The child poverty rate for 2022-23 rose by 300,000 to 3.6 million children (Photo: Christopher Furlong/Getty Images) The Sunday Times Rich List appeared just after the Archbishop of Canterbury called on Labour to scrap the Tory two-child benefit cap and Gordon Brown’s co-authored pamphlet on child poverty was published. The timings could be karma or … Read more
The Spring bank holiday is on the horizon promising a long weekend break for many but it also means changes in opening times for some places including supermarkets. A bank holiday is a national public holiday and a chance for some shop staff to take a well-earned break, which means many stores will be operating … Read more
One in seven retirees are receiving less money from the state pension than they expected. While the state pension rose by 8.5 per cent to £11,502.40 a year for post-2016 retirees last month, more than 22 per cent of pensioners entered retirement unaware how much they would get from the state pension. A quarter of … Read more
Thunderstorms across large parts of the UK could cause power cuts and travel disruption on Tuesday as the UK braces for days of wet and stormy weather, the Met Office has warned. Weather warnings for storms and heavy rain have been issued for the next three days across huge areas of England, Scotland, Wales and … Read more
Newcastle United’s ludicrous end-of-season trip to Australia tells you everything you need to know about the financial hurdles the club still have to vault as they attempt to catch up with the Premier League’s elite. Alan Shearer might have branded the seven day tour “madness”, but when you’re struggling to break out of the Premier … Read more
I spent more of my twenties than I care to admit wondering if I was getting stupider. Growing up I’d had a good memory and was told I was quick by teachers. I had been good at school and was rewarded for it, so I treated this kind of intelligence as a badge of honour. … Read more
Angela*, 49, from London, tells i about a parenting fear that she is finding difficult to come to terms with. My 14-year-old daughter has no friends, and I just can’t fully get my head around why. It makes me so sad and worried for her. She is painfully shy, but over the previous school years she’s generally … Read more