Boris Johnson and his Australian counterpart Scott Morrison intend to use the G7 summit in Cornwall next month to sign an historic free trade agreement following the UK departure from the EU.
Boris Johnson insisted that British farmers could still benefit from Brexit today as he waded into a major Cabinet rift over an Australian trade deal that could flood the UK with cheap meat. The Prime Minister signalled his backing for Trade Secretary Liz Truss, who wants to give producers from Down Under tariff-free access to UK … Read more
Priced out of the property market, first-time buyers are opting for cheap and cheerful alternatives to home ownership. Narrowboats, campervans and even self-built cabins are among the wacky vessels that increasing numbers of young people are calling home. Just one search of #tinyhome on Instagram reveals reams of colourful pictures of boats and vans – … Read more
Equities began the year pretty much where they had left off in 2020 – in a ‘buy everything’ bull market. Despite some wobbles before Christmas, growth shares made further gains in the first few weeks of the year alongside the recovery trade in value and cyclical stocks. My magpie Isa was 25 per cent up … Read more
Ruthless people smugglers are using the poorest migrants travelling in the cheapest boats as decoys to give people paying ‘premium’ rates a better chance of crossing The Channel, it has been claimed. This morning, around 20 migrants, including four toddlers and a baby arrived at Dover today after being picked up by Border Force officials … Read more
Car insurance costs reverse to lowest level in SEVEN years with premiums dropping a record 15% so far this year West Midlands has seen the largest fall in premiums in the UK The average cost of cover fell by £73.32 to £417.06 in the first three months of this year It means typical annual … Read more
Demand for city centre living is on the rise, with renters now looking to take advantage of discounted rents as the nation prepares to exit lockdown. With an end to restrictions in sight, rental enquiries have been surging in some city centres according to new analysis by Rightmove. The research looked at the uplift in … Read more
If you want to impress your dinner party guests with expensive wine that you can’t afford, lie to them about the price of cheap plonk. According to a team of experts at Basel University in Switzerland, cheap wine is perceived as more pleasant when we’re told it’s expensive. The researchers tested volunteers with three Italian red … Read more
If you want to impress your dinner party guests with expensive wine that you can’t afford, lie to them about the price of cheap plonk. According to a team of experts at Basel University in Switzerland, cheap wine is perceived as more pleasant when we’re told it’s expensive. The researchers tested volunteers with three Italian red … Read more
Devon village bans sale of cheap polystyrene body boards that break up in the sea and harm wildlife after landslide referendum vote Westward Ho! near Bideford in Devon has self-imposed polystyrene board ban Polystyrene boards can harm wildlife which confuse plastic particles for food Andrew Cross of Plastic Free Torridge hailed the efforts of shops … Read more