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UK Housing Market Outlook with Rising Buyer Demand and Strong Sales Activity Pointing to Potential House Price Growth Over the Next 12 Months As we head into the autumn, the UK property market faces a complex landscape shaped by lingering economic challenges. Following a turbulent 2023 marked by rising living costs and economic instability, many […]
They’re proposing an immediate 21-day ceasefire “to provide space for diplomacy” The UK has joined the US, France and a host of allies in calling for an immediate temporary ceasefire in Lebanon, warning the escalating violence between Israel and Hezbollah is “intolerable”. In a joint statement, the 12-strong bloc calls for a 21-day ceasefire “to provide […]
Workers have voted overwhelmingly to accept pay offers from train companies and Network Rail. Workers have voted overwhelmingly to accept pay offers from train companies and Network Rail. Members of the Rail, Maritime and Transport union (RMT) backed a one-year rise of 4.5% at Network Rail (NR) and increases at train operators of 4.75% for […]
The Government has been urged to reverse its controversial decision to cut winter fuel allowance for many pensioners after a strong message was sent from Labour’s annual conference. The Government has been urged to reverse its controversial decision to cut winter fuel allowance for many pensioners after a strong message was sent from Labour’s annual conference. Delegates backed […]
The Co-operative Group has laid bare the rising impact of shoplifting as it said the cost of crime in its stores surged by nearly a fifth to £40 million in the first half of the year alone. The member-owned mutual has spent £18 million so far this year on measures to help protect staff in […]
“Crack teams” of leading clinicians will be sent to hospitals in areas of the country with the highest levels of economic inactivity as part of a Government bid to boost employment, Wes Streeting will announce. Senior doctors will be drafted in to implement reforms aimed at getting patients treated faster in parts of England with […]
Sir Alan Bates, the leading campaigner for subpostmasters in the Post Office Horizon IT scandal, will receive his knighthood at Windsor Castle on Wednesday. The 70-year-old, of Llandudno in north Wales, is one of more than 550 claimants who have brought legal action against the company, with a public inquiry into what happened in its […]
Women are dying “unnecessarily” from heart disease in the UK because they are “underdiagnosed and undertreated” when it come to heart conditions, experts have warned. Cardiovascular disease (CVD) – a general term for conditions affecting the heart or blood vessels – is the “number one killer for women” but there is a misconception that it […]
Sir Keir Starmer will make his United Nations debut as Prime Minister with a promise to deliver “global leadership” as the Middle East teeters on the brink of all-out conflict and the bloody war in Ukraine grinds on. The Prime Minister’s two-day visit to New York comes as Israel and Hezbollah exchange fire across the […]
The 18-year-old student who protested against the Prime Minister’s speech at the Labour Party conference said he was moved to act by Sir Keir Starmer’s “sickening” lack of action in the Middle East. Daniel Riley was a delegate and Labour Party member who was not acting on behalf of an organisation or protest group, but […]