woman who performed Wimbledon coin toss

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Princess Kate’s sweet moment with disabled woman who performed Wimbledon coin toss

‘You’re an inspiration’: Kate’s sweet moment with royal fan, 27, at the Wimbledon women’s final as they chat nails and horses By Jessica Taylor For Mailonline Updated: 23:07 BST, 15 July 2023 The Princess of Wales shared a sweet moment with a young royal fan ahead of the Wimbledon Ladies final this afternoon. Princess Kate, … Read more

Retail sales crept up by 0.3% in May as Brits splashed out on Coronation parties

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Retail sales crept up by 0.3% in May as Brits splashed out on Coronation parties

Retail sales crept up by 0.3% in May as Brits splashed out on Coronation parties – but shoppers are spending 17% more than before pandemic and getting LESS By James Tapsfield, Political Editor For Mailonline Published: 07:39 BST, 23 June 2023 | Updated: 07:39 BST, 23 June 2023 Retail sales crept up last month as … Read more

Deaths are falling quickest in over-80s in England and Wales, ONS statistics show

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Over-80s Covid deaths have fallen by more than 90 per cent since the peak of the second wave in England and Wales, official figures revealed today in another promising sign the vaccines roll-out is beating the virus. Office for National Statistics data showed 379 fatalities were linked to the virus in this age group in … Read more

Covid UK: Higher levels of loneliness in urban areas during pandemic, says ONS

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People in cities and towns are more likely to have felt lonely during the Covid-19 crisis than their countryside counterparts, official statistics reveal Office for National Statistics data show rising levels of loneliness during Covid Levels of loneliness tended to be greater in urban areas than the countryside Areas with higher rates of unemployment tended … Read more

Around 1.1MILLION Britons have ‘long Covid’, ONS figures show

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Around 1.1million Brits claim to have suffered ‘long Covid’ since the pandemic began, according to the largest study of its kind. And 70,000 people say they have battled fatigue and other crippling symptoms for a over a year.  Middle-aged women who worked in healthcare, lived in deprived areas and had pre-existing conditions were most likely … Read more

How many people are STILL furloughed in your area? ONS map reveals the areas where most are off work

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How many people are STILL furloughed in your area? ONS map reveals the areas of the UK where most people have been off work in the latest lockdown By David Wilcock, Whitehall Correspondent For Mailonline Published: 11:12 BST, 30 March 2021 | Updated: 11:24 BST, 30 March 2021 A new interactive map sheds new light … Read more

ONS says ‘mass exodus’ of EU workers during pandemic may have been exaggerated was close to 7%

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Claims of a ‘mass exodus’ of EU workers from UK during the pandemic may have been exaggerated says the ONS, as it finds the number employed by British firms has only fallen 7 per cent By David Wilcock, Whitehall Correspondent For Mailonline Published: 12:17 GMT, 24 March 2021 | Updated: 14:57 GMT, 24 March 2021 … Read more