PM’s £16bn defence splurge will make UK ‘greatest naval power in Europe’ once more 

Britain will become Europe’s greatest naval power again after a £16.5billion boost to defence spending, Boris Johnson vowed yesterday. The Prime Minister said he would ‘restore Britain’s position’ as the ruler of the waves rather than allow the UK to ‘curl up in our island and leave the task to our friends’. Billions of pounds of … Read more

We’ve got the urge to splurge: Is it time for some ‘comfort spending’?

As the virus crisis continues, households are cheering themselves up with some good old-fashioned retail therapy. The pandemic has again brought the country and economy to a standstill and threatens to inflict further financial woe. But one silver lining for some has been that with no need to commute, and pubs and restaurants shut, they … Read more

TOWIE’s Yazmin Oukhellou and on-again beau James Lock splurge on a Harrods shopping spree

They recently confirmed their had rekindled their rocky romance after going their separate ways last year after two years together. And Yazmin Oukhellou and her on-again beau James Lock appeared stronger than ever as they walked hand-in-hand through Knightsbridge, London, on Saturday. The TOWIE star, 26, and her boyfriend, 33, appeared to have been spending … Read more

DOMINIC SANDBROOK: A £1.6 TRILLION EU splurge. I was Remain… but what a relief we’re out!

For as long as I can remember, late night bust-ups have been par for the course at European Union meetings.  Even so, this week’s Brussels summit to rescue the EU’s pandemic-blighted economy was in a class of its own.  For more than four days, the leaders of the 27 member states were locked in sweatsodden … Read more

Birthday like Beckham! An £850,000 diamond ring – how to splurge when your family is worth £320m

Blinging, rare, money-can’t-buy or just a shade bonkers — if you want to Birthday Like Beckham a little imagination is required. This family — former footballer David, fashion boss Victoria and their children Brooklyn, 21, Romeo, 17, Cruz, 15, and Harper, eight — jointly worth an estimated £320million, like to celebrate each other’s milestones in … Read more