With the support of a cross-party group of councillors, Hull may very well be the first UK city to test a weekly universal basic income for its residents
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24th Oct 2026 | Updated at 08:45pm 24th Oct 2026
YOUR FIRST HOME
For many aspiring homeowners, the biggest obstacle to buying a property is not necessarily earning enough to cover the monthly mortgage payments. It is finding the money for a deposit in the first place.
From ‘nonsense idea’ to £42m: Mother-son duo build women’s health brand
A women’s health and nutrition business whose founders were once laughed out of investor meetings has grown into a £42 million company, with ambitions to more than double sales within two years.
As Boris Johnson's government prepares to officially leave the European Union on January 31, treasury chief Sajid Javid admits that the move may adversely...
Former prime minister Theresa May's national security adviser, Sir Mark Lyall Grant has said that PM Boris Johnson is likely to approve the use of Huawei...
Rightmove says that house prices in UK have rose at the fastest rate for the first time in the year as sellers felt more confident about the outlook for the housing market after the general election
The estate agent Savills has said it is benefiting from a “Boris bounce” that has driven an increase in UK house sales since the December general election
A survey showed that optimism in Britain’s financial services sector rose in the last quarter to snap a four-year decline, with business volumes also predicted to grow in coming weeks
The official figures showed that Britain’s economy grew at its weakest annual pace in more than seven years in November, raising expectations that the Bank of England will cut interest rates later this month
On 13th January Monday, the Mayor of London along with Octopus Energy launched his own energy company in a bid to combat the on-going climate crisis.
The UK service sector rebounded in December as business optimism jumped in the wake of Boris Johnson’s unexpectedly decisive election victory, lifting some of the political uncertainty facing the British economy.
The price of oil surged on concerns that Iran might respond to the killing of its top general by the United States by disrupting global supplies of energy...
