Government considers whistleblowing laws that could fine companies millions for attempted cover-ups
Whistleblowing legislation that could see companies fined millions of pounds for attempted cover-ups is being considered by the Government, The Telegraph has learned. A draft bill, which…
Quangos face the axe under Jacob Rees-Mogg’s cost-cutting plan
Quangos such as the DVLA could be shut down or merged under a cost-cutting overhaul of public bodies ordered by Jacob Rees-Mogg. Mr Rees-Mogg, the minister for…
Sajid Javid urges more men to take up bowel cancer screening after losing own father to disease
Sajid Javid has urged more men to take up bowel cancer screening after losing his own father to the disease. Mr Javid, the Health and Social Care…
Feminists turning to the Tories with Labour making ‘idiots of ourselves’ on women’s issues, Rosie Duffield says
It came after Yvette Cooper and Anneliese Dodds, two of Labour’s frontbench MPs, both declined to give a definition of a woman on International Women’s Day last…
Sir Keir Starmer demands emergency Budget to tackle cost-of-living ‘chasm’
Sir Keir said: “Labour have put forward sensible, costed, practical measures that would give immediate help to working people up and down the country. The Government should…
Boris Johnson tells Tories Downing Street ‘Abba party’ was work event
Another senior MP said: “I actually heard a Cabinet minister saying ‘maybe a period in opposition is what we need’.” According to the MP, the minister said:…
Priti Patel: ‘Some of my critics are guilty of ignorance, stereotyping and prejudice’
She adds: “The Prime Minister [has been] saying to me, ‘what kind of timelines are you working to?’ And rightly so.” Ms Patel’s fears about the…
Priti Patel: BBC guilty of ‘xenophobia’ over Rwanda refugee deal
Asked about the BBC’s coverage of the issue, Ms Patel said: “I was questioned by them last week, in Rwanda. They had a travelling delegation with us….
‘Latvian blend’: How Russia bends the rules to keep its oil flowing
Shell provoked upset less than two weeks into Putin’s invasion of Ukraine as it snapped up a cargo of steeply discounted Russian oil, putting it on course…
German government faces crisis as opposition aims to force weapons to Ukraine vote
But senior figures in the two junior coalition partners, the Greens and the Free Democrats, have demanded that the chancellor change course. The Free Democrats are likely…
Big Tobacco to be slapped with £700m tax to ease NHS smoking burden
Tobacco companies will be slapped with an extra annual levy of up to £700m under radical “polluter-pays” proposals put forward by the Government’s anti-smoking tsar. Javed Khan,…
Cold callers using energy crisis to peddle new scam
Scammers have exploited the energy crisis and targeted the elderly and vulnerable in a resurgence of loft insulation cold-calling which has robbed households of thousands of pounds….
Pension fraudsters face jail after ‘mastermind’ killed himself
Two fraudsters have been sentenced to prison for fleecing pension savers out of £14m after the brains behind the scam killed himself. The trio persuaded 245 people…
High earning NHS doctors get even more generous pensions
High-earning doctors and part-time GPs will be thousands of pounds better off for no extra work after their pensions become more generous this autumn. Part-time doctors working…
‘You’re going to need a Ouija board to speak to Dad’: finance firms fail grieving families
Demands for an email from a deceased person, a mishmash of requests for paperwork and a sense that “we were the first people ever” to report a…
‘A punitive pension tax is stopping me paying for my own care’
This requires £26,660 a year from private pension savings to supplement the state pension and a 65-year-old would need £958,477 to buy an inflation-linked annuity that produced…
The white stuff: how milk floats are ready to deliver again in new ways
“You can get about £450 scrap, which is why a lot of floats got scrapped,” says Hall. “But first we always check the state of the batteries….
Ask the expert: ‘Can I force a dealer to refund me for a dodgy car?’
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…
What happened when we decided to spend a year living in a tent with our two small children
Was it the right decision? “There was no point when I regretted anything. We were in it together, with the two of us working as a team.”…
How to make the most of English asparagus
It’s that time of year again: when whatever has just come into season dictates supper. Asparagus will be around until June, overlapping briefly with its wintry counterpart,…
What losing 40lbs did for my mind and body
My diet has, alongside the 10 to 15 hours a week I cycle or paddleboard, brought about the weight loss and change in my physical shape. Previously,…
The invisible epidemic: Why trauma could be the reason for your illness
Unaddressed trauma can result in unhealthy coping mechanisms to alleviate the pain. Anything from bingeing on unhealthy food or overeating, drug abuse, or engaging in risky sexual…
French pharmacies have a cure for everything – and it’s usually a suppository
One of the reasons for the long queues and even longer chats is because, in France, the sort of fairly basic medication that we in Britain are…
Motorway speed limits should go up, not down
Sir Richard Branson’s call for the speed limit on motorways to be slashed to 60mph to beat Vladimir Putin is as wrong-headed as it is apparently hypocritical….
Keir Starmer should never be forgiven for backing Corbyn
The funny thing about peaceniks, with their apparently simple grasp of good and bad, is just how cunning they really are. They understand that, to most well-meaning…