Rishi Sunak is readying billions of pounds more for infrastructure, the NHS and defence in what looks like a final splurge as the coronavirus crisis hammers the public finances. The Chancellor will use the spending review on Wednesday to push ahead with huge investment on schools, hospitals, colleges and prisons to meet Tory election pledges. … Read more
Britain will become Europe’s greatest naval power again after a £16.5billion boost to defence spending, Boris Johnson vowed yesterday. The Prime Minister said he would ‘restore Britain’s position’ as the ruler of the waves rather than allow the UK to ‘curl up in our island and leave the task to our friends’. Billions of pounds of … Read more
They recently confirmed their had rekindled their rocky romance after going their separate ways last year after two years together. And Yazmin Oukhellou and her on-again beau James Lock appeared stronger than ever as they walked hand-in-hand through Knightsbridge, London, on Saturday. The TOWIE star, 26, and her boyfriend, 33, appeared to have been spending … Read more
Blinging, rare, money-can’t-buy or just a shade bonkers — if you want to Birthday Like Beckham a little imagination is required. This family — former footballer David, fashion boss Victoria and their children Brooklyn, 21, Romeo, 17, Cruz, 15, and Harper, eight — jointly worth an estimated £320million, like to celebrate each other’s milestones in … Read more
Personal Finance’s Sarah Bridge and Toby Walne assess the big changes to stem from last Wednesday’s Budget – and the accompanying cut in Bank Base Rate to 0.25 per cent. HAMMER BLOW FOR SAVERS – SO SHOP AROUND FOR BEST OFFERS Hard-pressed savers had have little to cheer about recently – and last week’s rate … Read more
Rishi Sunak’s first Budget confirmed what we had suspected. Boris Johnson’s Tories are not the party of Margaret Thatcher, or even David Cameron. That is why it is no exaggeration to describe yesterday as historic. The spectacle of this passionate, articulate, confident young Chancellor of Indian descent showed on one level how much the old … Read more