UK ‘can’t rely on inflation to tackle the £2trillion debt pile over decades’

The UK faces the biggest peacetime deficit in history with the risk of four million people out of work by next year – and the economy might not recover until 2025. In a bleak new assessment, the government’s OBR watchdog warned tax rises and spending cuts are inevitable as it poured cold water on hopes of … Read more

MARKET REPORT: Eager investors pile into Capita

MARKET REPORT: Eager investors pile into contractor Capita after it confirms it is lining up the sale of a lucrative IT arm By Francesca Washtell For The Daily Mail Published: 21:58 BST, 22 June 2020 | Updated: 21:58 BST, 22 June 2020 Eager investors piled into Capita after it confirmed it is lining up the … Read more

Meet couples who achieved their dream of living in their own country pile without breaking the bank 

Picking up a sprawling — but crumbling — castle or mansion for as little as the price of a three-bed semi may seem like an impossible dream. Certainly, anyone hoping to buy 33-bedroom Troy House in Monmouthshire for the guide price of £200,000 at auction last month will have gone away disappointed: it sold for … Read more

Meet couples who achieved their dream of living in their own country pile without breaking the bank 

Picking up a sprawling — but crumbling — castle or mansion for as little as the price of a three-bed semi may seem like an impossible dream. Certainly, anyone hoping to buy 33-bedroom Troy House in Monmouthshire for the guide price of £200,000 at auction last month will have gone away disappointed: it sold for … Read more

Bodies pile up in hospital lobbies in Delhi as India’s capital struggles to contain the pandemic

Dead bodies have reportedly piled up in hospital lobbies as India’s capital fast runs out of hospital beds and struggles to contain the pandemic amid a surge in coronavirus cases. It comes after critics said it did too little to prepare and reopened shopping malls and temples too soon. Some families of people infected with … Read more

Bodies pile up in hospital lobbies in Delhi as India’s capital struggles to contain the pandemic

Dead bodies have reportedly piled up in hospital lobbies as India’s capital fast runs out of hospital beds and struggles to contain the pandemic amid a surge in coronavirus cases. It comes after critics said it did too little to prepare and reopened shopping malls and temples too soon. Some families of people infected with … Read more

MPs pile pressure on Boris Johnson to cut 2-metre social distancing rule to one-metre restriction

Boris Johnson was under huge pressure on Wednesday night to cut the two-metre social distancing rule. MPs and industry leaders warn that keeping the restriction in place could sink tens of thousands of businesses. Campaigners say it stops schools reopening properly while pubs and restaurants fear going bust.  The World Health Organisation recommends a one-metre … Read more

MPs pile pressure on Boris Johnson to cut 2-metre social distancing rule to one-metre restriction

Boris Johnson was under huge pressure on Wednesday night to cut the two-metre social distancing rule. MPs and industry leaders warn that keeping the restriction in place could sink tens of thousands of businesses. Campaigners say it stops schools reopening properly while pubs and restaurants fear going bust.  The World Health Organisation recommends a one-metre … Read more

Pizza Express prepares to cut a slice off its debt pile

Pizza Express prepares to cut a slice off its debt pile despite £70m loan Pizza Express is ‘highly likely’ to launch a restructuring of its giant debt pile S&P said the business now faces ‘additional hurdles’ turning its fortunes around  Pizza Express is due to repay £465million to bondholders next year  By Neil Craven for … Read more

Danny Dyer brands Love Island ‘a pile of s**t’

Danny Dyer branded Love Island ‘a pile of s**t’ on Tuesday night – despite his own daughter appearing on the series in 2018. The EastEnders actor, 42, slammed the ITV2 reality series – which has been halted this year due to COVID-19 – during the most recent episode of Romesh Ranganathan’s The Ranganation. Speaking via Zoom from … Read more