Welcome to Thursday’s Early Edition from i. When Keir Starmer controversially welcomed former Tory Natalie Elphicke into the Labour party, there were cries of double standards. “How come Natalie Elphicke is an acceptable face for Labour in the House of Commons and Diane Abbott is not?” asked Ed Balls at the time. Now questions over … Read more
Labour has been warned of an NHS staff “exodus” this summer unless it urgently sets out how its plans to reinstate tax on large pension pots will work. The party has committed to reintroducing the lifetime allowance cap on pensions – a limit on the amount people can build in pension savings over their lifetime … Read more
His floundering friend Mykhailo Mudryk has done his best to put him off, but Georgiy Sudakov won’t be told. He believes he is more than ready to become the next big-money Ukrainian starlet to try his hand at a top Premier League club. Not only that, he is eyeing up his struggling compatriot’s spot in … Read more
At the age of 22, Liam Quirk was working for an SEO agency on a good salary of £35,000. He was earning more than his friends, and felt satisfied with the autonomy he was allowed. But after four years he decided it wasn’t enough, and in May 2020 – in the middle of the pandemic … Read more
Katrina Rohman, 40, and her partner Michael, 41, have taken out a 30-year mortgage, dubbed a “marathon mortgage”, that will see them paying off their house until they are 65 and 66, respectively. “The choice is do you buckle down for a few years and have a long retirement, or do you enjoy yourself now?” … Read more
It has been two years since the last series of The Outlaws, the comedy thriller about low-level lawbreakers who are thrown together on a community payback scheme and become embroiled with proper villains. So it speaks volumes about co-creator Stephen Merchant’s vivid storytelling that the protagonists require little re-introduction. In fact, many of us have … Read more
Essex chief executive John Stephenson has defended the decision not to publicly name those found guilty of historical racism offences at the club, saying: “There was no other way.” Stephenson also admitted the prospect of the England & Wales Cricket Board (ECB) imposing further sanctions on Essex this summer – including a possible points deduction … Read more
Ray Williams emigrated to Canada in 1969 and his mother Katie followed him a few years later when she retired, but it was a move which would cost her far more than she had first imagined. Mrs Williams relocated to Canada at the age of 65 in 1972. That year her UK state pension was … Read more
Photograph by Simon Dawson – WPA Pool/Getty Images. The 2012 Budget has gone down in history as an “omnishambles”. A series of controversial tax-raising measures were reversed, damaging the government’s credibility and popularity. Few remember, however, that the first row that followed George Osborne’s budget speech was a measure that was implemented, did not provoke … Read more
Welcome to The Royal Record. Every week Cameron Walker, GB News’ Royal Correspondent, and Svar Nanan-Sen, Royal Editor of GBNews.com will bring you the latest news and analysis on the Royal Family and give you exclusive insight into everything going on behind the palace walls. New episodes released every Thursday. This week, Cameron and Svar … Read more