‘My elderly mother has been left high and dry over £3k flooding claim’
Sally says: It is really not on, leaving an elderly homeowner waiting seven months to get her house back into shape after a flood. I find it…
Energy bills: how will the price cap affect my bills and should I fix my tariff?
The energy price cap will rise by £693 to £1,971 from April, regulator Ofgem has confirmed, piling more pressure onto already struggling households. Traditionally, the solution to…
One in 10 buyers will be locked out of housing market
A succession of interest rate rises this year will lock one in ten home buyers out of the property market and put a dampener on house prices,…
Higher earner? Why the cost of living crisis will sting you particularly hard
Soaring energy bills will also sting. The headline figure for the energy price cap is based on the usage of a “medium” three-bedroom semi-detached house. A high-usage…
One in four southerners excluded from £150 council tax rebate
One in four households in the south of England will be excluded from the council tax rebate, hitting pensioners in larger homes in particular. Chancellor Rishi Sunak…
Ask the Expert: ‘What is the best mid-size hatchback for shorter drivers?’
Alex Robbins is contributing editor at Telegraph Cars where, as well as responding to readers’ queries, he also contributes reviews of new and used cars, together with…
UK’S rarest cars: 1981 Volkswagen Scirocco Storm Mk1, one of only 50 left on British roads
In 1976 VW unveiled the Scirocco GTI, powered by the same 1,588cc Bosch K-Jetronic fuel-injected engine found in its more famous Golf counterpart. Motor Sport raved it…
What riding an e-bike actually does to your health
However, various studies elsewhere have highlighted the high proportion of e-bike casualties among the fallen. In 2019, the German insurer Allianz released figures that suggested the five-year…
Kathy Hochul: from ‘errand’ girl to New York’s first female governor
She said: “If I can demonstrate that women can govern with strength, courage but also heart and compassion and show a different way to lead this state…
Why women are back at the helm of the ‘pale, male and stale’ real ale movement
And it’s not just European women who have historically been mostly banished from brewing either. It’s extremely arguable that African women have suffered the most egregious erasure…
Of course women won’t report rapes while this culture exists
Is any woman remotely surprised that the number of rapes being reported is in free fall? I can say, hand on heart, and heavy of heart, that…
The 10 best snowdrop varieties to plant in your garden
Another six-petalled snowdrop, but the shorter-stemmed flowers open to form Tiffany-style lamps. Margaret Owen, the late and much-missed galanthophile, found it in a Shropshire churchyard and named…
Why Britain should follow Denmark’s lead and declassify Covid
This week Denmark declassified Covid-19 as a critical threat and lifted all restrictions. The decision was announced on a day with record high case numbers, more than…
Gung-ho Harry is gone – and he’s been replaced by the Prince of Woo Woo
Careful, Dear Readers – if you don’t stop rolling your eyes, Meghan will send you off for an early gong bath. Now here’s the thing that might…
The SNP’s economic illiteracy is showing
At Westminster there used to exist a belief, often shared in the tearooms and bars, that Alex Salmond’s strategy to gain independence for Scotland included a twin…
Did Prince Harry’s staff ever get away with ‘inner work’?
Prince Harry has called for workers to be given time off to do “inner work” and enjoy some “me time”, revealing he now sets aside about 45…
The BBC’s devolution mania is killing off meritocracy
It would appear that the BBC has been smitten, yet again, by the dead hand of devolution. As if it wasn’t bad enough that it coughed up…
Strange though it sounds, America may come to regret killing the leader of Isis
The death of Isis leader Abu Ibrahim al-Qurashi is unlikely to be the end of the group. Terrorist group decapitation can sometimes generate a new series of…
University fat cats have abandoned students
We already knew universities were basket cases for paying vice-chancellors five times the Prime Minister’s salary and no-platforming anyone to the Right of Michael Heseltine, but something…
Now Parliament comes for the woke National Trust
The woke mob who run the National Trust are about to feel the heat of more scrutiny. Conservative MP Andrew Murrison is launching a new All Party…
Britain’s energy crisis is self-inflicted
On what has been dubbed Black Thursday, the consequences of incessant governmental interference in the energy market were mercilessly exposed when average household gas and electricity bills…
Sunak’s rescue package earns him a Freshers’ Week-style hazing ritual
On a day of soaring prices and slumping poll ratings, Rishi Sunak appeared in a familiar guise – unveiling an “emergency support package” for “hard-working families”. But…
Our liberty rests on whether Sage will admit to its horrendous lockdown mistakes
We haven’t heard much from Sir Patrick Vallance recently. A few weeks ago he wrote an article extolling the reliability of Sage modellers. They speak “scientific truth…
Dear Richard Madeley: ‘My wife has been taking out her annoyance with me on my daughter’
Dear Richard, I live with my second wife and two teenage daughters, one from each of our previous marriages. For some weeks I have noticed my wife…
William Sitwell reviews Mathura, London: ‘I feared pan-fried turbot – and a scary bill’
So given this entrenched background, picture me sitting in Mathura, slobbering like I always do in anticipation of Indian food, wanting just an economic vat of dal,…