How do eBay check for counterfeit sneakers at its new Authenticity Guarantee centre?

Ebay has opened its first authentication centre in Britain which focuses on high value shoes with the aim of stamping out on any counterfeits.    The online marketplace launched the centre in response to the surge in demand it saw last year with a pair of trainers selling every nine seconds. Through its latest programme, Authenticity … Read more

Marcus Rashford urges ministers to guarantee free school meals over the summer holidays

Footballer Marcus Rashford has called for free school meals to be extended through the summer holidays. The Manchester United star relied on free school meals as a child and that it would have made a ‘massive, massive difference’ to his family if they had been available during the summer months. Rashford, 23, forced a Government … Read more

Budget 2021: Homebuyers react to Rishi Sunak’s new mortgage guarantee scheme

Aspiring homebuyers today welcomed the Chancellor  announcement that they will receive extra help to get onto the ladder as he pledged a new mortgage guarantee scheme and an extension of the stamp duty holiday.  Rishi Sunak‘s fresh initiative will incentivise lenders to provide mortgages to first-time buyers as well as current home-owners with just 5 per cent … Read more

Rishi Sunak to guarantee mortgages with government loans in next week’s budget 

A mortgage guarantee scheme to help thousands of young people onto the property ladder with small deposits is set to feature in next week’s Budget. Chancellor Rishi Sunak plans to incentivise lenders to provide mortgages to first time buyers, and current homeowners, with just 5 per cent deposits to buy properties worth up to £600,000. … Read more

Rishi Sunak to guarantee mortgages with government loans in next week’s budget 

A mortgage guarantee scheme to help thousands of young people onto the property ladder with small deposits is set to feature in next week’s Budget. Chancellor Rishi Sunak plans to incentivise lenders to provide mortgages to first time buyers, and current homeowners, with just 5 per cent deposits to buy properties worth up to £600,000. … Read more

Matt Hancock ‘vetoed’ UK-US vaccine deal because it DIDN’T guarantee the UK would get supplies first

Matt Hancock ‘vetoed first Oxford vaccine contract’ with US pharma giant Merck because it DIDN’T guarantee the UK would get supplies first and he was worried Donald Trump could block exports to the UK Health Secretary torpedoed deal between the University of Oxford and Merck  He intervened to ensure that some of the vaccines were … Read more

Covid England: Boris Johnson won’t guarantee schools back by summer

Boris Johnson tonight failed to guarantee that all pupils in England will be back in school classrooms before the summer holidays.  The Prime Minister told a Downing Street press conference that he is ‘optimistic’ that ‘things really will be very different by the spring’.  But he was unable to give parents, pupils and teachers a … Read more

Boris Johnson fails to guarantee return of all pupils before summer

Boris Johnson tonight failed to guarantee that all pupils in England will be back in school classrooms before the summer holidays.  The Prime Minister told a Downing Street press conference that he is ‘optimistic’ that ‘things really will be very different by the spring’.  But he was unable to give parents, pupils and teachers a … Read more

Covid lockdown England: Matt Hancock won’t guarantee 2 December end

Health Secretary Matt Hancock today warned it is ‘too early’ to know if coronavirus case numbers will have fallen enough to lift the England-wide lockdown on December 2.   Mr Hancock said ‘most of’ the positive tests which are emerging across the country now likely originated before the national shutdown started.  Health officials said this afternoon … Read more