IMF warns Rachel Reeves will have to raise taxes or make cuts such as axing the pensions triple lock and means-testing NHS services
Rachel Reeves faces having to take drastic action on spending unless she abandons her pledge not to hike taxes on ‘working people’, the IMF warned today. The international body highlighted the ‘difficult decisions’ facing the Chancellor in its latest assessment of the UK’s…
Social media users are baffled by a video of a cat with a ‘British accent’ – as one viewer claims it’s ‘definitely a Scouser’
From the approachable Geordie twang to the instantly recognisable Edinburgh lilt, the UK is home to some of the most distinctive accents in the world. Now, it seems even our pets aren’t safe from picking up certain inflections. A video, shared on TikTok,…
Revealed: Two in every five phones thefts across Europe happen in the UK as government battles to get to grips with rise in county lines snatcher gang chaos
Two in every five phone thefts across Europe happen in the UK, new figures claim, as the government attempts to grapple with county line gangs turning to phone snatching. And harrowing figures show London is at the centre of the snatching chaos, with…
Keir Starmer accused of failing in his mission to ‘smash the gangs’ as figures show only a tiny fraction of small boat migrants are prosecuted – as the Tories say the smugglers have ‘never had it easier’
Keir Starmer was last night accused of failing in his mission to ‘smash the gangs’. Figures show that just a tiny fraction of migrants crossing the Channel are being brought to justice. Since Labour’s leader became Prime Minister last July, only 446 people have…
Labour isn’t working: Sick leave in Whitehall surges under Starmer as civil servant absences jump by over a quarter in major government departments
Sick leave in the Whitehall blob is surging under Labour, analysis suggests. Absence rates jumped by up to 26 per cent in major government departments last year. Civil servants taking prolonged periods off over mental health issues was fuelling the…
London resident shares the biggest mistake American tourists make that all Brits hate
If you’re an American trying to blend in while taking a trip across the pond, it may be best to forgo one particular habit. A fed-up Londoner shared a cautionary tale to traveling Americans, after noticing a particular quirk of…
Beloved fashion brand ‘to return to the high street’ after closing all of its 46 UK stores
One of Britain’s most beloved fashion brands is reportedly set to make a dramatic comeback to the high street after collapsing into administration. Ted Baker, once a retail juggernaut, financially imploded last year and shut all of its 46 remaining…
Tearful Gregg Wallace claims he is ‘sorry’ to the 41 people he hurt following BBC axing and backs co-host John Torode despite rift rumours saying he’s ‘not racist’
Gregg Wallace has claimed he is sorry for hurting the 41 people accusing him of being ‘a sex pest’. The former Masterchef host, 60, tearfully pleaded ‘I’m not a groper, a sex pest or a flasher’ in his first interview since…
My hell in the Gaza tunnels: British hostage Emily Damari tells of being held in a cage like an animal and how a surgeon called ‘Dr Hamas’ left her in constant pain – and demands: Now let my friends go
For almost four months of her 471 days in captivity, Emily Damari was incarcerated in the Hamas terror tunnels under Gaza, where the stench of human waste permeated the fetid wet air and the floor crawled with cockroaches. Throughout it all she was…
What really happens to your phone when it’s snatched by a thief in the street? A new Mail investigation follows a stolen mobile from London’s Baker Street to a teeming district of Hong Kong where there are MILLIONS for sale
A squat, shirtless man opens the door to a nondescript commercial unit on the 19th floor of a 25-storey building in Hong Kong. His expression is vacant, a bloated belly hanging over his shorts and flip flops. Behind him, his wife…