Cheap mortgages may soon be a thing of the past as experts warn ‘perfect storm’ could push up rates

Mortgage rates may be about to get more expensive despite unprecedented measures from the Bank of England designed to keep them low. Brokers say a ‘perfect storm’ of issues indicate that mortgage rates, which are currently still at historical lows, may soon rise as the coronavirus lockdown ravages many households’ finances. At the same time, … Read more

‘Stretched’ universities face being overwhelmed by A-level U-turn

Universities have been thrown into chaos over the Government’s exams U-turn last night as 55,000 pupils scramble for the remaining places and 80,000 students plan to appeal their results. The industry’s main umbrella body said universities were seeking ‘urgent clarification’ on how to accommodate students they had earlier refused because of A-level results downgrades.  55,000 … Read more

Clown’ Gavin Williamson is savaged by the British press over exams ‘farce’

Gavin Williamson was today savaged over the A-level and GCSE exams ‘farce’ by the British press which called for the Education Secretary to be sacked and described him as a ‘clown’. The Daily Mail used the headline ‘Another fine mess’, with a cartoon of Prime Minister Boris Johnson and Mr Williamson as Laurel and Hardy, … Read more

Mercedes spins out of control and narrowly misses a car as it smashes into petrol station forecourt

Mercedes spins out of control on rain-soaked bypass and narrowly misses another car as it smashes into petrol station forecourt A driver seemingly lost control of a car and crashed into a BP garage in Swanley Video footage shows a black Mercedes spin across the rain-soaked A20 bypass The car narrowly misses another vehicle turning … Read more

Steve Webb’s 12 best pension columns

Former Pensions Minister Steve Webb is This is Money’s agony uncle and we’ve compiled 12 of his best and most popular answers to readers. Some are on topics people write in about week after week, while others are a little more off beat. Steve, who is now a partner at pensions consultant LCP, says:  ‘We’ve picked … Read more

Flight of friendship: Israeli and German fighter jets flyover Dachau death camp

Israeli and German fighter jets will today honour Holocaust victims with a symbolic flyover of Dachau concentration camp to mark the countries’ fight against anti-Semitism. Israeli F-16s and Eurofighter jets of the German Luftwaffe will also overfly the nearby Fuerstenfeldbruck airbase to commemorate the massacre at the 1972 Munich Olympics that left 11 Israelis dead. … Read more