Matt Hancock defends 1 per cent pay offer for NHS staff amid claims that it is actually a pay CUT

‘It IS a pay rise’: Matt Hancock defends 1 per cent pay offer for NHS staff amid claims that it is actually a pay CUT because inflation is due to rise this year The Health Secretary told MPs that the proposed offer was  ‘affordable’  Was asked whether it was a pay increase or a real-terms … Read more

Pub owners ‘turn down $50million offer’ from rival pub barons Stu Laundy and Justin Hemmes

Pub owners ‘turn down $50million offer’ from rival pub barons Stu Laundy and Justin Hemmes amid Byron Bay property war By Monique Friedlander For Daily Mail Australia Published: 05:00 GMT, 14 March 2021 | Updated: 05:00 GMT, 14 March 2021 The Byron Bay property market has recently become a hot spot for deep-pocketed investors hoping … Read more

Chancellor Rishi Sunak may offer health workers a one-off bonus to defuse the row over NHS pay

Chancellor Rishi Sunak may offer health workers a one-off bonus to defuse the row over NHS pay Unions angered by a proposed one per cent rise for NHS, threatening strikes  In response, Ministers said rest of the public sector was having a pay freeze  Sources claim a one off bonus could avoid a U-turn and … Read more

Cunard to offer luxurious staycation cruises around the UK this summer on Queen Elizabeth

Cunard to offer luxurious staycation cruises around the UK this summer on Queen Elizabeth in place of a number of international voyages Sailings will be from Cunard’s home port of Southampton and in UK waters  Queen Elizabeth’s summer Mediterranean fly-cruise season is now cancelled  P&O Cruises is also offering UK staycation cruises this summer  By … Read more

Russian Colonel’s extraordinary offer on International Women’s Day 

Is your boyfriend cheating on you? Tell us and we’ll conscript him into the Russian Army: Colonel’s extraordinary offer on International Women’s Day Russian women are urged to avenge cheating boyfriends by telling the army   Colonel Yury Khromov, 63, told them to supply the army with the identities  Some 263,000 Russian men aged between 18 … Read more

These British farms offer the perfect escape to the country

We’ve been cooped up for so long that the chance to go free-range in Britain once lockdown eases will make this spring really special. With the big outdoors beckoning at last, it’s no surprise that bookings for farm stays are soaring. And while there are plenty of places that offer rustic simplicity by the acre, … Read more

Boris Johnson refuses to rule out Covid bonus for NHS staff amid fury over a 1 per cent pay offer

Boris Johnson refuses to rule out following Scotland’s example and giving NHS staff a Covid bonus amid fury over a 1 per cent pay rise offer – as it is revealed three-quarters of those who would receive the real-terms pay cut are women By David Wilcock, Whitehall Correspondent For Mailonline Published: 14:33 GMT, 8 March … Read more

P&O Cruises to offer Brits staycation ‘escape’ trips that will go on sale later in March 

P&O Cruises cancels some of its trips abroad this summer so it can offer Britons staycation voyages for the first time The trips are being billed by the cruise line as ‘the ultimate summer escapes’  The cruises, which will sail from Southampton, will go on sale later in March  In normal times, all P&O Cruises’s … Read more

P&O to offer Britons a series of staycation ‘escape’ trips that will go on sale later in March 

P&O cancels some of its cruises abroad this summer so it can offer Britons staycation trips for the first time By Ted Thornhill, Mailonline Travel Editor Published: 16:58 GMT, 3 March 2021 | Updated: 16:58 GMT, 3 March 2021 A fresh set of British summer staycation options will soon be docking – in the form … Read more

New 5% deposit mortgages: Which lenders will offer them and when can I get one? 

The Government has announced a plan to guarantee mortgages with five per cent deposits, encouraging banks to lend to those with smaller savings pots. In today’s Budget, Chancellor Rishi Sunak confirmed that the Government would back the home loans, which will be available on homes costing up to £600,000.  The scheme will begin in April … Read more