Lilia Valutyte, nine, died from stab wound to chest, inquest told
Lilia Valutyte, the nine-year-old girl who was killed while playing in the street with her sister in Boston, Lincolnshire, died from a stab wound to...
Children who get free school meals in England earn less as adults, study finds
Children in England who receive free school meals go on to earn less than their peers, even when they achieve the same qualifications, with half...
Sandi Toksvig says ‘lives at stake’ after anti-gay Anglican church declaration
The lives of LGBTQ+ people are at stake, the broadcaster and author Sandi Toksvig has said, after the archbishop of Canterbury affirmed the validity of...
Hundreds of Amazon staff in Essex stop work in protest at 35p pay rise
Hundreds of Amazon employees have stopped work at the online retailer’s warehouse in Tilbury in Essex in response to a pay rise of only 35p...
As recession looms, the Bank of England’s independence is under threat
The economic picture painted by the Bank of England of the years ahead was unremittingly grim: a long recession, high inflation, falling living standards. It...
Teachers in England ‘fear they are missing signs of far-right radicalisation’
Teachers in England who feel overstretched by pandemic catchup and curriculum demands fear they are missing signs of far-right radicalisation in classrooms, and lack the...
‘No safety net’: People struggle to put food on table in Rishi Sunak’s constituency
Three miles from Rishi Sunak’s £1.5m manor house in the Yorkshire hamlet of Kirby Sigston, the telephone rings at the local food bank. It is...
Ofgem confirms energy price cap to be updated every three months
Ofgem has confirmed that the energy price cap will be updated quarterly, rather than every six months, as it warned that customers face a “very...
Rent strikes and bill boycotts are a great in principle – but I’d end up with no electricity and an eviction notice | James
Since my last entry in this series, a lot has happened, especially in Westminster. Finally, we’re saying goodbye to the pathological liar who has occupied...
Thousands cancel Netflix or Prime Video as UK cost of living soars
Almost 800,000 UK households cancelled their subscriptions to Netflix or Amazon Prime Video between April and June, as the cost of living crisis forces streaming...