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Exterior view of the Reserve Bank of Australia headquarters building at 65 Martin Place in Sydney, New South Wales, under a bright blue sky.

October 28, 2026

Inflation Hits 4.3%: Will the RBA Pull the Rate Trigger on Melbourne Cup Day?

Australian motorists filling up at the bowser and mortgage holders checking their repayment apps face a difficult week after the Australian Bureau of Statistics confirmed inflation accelerated to 4.3% in the September

Exterior architectural photograph of the HM Treasury Government Offices on Great George Street in Whitehall, London.

Policy·UK

The £1,600 Triple Lock Figure Going Round Is a 2050 Annual Gap—What Wednesday’s Budget Will Actually Confirm for April 2027

A widely circulated figure claims the triple lock will cost pension recipients £1,600. That number comes from analysis comparing the pension’s value in the year 2050 under two different formulas—not from a Budget announcement and not from anything happening this

October 25, 2026

Six Million Homes Expected to Get the £150 Warm Home Discount This Winter—Any Email, Text, or Call About It Is a Scam

Energy·Policy·UK

Households eligible for the £150 Warm Home Discount are receiving letters from late October. The fraud warning this year is straightforward: the government sends

Tesco and Asda Launch Fuel Discounts: Tesco Offers 8p per Litre, Asda 5p; Check Different Terms

Business·UK

Tesco and Asda are running separate fuel discount promotions this month. The two supermarkets have different offer terms, thresholds, and redemption methods — drivers

Retail display of packaged seasonal sweets on store shelves

Business·World

Nepal Sugar Hits Rs 140 Before Festivals as India Link Puts Sweets, Biscuits and Budgets on Watch

Sugar has become a festival-season pressure point in Nepal, with reports putting retail prices around Rs 140 per kilogram in some markets. The timing matters because Dashain and Tihar lift demand for

Sunita Somvanshi

September 9, 2026

Close-up of a corn snake with reddish-brown and tan blotches draped over brown branches with green leaves

Nature·UK

Baby Corn Snake Found in UK Supermarket’s Bread Aisle as 2026 Reptile Surrenders Hit 21 — Up From 14

A baby corn snake was found in a Cumbria supermarket's bread aisle. The local rescue centre has taken in 21 snakes this year — more than all of 2025 — partly due

Govind Tekale

September 4, 2026

A person sleeping rough on a street in Belfast

News·Politics·UK

New PM Pledges £442m to House Rough Sleepers by Christmas

Prime Minister Andy Burnham has announced a new plan to provide accommodation to everyone sleeping rough by Christmas. The initiative is backed by £442 million in government funding allocated for emergency housing

Sunita Somvanshi

August 19, 2026

Business·News·UK

UK Inflation Climbs as Energy Bills Squeeze Household Budgets

Britain’s cost of living pressures have intensified, with inflation rising faster than expected for the first time in months. The Office for National Statistics reported today that annual inflation reached 2.9 percent

Sunita Somvanshi

August 19, 2026

Business·UK

UK Wage Growth Cools To 2.8% As Job Vacancies Hit Five-Year Low

UK private pay growth slowed to 2.8% in the three months to June while vacancies fell to 707,000, a five-year low, the ONS said on Aug 18.

Sunita Somvanshi

August 18, 2026

Exterior of a Morrisons supermarket in Fort William

Business·UK

Morrisons Sheds Nearly 5,000 Jobs as Cost-Cutting Drive Bites

Morrisons’ average employee headcount declined by almost 5,000 in the year to 26 October 2025, according to the retailer’s latest financial accounts filed with Companies House. The Bradford-headquartered supermarket chain’s workforce fell

Sunita Somvanshi

August 18, 2026

Latest·News·Policy·UK

England to give disabled bus passengers free 24-hour travel from April 2027

Disabled people in England will get free bus travel at any time of day from April 2027, ending a weekday time limit that campaigners called unfair.

Rahul Somvanshi

August 18, 2026

Business·Policy

UK Bank Profits Hit £29 Billion in Half a Year: TUC Presses for a Windfall Tax to Cut Energy Bills

Britain's Big Four banks posted £29.2bn in H1 2026 profits. Inside the TUC windfall tax call, the £559 energy bill relief plan, the oil and gas precedent and bank pushback.

Sunita Somvanshi

August 5, 2026

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