Blind people amongst those worst affected by cost of living crisis October 28, 2022 The Royal National Institute of the Blind (RNIB) conducted a survey recently, asking 125 blind and visually impaired individuals to explain how the cost of living crisis was affecting them. The cost of living crisis has become a focal point for the government and a point of concern for the public in recent months. Soaring [...]
Open arms? Sunak’s cabinet is a white flag as he fights for the party’s survival October 27, 2022 Sunak has promised all wings of the party that they can pursue their favourite plans as long as they also agree to a painful bout of fiscal tightening.
From soldier fly farms to making crypto ‘not feel like crypto’ October 25, 2022 Remi Tuyaerts of Alluo Finance meets Jillian Godsil to discuss growing mushrooms and making crypto 'appeal to the average Joe'.
Nightmare before Christmas: Half of shoppers to fork out less for gifts October 24, 2022 Half of shoppers are intending on spending less on Christmas this year as plunging consumer confidence sparks further concern for businesses. One in three of those shoppers said they would slash present budgets for close friends and family by over £25 per person, according to data from market insights firm Kantar. Brits are facing sky-high [...]
Food price hikes will become baked in if we can’t choose a fiscal policy and stick with it October 20, 2022 Yesterday marked a grim milestone. Food and drink price inflation hit its highest recorded level since the 1980s. In the year to September, it has jumped to 14.6 per cent and the rise in food prices has helped push overall inflation over 10 per cent. What’s more, it hasn’t peaked yet – prices will certainly [...]
Suella Braverman sacked as home secretary over security breach October 19, 2022 Suella Braverman has become the second senior cabinet minister to be sacked from Liz Truss’ government in less than a week, with Grant Shapps appointed as her replacement. Braverman was asked to resign as home secretary this afternoon, first reported by The Guardian, after she sent an official Home Office document to a backbench MP [...]
Just Eat Takeaway returns to profit despite warning of ‘challenging’ consumer backdrop October 19, 2022 Just Eat Takeaway has returned to profitability earlier than expected, although the food delivery platform warned of a “challenging” consumer backdrop in the months to come. The London-based firm said it processed 235m orders in the third quarter of 2022, an 11 per cent dip on the year previously, with bosses pointing to the end [...]
Fast food fears: Warning of Christmas shortages if 600 supply workers strike October 18, 2022 There could be major food shortages this Christmas at many of Brits’ favourite eat-outs due to strike action. Almost 600 workers for Bestfood, which delivers fresh produce to some of the country’s most-loved chains, are threatening industrial action. The workers are members of the GMB Union, and “bust a gut” to keep outlets such as [...]
Inside AlUla, Saudi Arabia, where monuments are older than the pyramids October 17, 2022 Just when you think you’ve grasped how ancient the city of AlUla, Saudi Arabia is, you stumble upon an even older part, and then another, each earlier still. By the time someone mentions palaeolithic axe-heads from 200,000 years ago, a 12th century Islamic town is beginning to sound contemporary. What’s made all this Indiana Jones [...]
Truss has picked the wrong fight: the problem is inflation, not lack of growth October 13, 2022 In her speech to what was left of Tory party conference, Liz Truss promised that her priority was “growth, growth, growth”. The events of the past week have underlined why that is the wrong priority, at the wrong time, by the wrong prime minister. Much has been made about the prime minister’s ideological convictions but [...]