Victoria Beckham admits she can’t afford a show at Fashion Week this year

Victoria Beckham has admitted she can’t afford to put on a runway show during Fashion Week in September. Speaking to Evening Standard editor Emily Sheffield for London Rising on Thursday, the 47-year-old designer confessed her eponymous label is struggling financially after the pandemic.  She also lamented that big labels such as Burberry and Chanel will be … Read more

Can investors afford to ignore China despite its human rights record?

Britain now has the tricky task of striking a trade deal with China without turning a blind eye to the powerful nation’s dire human rights record. The Asian superpower is never far from controversy and is even considered a security threat to the UK economy. But where does this leave investors trading in China? Can … Read more

Tommy Robinson will represent himself at libel trial because he ‘can’t afford a lawyer’, court hears

Tommy Robinson will represent himself in a libel trial next month because he ‘cannot afford a lawyer’, the High Court has heard. The English Defence League founder, whose real name is Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, is being sued by a Syrian refugee who was filmed being attacked in a school playground. A video showing Jamal Hijazi, then … Read more

Loan gripes soar as families struggle to afford repayments in pandemic

Loan gripes soar during the pandemic as families struggle to afford repayments By Amelia Murray For The Daily Mail Published: 22:01 GMT, 2 March 2021 | Updated: 22:01 GMT, 2 March 2021 Complaints about loans soared last year as families struggled to afford repayments in the pandemic. Guarantor loans, which are typically taken out with … Read more

Clean air zones may price cars off the road: Half a million drivers might not be able to afford fees

Clean air zones may price cars off the road: Half a million drivers might not be able to afford fees to enter eco-friendly cities, motoring group warns Half a million motorists in London and Birmingham face clean air zone charges Birmingham is introducing a clean air zone on June 1, with a daily fee of … Read more

Confidence in being able to afford retirement has surged among young

Young people now care much more about pensions, with interest often sparked after they save a £5,000 pot, new research claims. Over the past three years, there has been a 58 per cent rise in 18 to 34-year-olds who feel confident that they will be able to afford retirement. What that requires varies according to … Read more

JANET STREET-PORTER: I’m not down and out and I can’t afford to fly to Dubai so how CAN I get jab? 

JANET STREET-PORTER: I would drop everything and crawl to any location. So far, nought. If you’re loaded or homeless, you’ve got more chance of getting a jab in the next couple of weeks than most pensioners (me included). Travel agents are offering trips to Dubai by private jet for a jab – for £40,000 a pop. … Read more

Olivia Attwood defends blazer after being slammed by fans for suggesting they could not afford it

Olivia Attwood has hit out at trolls who accused of patronising her followers for suggesting they couldn’t afford her £1,595 designer Balmain blazer.  The Love Island star, 29, was taking part in a Q&A on her Instagram story on Friday night, when a fan had asked her where she had purchased the black blazer she … Read more

SIMON WALTERS: The huge Brexit gamble that Boris Johnson can’t afford to dodge 

Until last night, it was tempting to think that the acrimonious fallout from Boris Johnson’s dinner with European Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen in Brussels was entirely stage-managed. That it is all part of a carefully choreographed diplomatic dance which allows each side to prove to their respective supporters that they have fought tooth … Read more

Boy George willing to return to The Voice on Channel Seven – but maintains they ‘can’t afford him’

Boy George says he’s willing to return to The Voice on Channel Seven – but maintains the network ‘can’t afford him’ By Jabeen Waheed For Daily Mail Australia Published: 04:53 GMT, 8 December 2020 | Updated: 04:53 GMT, 8 December 2020 He recently revealed that he ‘kindly’ agreed to a pay cut to stay on … Read more