The Tories will be punished for their stealth raid on aspiring graduates
According to the Institute for Fiscal Studies, high-earning graduates are now looking at £3,000 of interest over six months; for lower earning graduates, a staggering £2,300. The…
Religious belief is not a guarantee of human decency – but neither is it mumbo jumbo
On the evening of Maundy Thursday, our village church held the ancient service of Tenebrae (“darkness” or “shadows”). It is a lament for the three days preceding…
Dinosaurs: The Final Day, review: David Attenborough tried his best, but this was no Jurassic Park
I can’t have been the only one who watched a grey-haired Attenborough superimposed in front of a jungle full of meandering dinosaurs and thought, “Jurassic Park”. I’m…
Jealousy, anger, tears – the BBC’s La voix humaine is a searing portrait of a woman spurned
Gone are the days when the Easter and Christmas periods would present a feast of opera and ballet on the BBC. It is symbolic of squeezed budgets…
Robert Jenrick becomes first MP to take in Ukrainian refugee family
Mr Jenrick insisted he had not pulled any strings to speed the process up, saying it was right that British families had to match their own families…
How a Welsh microchip factory became a national security nightmare
Kwasi Kwarteng, the Business Secretary, has said the sale continues to be assessed, and insisted that the Government stands ready to reverse the takeover if it decides…
Homes for Ukraine scheme could get charities’ help to match refugees with UK families
The Government has faced repeated criticism over the scheme. As of Tuesday this week, 17,625 visas had been issued for those in the Homes for Ukraine Sponsorship…
Priti Patel faces Home Office mutiny over Rwanda migrants plan
The policy has split Left and Right, with new polling from Find Out Now showing that it is overwhelmingly popular among Conservative and Leave voters, while as…
Devices to stop drivers speeding could be mandatory in all new cars
Manufacturers can choose from a range of responses, from an alarm system similar to seatbelt alerts to mechanisms that reduce engine power or push back on the…
The Telegraph weekly news quiz: Which tech billionaire offered to buy Twitter for $43bn?
In the week that saw Boris Johnson face increasing pressure to resign after he and Rishi Sunak were issued fines by the Metropolitan Police over Downing Street…
How Britain became anti-wealth
During the school holidays the young Rishi would help with the family finances by working as a waiter at Kuti’s Brasserie, an Indian restaurant near his home….
Captured Briton Aiden Aslin seen moments before surrender without head injury visible on Russian TV
Footage of a British man deployed with Ukrainian marines in Mariupol has emerged in which he can be seen just before he surrendered to Russian soldiers, without…
‘Boris Johnson considered himself above the law’: Readers on the week’s biggest stories
‘Mr and Mrs Sunak have been gaming the system’ @Pierrot Pierrot: “Mr Sunak might well have told the truth but is this yet another case of being…
Boris Johnson ‘airbrushed from local election leaflets like Jeremy Corbyn’
Salford City Conservatives proclaimed in a sponsored post last May: “Everyone wants a selfie with Boris.” However, the group no longer has a digital presence. Elsewhere, Mr…
‘My dog lost a leg in a freak car accident – now my insurer won’t pay up’
When I asked Waggel and Red Sands to cough up they agreed to pay you the full £6,000, although they refused to admit liability for the claim….
Questor: we’re sticking with Young’s despite an uncertain outlook for consumer spending
Indeed, the biggest difficulty to face the company is overcoming the effects of a decline in real incomes prompted by rising inflation. This could cause a further…
Solar panels will make your house more valuable – but only by half as much as they cost
Installing solar panels on a property can add more than £3,000 to its value, but the devices still cost more than double that figure to purchase and…
The Government has set an eco trap for homeowners – and it’s going to cost us £330bn
It’s the £330bn question that will affect every homeowner and buyer – but it is being ignored by the Government. For more than a year, ministers have…
‘We’ll all be bankrupt if the Bank of England keeps raising rates’
How can investors protect portfolios against inflation? Gold has a useful role to play as it can’t be debased by governments. Index-linked bonds, whose returns rise in…
Fiat’s fabulous ‘cathedral of car production’ at Lingotto celebrated
While the system was very different to that employed in other car factories it was in fact entirely logical, with raw materials entering the factory on the…
A £2200 bag and a ‘Kitten Mitten’: Decoding the Duchess of Sussex’s Invictus Games look
The Duchess of Sussex made her first public appearance in months on Friday at the Invictus Games in the Netherlands, and she seems to have moved on…
Would you let your pre-schooler go to the shop on their own?
Aged five, the man at our local corner shop knew me well, as I’d often be there buying cigarettes for my father. Armed with a 10 shilling…
Anyone for egg-hopping? Cracking easter games for the long weekend
“Kids want a bit of jeopardy,” says Carter. “They want to feel a bit of risk; that’s the kind of game that works really well. I often…
This fresh and easy one-pot chicken will see you into the Easter weekend
My iPhone did that thing where it serves you a curated album of old photos this week. I found myself flicking through pictures from this time two…
All the tricks and tips you need to host a last-minute Easter meal at home
Lamb is undeniably the meat of choice, for both symbolic and seasonal reasons (but mostly, it is delicious). Of the larger cuts, shoulder is ideal for slow-roasting…