Category: News
New ‘buy now, pay later’ rules to protect UK shoppers from 2026
Shoppers who use “buy now, pay later” loans are to get new safeguards against unaffordable borrowing and credit card-style protection for their purchases, under rules [more…]
Jenrick and Badenoch to face off in GB News Tory leadership showdown – UK politics live
Robert Jenrick gets to give his five-minute opening pitch first. He starts by telling us the Tories “have got to deliver on immigration”. He says [more…]
Wife of Tory councillor jailed for stirring racial hatred after Southport attack
A childminder married to a Conservative councillor has been jailed after calling for hotels housing asylum seekers to be set on fire after the Southport [more…]
Tory MP says Badenoch too ‘preoccupied with her children’ to lead party
A veteran Conservative MP has sparked outrage after saying he would not support Kemi Badenoch to be the Tory party leader because she is “preoccupied [more…]
Akshata Murty could receive up to £7.5m after Infosys increases dividend
Infosys, one of India’s largest software companies, has reported an increase in its dividend, with a significant payout for the leader of the opposition, Rishi [more…]
Netherlands mulls sending rejected African asylum seekers to Uganda
The Dutch coalition government, headed by Geert Wilders’ far-right Freedom party (PVV), is considering sending Africans whose asylum requests are rejected to Uganda, in plans [more…]
Liam Payne, former One Direction singer, dies aged 31
Liam Payne, a former member of the boyband One Direction, has died aged 31 after falling from a third-floor hotel room in Buenos Aires, police [more…]
Negative stereotypes in international media cost Africa £3.2bn a year – report
Africa loses up to £3.2bn yearly in inflated interest payments on sovereign debt due to persistent negative stereotypes that dominate international media coverage of the [more…]
More EU leaders expected to back calls for offshore asylum centres
A growing number of European leaders are expected to back calls for offshore immigration centres, as the EU casts around for tougher measures to stop [more…]
Explosion kills scores of Nigerians collecting fuel from crashed tanker
More than 140 people have died in an explosion while rushing to scoop up fuel from a crashed tanker in north-west Nigeria, in one of [more…]
