More than £70m is being paid to customers who were forced to switch to prepaying for energy.
Month: May 2025
Protesters who planned airport disruption jailed
The four Just Stop Oil protesters were planning to glue themselves to the airport taxiway last August.
Beach huts destroyed in overnight fire
Crews fought the fire on East Beach, Undercliff Drive, on the Bournemouth seafront.
We want to make it easier to have children – Farage
Reform leader backs lifting the two-child benefit cap and introducing more generous tax breaks for married people.
Attempted murder arrest after football parade crash
Police say the car followed an ambulance through a roadblock before the crash in which 65 were hurt.
Jail for drug-fuelled driver who caused girl’s death
Rawal Rehman is jailed for 12 years after his van hit and killed Louisa Palmisano in Manchester.
Attempted murder charge after police officer injured
Simranjit Kajla is charged with attempted murder after the suspected hit-and-run.
Adolescence writer says benefit cuts ‘punching down’ on disabled people
A letter signed by more than 80 influential disabled people calls the impending welfare cuts cruel.
Why police released details about Liverpool crash suspect so quickly
The decision shows lessons have been learned from the Southport attacks last summer, writes Daniel Sandford.
Higher-level apprenticeship funding to be scrapped as focus shifts to under-22s
The government will no longer fund some courses for older learners in order to boost entry level training places.
