The pandemic caused the world’s middle class to shrink for the first time since the 1990s last year, according to an estimate based on World Bank data. Another estimate showed that almost two-thirds of households in developing economies reported that they had suffered loss in income in 2020. A study from non-partisan research group Pew … Read more
UK will hold trade talks with countries that have poor record on human rights, says Dominic Raab Raab warned ready to strike deals with countries not meeting Western standards Will say Britain show cement is role as ‘force for good in the world’ this decade Comes as PM claims Britain would use trade policy to … Read more
People who can’t handle any time without social media apps on their smartphone are more likely to grind their teeth and struggle to fall asleep, according to a new study. Researchers at Tel Aviv University compared the behaviour of people using normal smartphones to those with kosher phones which are stripped of most apps. Kosher … Read more
Wealthy boyfriend wants to DUMP his ‘low class’ girlfriend because she dresses in ‘cheap’ clothes and can’t afford to dine at five-star restaurants with him A wealthy man has revealed he feels uncomfortable dating his ‘poor’ girlfriend Jake said he has a high-flying job working as a boss of a tech company in Sydney But his … Read more
A millionaire who started his first business at the age of 25 is helping a single mother-of-three launch her own company after the pair met on a reality TV show. Adam Stott, 34, a self-made multimillionaire who lives in Essex, met single mother Kiptieu Sheriff on Rich House, Poor House on Channel 5. The pair … Read more
Gordon Ramsay’s new primetime game show Bank Balance is reportedly facing the chop after just two weeks on air amid poor ratings. The chef’s show kicked off on 24 February with over two million viewers, but that number is said to have rapidly dropped to just 1.6 million within two days. And now BBC bosses … Read more
Poor leadership and management is behind ‘mass exodus’ of police officers, research shows after 2,363 cops quit last year Number of officers resigning has doubled in the past eight years, data revealed Main reason for leaving was given as poor management, such as lack of support Employees also said they felt they had lack of … Read more
A refugee mother-of-three who struggled to make ends meet after her husband’s death reduced viewers to tears on last night’s Rich House, Poor House. Kiptieu, who came to the UK fleeing the war in Sierra Leone, lives in Abbey Wood, London, with her three children in a small two-bedroom council flat. Her husband died two … Read more
A wealthy pair of high-flying executives swapped their usual lavish holiday with a budget break volunteering at a local animal shelter on Rich Holiday, Poor Holiday. In tomorrow’s episode of the Channel 5 show, Julia and Katya, who both work in luxury lifestyle management and live in the affluent London suburb of Wimbledon, ditched their ‘private yachts and jets’ … Read more
Trinity College Cambridge sparks fury by cutting poor students’ bursaries in HALF while also banning them from working full or part-time in term time Trinity College Cambridge slashed bursaries for undergraduates by 50 per cent Comes after students were urged not to return to university accommodation College said members of Trinity’s Council are required to … Read more