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The government has ordered banks to protect people struggling to pay their mortgages as interest rates were predicted to rise as high as 6% by the end of the year.

Tourists think it’s all tea at The Ritz or bumping into Hugh Grant and his floppy hair, but for a true London experience, you really need to have your bike stolen. And once seized, there’s precious little chance of getting it back.

Shadow chancellor Rachel Reeves has accused energy firms of making “war profits” from the surge in oil and gas prices following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

The UK’s economy shrank by 0.3% in March, with the first quarter of 2023 seeing “sluggish growth” of 0.1%, placing the UK once again towards the bottom of the league table of developed economies.

I’ve finally realised who Jeremy Hunt reminds me of – Arsène Wenger. During his later, less successful period at the club, the then-Arsenal manager would often comment after matches how his team dropped a little bit physically in the second half but showed top mental strength.

Today, energy regulator Ofgem announced that the price cap would rise on 1 October from £1,971 to £3,549. It gets worse. Cornwall Insight, the consultancy that previously predicted today’s rise to the virtual penny, warns it’ll climb to nearly £7,000 a year by next April.

If this was a reality TV show, producers would have intervened to stop it getting this toxic

'Omg what an unnerving intro that was - I genuinely thought they were both cardboard cut-outs or waxworks'

Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak will go head-to-head in a BBC debate on Monday night

Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak are set to battle it out in a live TV debate on Monday

Former chancellor and foreign secretary set to trade blows