Put Thames Water into special administration, Lib Dems tell ministers Party calls for firm to be wound up as it seeks shareholder bailout, higher bills and lower fines The Guardian - UK · Mar 15, 2024
Wednesday briefing: How ‘unprecedented’ vet costs have made pets almost unaffordable In today’s newsletter: As a watchdog says it will investigate ‘unprecedented’ complaints about the cost of owning a pet, here’s how prices got out of control The Guardian - UK · Mar 13, 2024
Brexit: Minister hails closer ties with Texas but no free trade deal with US or India ‘This Conservative government’s cowboy trade policy is shooting the British public in the foot,’ says Lib-Dem Sarah Olney as ministers boast of better links with Texas but no post-Brexit free trade deal with America Evening Standard · Mar 12, 2024
Come clean on secret taxpayer rescue plans for Thames Water, MP demands Exclusive: Sarah Olney to press in parliament for details of scheme being drawn up in event of supplier’s collapse The Guardian - UK · Mar 12, 2024
Environment Agency says white foam at Teddington Lock was natural occurrence as sewage row intensifies Row comes after MP Sarah Olney had described the scene at Teddington Lock as ‘absolutely disgusting’ and ‘clear environmental hazard’ Evening Standard · Mar 7, 2024
London crime shock as 30,000 burglaries are unsolved in 12 months Just 1,103 cases - 2.9% - reported between September 2022 and September 2023 resulted in a suspect being charged Evening Standard · Jan 29, 2024
Hammersmith Bridge: Thames crossing repair bill soars to £250million raising fears it won't ever reopen to traffic Tories say it should be renamed 'Sadiq Khan Bridge' to highlight mayor's alleged inaction Evening Standard · Jan 18, 2024
Night flights at Heathrow have 'catastrophic effect' on residents and should be banned, says MP Richmond Park MP Sarah Olney has accused ministers of 'keeping their heads in the sand' over the issue Evening Standard · Jan 15, 2024
MoD reveals list of more than 150 stolen items – from decommissioned machine gun to a tumble dryer Automatic weapons and assault ladders were among more than a hundred items stolen The Independent UK · Jan 15, 2024
Violent incidents on London Underground 'rise 75 per cent', British Transport Police say Lib Dem MP Sarah Olney speaks out about figures on Tube network Evening Standard · Jan 14, 2024
Rise in sexual offences on the Tube, British Transport Police figures show 'Women deserve to feel safe, yet these alarming figures risk telling a different story,' MP Sarah Olney says Evening Standard · Jan 10, 2024
New York Times accuses ChatGPT maker OpenAI and Microsoft of copyright infringement – as it happened Rolling coverage of the latest economic and financial news, as news publisher says AI tools use its content without permission The Guardian - UK · Dec 27, 2023
Sunak slapped down by stats watchdog for claiming to have reduced debt PM may have ‘undermined trust’ with claims about falling debt, says UK Statistics Authority The Independent UK · Dec 19, 2023
Sunak challenged by watchdog over claim to have cut public debt Statements by PM may have undermined trust in government’s use of statistics, says regulator The Guardian - UK · Dec 19, 2023
Evening Standard · Dec 3, 2023 Avoiding winter crisis in NHS is 'number one priority', Health Secretary says Winter planning started much earlier than normal, Victoria Atkins says, with 5,000 hospital beds built and 800 new ambulances
The Independent UK · Nov 24, 2023 Calls for inquiry after 2,000 Government devices lost or stolen in last year The Government has spent at least £944,092 replacing the lost devices.
The Guardian - UK · Nov 20, 2023 A third in UK missed work in 2022 due to delays accessing NHS care Polling by Savanta shows 19% were not able to go to work as they were waiting for a GP appointment
The Independent UK · Sep 22, 2023 Mortgage payments in blue wall ‘up by £3,000 after Truss’, Lib Dems say The party is branding the increase a ‘Truss tax’ as it seeks to target traditionally Conservative seats in southern England.
Evening Standard · Aug 10, 2023 Met Police community support officer numbers fall 30% since 2015 Lib Dem MP for Richmond Park, Sarah Olney, says communities are ‘paying the price’ for ‘brutal’ funding cuts
Evening Standard · Aug 6, 2023 One in six cut back on summer holidays over cost-of-living spike, poll says Nearly two fifths were eating out less and fewer people were travelling to visit friends and family, a study indicated.
The Independent UK · Aug 1, 2023 Dismay as BP and Shell see huge profits while oil and gas prices fall BP and Shell have continued to report multi-billion pound profits despite a drop in energy prices.
The Independent UK · Aug 1, 2023 Banks under fire as HSBC profits surge while borrowers are squeezed The chair of the Treasury Committee said the latest figures show major lenders are not sufficiently passing on higher interest rates to savers
The Week · Jul 5, 2023 Why aren’t soaring interest rates bringing down inflation? Rishi Sunak has blamed the high number of fixed-rate mortgages for his government’s failure to bring down inflation.
The Independent UK · Jul 4, 2023 Average five-year fixed-rate mortgage tops 6% Across all deposit sizes, the typical rate on the market on Tuesday was 6.01%, according to data on Tuesday.
The Independent UK · Jun 23, 2023 What do the mortgage measures agreed on Friday mean for struggling borrowers? Extra help has been announced for struggling mortgage borrowers, following a meeting between Chancellor Jeremy Hunt and banks.