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Every Thursday, our Money blog team interviews chefs from around the UK, hearing about their cheap food hacks and more. This week, we chat to Richard Johns, chef-owner of The Plough in Wombleton, North Yorkshire.I have never believed in charging for service... We are certainly in the minority on this but do believe it is the customer's right to leave a service tip if they wish. The simplest tip to […]

The UK economy shrank more than expected in April as the worst of President Trump's tariffs hit.The standard measure of economic output (GDP) contracted a sharp 0.3% in April, data from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) showed. During the month, Mr Trump's so-called "Liberation Day" applied steep tariffs to countries around the world and sparked a trade war with China, the world's second-largest economy. The outcome is worse than […]

If you sat through the entire spending review speech delivered by Rachel Reeves in the House of Commons, you might have been lulled into a sense that the UK was awash with a wealth of riches as the chancellor sprinkled billions across the land.There were billions for social housing, nuclear power stations, rail lines and research and development to power the economy. There was money for schools, the police, the […]

It was billed as a massive moment in British economic policymaking - a juncture where the Labour government would turn its economic philosophy into a fiscal reality, running its finger down every line of public spending and overhauling the machinery of government for years to come.So, did the spending review live up to its hype? The answer, of course, is no. But then again, if you're expecting dramatic changes and […]

Day-to-day spending on the NHS will increase by £29bn a year, Rachel Reeves has announced as she accepted voters are yet to feel an improvement under Labour. Delivering her spending review, the chancellor also declared an end to the use of asylum hotels this parliament by investing in cutting the backlog and returning more people with no right to be here - which she said would save the taxpayer £1bn […]

Three boys - two aged 14 and a 16-year-old - have been charged with murder over the death of a 14-year-old who was stabbed in Manchester.Ibrahima Seck was found with stab wounds in New Moston after Greater Manchester Police were called to reports of a serious assault at around 5pm on Sunday.The accused - who cannot be named because of their ages - have also been charged with possession of […]

Fireworks, petrol bombs and glass bottles have been thrown at riot police as unrest in Ballymena continued for a second night.Water cannon and plastic baton rounds were used to disperse hundreds of protesters in the Co Antrim town - with officers wearing armour and carrying shields. Several blazes were reported in the worst-affected areas, with cars set alight and house windows smashed. Police sirens continued to blare throughout the town […]

President Trump's "anti-migrant rhetoric" may be helping the UK's tech industry, according to tech executives."If the US continues its foreign policy, anti-migrant rhetoric, it's going to put founders off and operators off," said Husayn Kassai, a founder of the UK's AI Hub and the chief executive of Quench AI. Image: Husayn Kassai, a founder of the UK's AI Hub, at London Tech Week "Already you have some students that were […]

Poundland's parent company is preparing to hand over tens of millions of pounds to help fund a takeover of the struggling British discount chain.Sky News has learnt that Warsaw-listed Pepco Group is expected to contribute a substantial eight-figure sum to finance Poundland's ongoing operations as part of a deal with Gordon Brothers which could be finalised as soon as this week. Sources close to the process insisted on Tuesday that […]