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September is the month to sort your life out. Listen to this article At least that’s what I’m telling myself as autumnal air replaces the...
Banks should not compensate consumers simply because an investment goes wrong. Listen to this article Investment involves risk. Sometimes businesses...
There's a sentence I hear almost every week, from clients, from strangers at parties, from people who've never met me: "I was so good...
We’re living through an epidemic of violence against women across the world, but also here, in the UK. Listen to this article The first day back...
British people famously love to queue, no matter the occasion. Traditionally, this has looked like a long line, such as the Wimbledon tennis queue, or...
We’ve all heard the horror stories and in fact I hear them most weeks on the LBC Consumer Hour. Listen to this article A builder takes a £20,000...
I find it troubling that post-holiday dread and anxiety are often accepted as an inevitable part of returning to work. Listen to this article Although...
Andy Burnham’s first few weeks as Prime Minister has been defined by not what he has done, but by how he has communicated. Listen to this article...
There have been decades of scandals in the NHS, from Mid Staffordshire to Morecambe Bay, Shrewsbury and Telford, to East Kent and Nottingham. Listen...
When January rolls around, many of us feel like it's the prime moment to reset our finances. New year, new budget, new you. Listen to this...
It’s been three days since seven people died in a horrific car crash in Middlesbrough - two of them serving police officers. Listen to this article...
Could the Harry and Meghan psychodrama finally be over? Listen to this article It’s been six years since Harry’s self-titled ‘Freedom Flight’:...
The tragedy on the A66, in which seven people lost their lives, including two serving police officers, has left the policing family devastated. Listen...
For decades, society has told young people that university is the clearest route to a successful career - a view hardened in 1999 when the Government...
By Isobel Anderson Morris Britain’s property market has spent much of the past year waiting for confidence to return. Listen to this article Higher...
It’s not sunburn that leaves thousands of British holidaymakers red-faced each year. Listen to this article It’s assuming that you can always pay...
More and more, it feels like annual leave is becoming a fleeting respite from Britain’s increasingly demanding work culture. Listen to this article...
Britain has enough electricity. The challenge is not whether we have enough power; it is how we manage the system securely and cost-effectively for...
Football has always been a useful guide to what Britain is comfortable selling. Listen to this article For the first time, gambling companies were...
Ricky Gervais has said that after 44 years together with his partner he might be finally obligated to marry Jane Fallon for tax reasons. Listen to...
During the 19th and early 20th centuries, the London Wharfs were at the centre of the global economy. Now most of them have been transformed into...
Britain’s love of talking about the weather is by no means new. Listen to this article Sun, snow or storm, its unpredictable nature has made weather...
Want LBC stories before everyone else? Set us as your Preferred Source on Google As critics write Sir Keir Starmer’s contribution to British history...
European dependency on foreign technology has been in the news recently with breathless headlines about ‘kill switches’ and risks to critical...
By Isobel Anderson Morris Holiday homework, anyone? The phrase could almost be mistaken for an English lesson on oxymorons. Listen to this article...
Hard-working families spend all year saving for a well-deserved holiday, whether abroad or here in the UK. Yet wherever they go, the taxman is never...
Britain’s phone network is changing for good. By January 2027, the traditional network that carries landline calls, the Public Switched Telephone...
Imagine a financial product is considered so risky that the regulator says it should not normally be marketed to ordinary consumers. You’d assume...
Could the generation accused of turning its back on the traditional night out end up helping the British pub? Listen to this article It sounds...
This summer, households across England have again been asked to limit water use as reservoirs have fallen, rivers have run low, and drought conditions...
For years, standard advice to consumers about scams has been simple: look for warning signs, such as poor spelling, strange email addresses,...
Listen to this article It was once the most important document in a jobseeker’s portfolio. We laboured over its every word. We edited, we crafted,...
This month, Andy Burnham embarked on his cost-of-living tour, outlining measures from his Cost-of-Living Government, including rules to end...
Wearable tech is a growing market - these days, almost everyone has a smart watch tracking everything from steps to sleep. Listen to this article With...
As someone who has somehow spent a decent chunk of the last few years writing about pubs, pints and finding Britain’s best boozers, you would think...
Headlines are dominated by the government's decision on whether to open the oil and gas fields Rosebank and Jackdaw. Listen to this article...
By Dr Charlotte Littlewood Prevent is the government programme schools and others use when they're worried someone is being drawn towards...
School was a miserable experience for me. Listen to this article My brain simply did not work in the way the school expected it to. The divergence...
When was the last time you had to be told not to rape someone? Listen to this article Or not to have sex with a child? Or not to beat up your wife?...
The Government is right about one thing: illegal waste dumping in Britain is no longer simply an environmental nuisance. Listen to this article It is...
By Ruth from Mums for Lungs Good news can be hard to come by, but here it is: scientists have been stunned by how quickly children’s lungs have...
Banks constantly tell consumers to be vigilant about scams. Listen to this article Stop. Think. Check who you’re paying. Look for warning signs and...
The latest inflation figures are a timely reminder that the pressure on household budgets is far from over. Listen to this article UK inflation rose...
I remember the heatwaves and drought of 1975 and 76; how ironic that now, we are suffering from the worst drought in 50 years. Listen to this article...
Thirty days in and our Prime Minister looks like a man who is enjoying the job … a fat positive that’s not to be underestimated. Listen to this...
By Megan Corton Scott Britain has experienced five periods of extreme heat since May. Listen to this article They are estimated to have contributed to...
Britain spends a lot of time arguing about whether we’re tough enough on crime. Listen to this article We spend less time asking whether the things...
I can’t tell you how inspired I was to hear Andy Burnham, on his first day as prime minister, announce this government’s commitment to finally end...
Serving in our national Parliament is an honour few receive and even fewer people who look like me, have a background like mine or my kind of surname....
Britain has managed to create an apprenticeship system where money meant to help people get into work ends up paying to train people who are already...
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