UK Shoppers Warned as Vegetable Oil and Sugar Prices Soar Amid Global Energy Crisis Tuesday, April 7, 2026 foodprices inflation vegetableoil sugar energycrisis middleeast farming imports uk agriculture Food prices across the UK have seen a sharp increase in March, primarily driven by escalating energy costs resulting from the ongoing Middle East conflict, according to the United Nations. The most significant price hikes … Read More
'I should have killed them' - Handsworth shop worker who took baseball bat to curry house fight Tuesday, April 7, 2026 handsworth assault weapon baseballbat disorder fight selfdefense court crime shopworker Mathanraj Viveganandan, a 36-year-old married man known for his good character, found himself in court after a confrontation erupted near his mother’s corner shop in Handsworth. On the evening of March 12, a disturbance … Read More
Labour Urged to Extend Fully Paid Maternity Leave for Teachers to 26 Weeks Tuesday, April 7, 2026 maternity education teachers labour nasuwt union dfe leave retention pay Labour faces pressure to introduce a new policy extending fully paid maternity leave for UK teachers to 26 weeks, a move advocated by the NASUWT teachers’ union to help prevent a growing exodus from the profession. The union … Read More
£125 Earnings Threshold Scrapped: 1.2 Million UK Workers Gain Statutory Sick Pay Eligibility Tuesday, April 7, 2026 statutory sickpay ukworkers employment tradeunions eligibility earnings employers legislation benefits From today, a significant shift in UK sick pay rules will impact up to 9.6 million workers, including 1.2 million newly eligible employees who previously earned too little to qualify. Historically, employees had to earn at … Read More
Sir Keir Starmer’s Advisor Urges Extension of Fuel Duty Cut Amid Rising Prices Tuesday, April 7, 2026 fuel duty inflation costofliving diesel labour government energy prices taxation As diesel prices soar to 185p per litre, Lord Richard Walker—the executive chairman of Iceland and Sir Keir Starmer’s cost of living tsar—has urged the Labour government to consider extending or increasing fuel duty cuts to … Read More
DWP Urged to Scrap Costly State Pension Triple Lock Benefit Tuesday, April 7, 2026 pensions dwp triplelock statepension reform pensionincrease funding policy taxrelief retirement The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has been urged to reconsider the state pension Triple Lock, a policy that guarantees state pension increases each year by the highest of earnings growth, inflation, or 2.5%. Tom … Read More