Cabinet tussle over £10bn pot for cladding victims

Pressure is mounting on the Chancellor to sanction a £10billion rescue package for families hit by the building safety scandal. Rishi Sunak is being pressed by Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick to come up with a multi-billion-pound deal to repair homes with dangerous cladding.  Ministers are considering imposing a levy on construction firms to make them atone … Read more

Feisty kitten tries to start tussle with uninterested two year-old as he watches Sesame Street

Cat fight! Moment feisty kitten tries to start tussle with uninterested two year-old toddler as he watches Sesame Street The video shows Marshall the kitten tapping and hissing at two-year-old Rory  Toddler is too busy watching TV at home in Sudbury, Ontario, to notice the cat  Rory’s mother, Kailtin Rorison, captured footage in her living … Read more

HENRY DEEDES: The tussle for Texas is as tight as bark on a tree 

Highland Park is a rich man’s playground where the money runs so thick through the streets it practically bubbles out of the potholes. Row after row of chocolate box houses are dutifully patrolled by members of the town’s very own public safety officers. Out in front, every drive is immaculately manicured, while freshly minted Ferraris … Read more

SEBASTIAN SHAKESPEARE: William Cash gets forced out of hedge fund bible after bitter legal tussle 

His private life has been tumultuous. But, throughout it all, thrice-married publisher William Cash has enjoyed impressive commercial success, most notably with Spear’s luxury magazine for hedge funders and City slickers, whose readers reputedly have more than £5 million each to their names. Now, though, I can disclose that Cash has been obliged to resign … Read more