A loophole in Scotland’s temporary rent controls has seen private landlords raise rents for new tenancies more than anywhere else in the UK, data reveals. In an effort to tackle…
Households could save up to £400 a year on energy bills under a new means-tested scheme to insulate more than 300,000 of Great Britain’s draughtiest homes. The government is spending…
You report (11 September) on Kate Garraway “battling the system” to get her severely ill husband the care that he needs. Sadly, after decades of life-limiting illness, my husband died…
Rishi Sunak refused three times to commit to maintaining the pensions triple lock beyond the next election, as Keir Starmer mocked him as “inaction man” over national security. In his…
Energy suppliers have been officially banned from force-fitting prepayment meters for elderly people and those with infant children after a scandal over companies’ treatment of vulnerable customers. The industry regulator,…