John Healey has hit adult gaming centres with 25% tax. Undercover footage shows how they lure customersThe last of five £20 notes disappears into the slot machine as The Verve’s Bittersweet Symphony plays over the shop’s sound...
Read MoreChancellor’s comments come as fiscal watchdog says disability benefits will cost £100bn a year before end of decadeBusiness live – latest updatesJohn Healey had said there will be a reduction in the welfare bill before the next...
Read MoreOn the eve of my 40th birthday, I was doused with cold water at a train station. Before, I would have shrugged it off. But suddenly I realised it was time to assert myselfIt was the evening before my 40th birthday – a freezing...
Read MoreThree-quarters of all responses were machine-generated in failed attempt to stop bill from passing into law, research findsAI bots flooded a government consultation with tens of thousands of fake responses in a failed attempt to...
Read MoreMisogyny prevention fund to help tackle sexism at work, school and in public places across UK• UK politics live – latest updatesThe chancellor will give £15m to a dedicated fund to tackle misogyny in workplaces, schools and...
Read MoreProposed lifting of paywall would reveal who owns vast majority of land in England and WalesPlans by the government to give the public free access for the first time to information on who owns England’s land are at risk of being...
Read MoreControversial mechanism that hit unpaid carers with huge penalties to be scrapped following Guardian investigationThe controversial rule that led to unpaid carers being punished with penalties amounting to thousands of pounds is...
Read MoreRetirees will get a personal allowance aligned with the new state pension, but experts say it could get complicatedRetirees in the UK on low incomes are expected to be given a new personal allowance so that they do not have to...
Read MoreExclusive: Ministers planning overhaul of apprenticeship funding to increase cost of over-25s training, Guardian understandsBritain’s largest employers have told the government that forcing businesses to pay more to train older...
Read MoreDowning Street will allocate a further £432m in this week’s budget, bringing total funding for finding a ‘lasting solution’ to nearly £900mAndy Burnham is to double spending on ending rough sleeping to almost £900m by the end of...
Read MoreA new report has found many crops are far less nutritious than they once were, so we need to eat more of them. Here is how to get your five portions of fruit and veg a day, easily and affordably – and potentially increase that...
Read MorePreviously considered a middle-class drug, price drops have made cocaine more widely available, and created a new set of problemsCocaine-linked crimes on the rise in Britain as consumption surgesAgeing users and record deaths –...
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