Prices of goods have risen by 1.8%, according to CSO figures. Last week, Cian McCormack showed his weekly trolley of groceries jumped 36% in cost, when 2021 and 2025 receipts…
More than one in ten apprentices in Ireland are over 31 years of age, and almost 40% are 23 or older, according to preliminary data gathered in a national survey…
James GrantBBC News, NorthamptonshireEmma BaughBBC News, NorthamptonshireReporting fromNorthamptonA charity providing starter packs for newborns has reported a "shocking" increase in referrals for its services.Baby Basics, based in Wollaston, Northamptonshire, supplies…
'A noose around our neck': Residents driven out by UK's largest road tunnelLewis Adams & Stuart WoodwardBBC News, EssexStuart Woodward/BBCJackie Thacker says her heart has been broken by plans for…
Derelict public toilets making trendy renovation projectsChloe AslettBBC News, YorkshireJames BalstonMs Clark lived in the converted toilets for a while, but has had tenants since she moved to Scotland.Of all…
'It's going to get worse': US car buyers brace for sweeping auto tariffs Ana Faguy & Brandon DrennonBBC News, Washington DCWatch: US drivers react to Trump's new auto tariffFor two…
Kevin PeacheyCost of living correspondentAn estimated four million fewer people are donating money to charity compared to before Covid, owing to squeezed household budgets and a lack of interest from…
Free ThinkingThe Middle ClassesMuriel Zagha, Prof Sam Friedman, Lord Willetts, Lisa Holdsworth and Prof Melinda Mills.57 mins
Lucy HookerBBC Business reporterGetty ImagesThe name WH Smith, a staple of UK town centres since the Victorian era, is set to disappear from the High Street after the firm agreed…
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The Chancellor has announced welfare and spending cuts to try to restore her £9.9bn "headroom", so she can meet her rules on the economy. BBC Verify's Ben Chu looks at…
An increase in UK defence spending is part of a "macho agenda of militarization" Northern Ireland's first minister has said.Michelle O'Neill was speaking after the chancellor used her Spring Statement…