Porn company fined £1.35m by Ofcom over age verification failings

The increase for those on variable deals comes as the higher wholesale costs, faced by suppliers, feeds through to bills. The conflict in Iran scuppered Bank of England UK inflation targets of 2% over the next five years. Regulator Ofgem said the war means a household using a typical amount of gas and electricity will…

Jones, who was also previously chief secretary to the Treasury, wrote on X, external that the Digital ID programme was unfunded. While praising the VAT cut as “good”, he said “the government will have to set out how it will pay for its new policies at the budget”. Conservative Shadow Chancellor Mel Stride also criticised…

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The scheme is designed to support firms that are high energy users in sectors such as automotive and aerospace, steel producers, metal fabricators, pharmaceutical and medical supplies companies, recycling businesses, plastic producers, nuclear fuel processors, and cooling and ventilation equipment manufacturers, the government said.