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Childcare providers have been hit by rise in employers’ national insurance announced by the Labour chancellor in the Budget Parents to be hit by 10% nursery fee rise in wake of Rachel Reeves’s tax hikes Parents face a significant financial hit with nursery fees set to soar by 10 per cent in the wake of Rachel Reeves’s controversial tax hikes on employers, a major new survey has found. They could also find themselves struggling to find a place for their child, with one in seven nursery businesses – and the government’s flagship expansion of free childcare places – now at…

Brexit divisions among farmers are endangering fight against Reeves’ tractor tax Anybody in Westminster on Monday watching the battalions of tractors being driven down Whitehall and around parliament square on end would be in no doubt about the strength of feeling in rural communities on the changes to inheritance tax. While the blaring horns gave politicians (and journalists) in the Palace of Westminster a headache for most of the day, the image on display was one of farmers and their supporters united in common cause – just as they had been in the previous two mass protests in Westminster. But the truth behind the…

James Howells’ former partner mistakenly dumped the hard drive in 2013 Man wants to buy landfill he believes his lost bitcoin fortune is buried in  A computer engineer who believes his Bitcoin hard drive worth nearly £600m is buried in a landfill is now considering buying the entire site to find it. James Howells says his former partner had mistakenly dumped the hard drive in 2013, only for it to increase in value to be now worth an estimated £598m. He has battled for a decade to recover the cryptocurrency from the landfill in Newport, Wales. But last month a…

Burnley MP Oliver Ryan has been suspended from the Labour Party for his role in the WhatsApp group scandal Second Labour MP suspended over WhatsApp group scandal A second Labour MP has been suspended from the party amid a row over alleged sexist, homophobic and racist messages in a constituency WhatsApp group. Labour has announced that Burnley MP Oliver Ryan has been administratively suspended from the party after a meeting with the chief whip Sir Alan Campbell this afternoon. The scandal had already cost Andrew Gwynne his job as a junior health minister, and now Mr Ryan, who used to…

Trump’s tariffs on steel have provoked panic that his administration could soon go after other products Starmer urged to spell out plan to fight Trump’s tariff trade war Labour has insisted it has a plan to deal with Donald Trump’s tariffs, as the latest threat to British steel production prompts demands for Sir Keir Starmer to set out his strategy. The US president on Monday announced a worldwide 25 per cent tariff on steel, triggering panic over the future of Britain’s fragile industry and raising fears that more trade fees could deepen problems for the UK economy, which is already…

US President Donald Trump issued a 25% steel and aluminium tariff on all countries on Monday, heightening fears of a potential trade war and increased consumer costs.

Linda Robson thinks ‘it would be fantastic’ to have a trans panelist on Loose Women Loose Women panelist Linda Robson thinks a trans panelist would be ‘fantastic’ on the popular daytime TV show. The host, 66, spoke to Metro on the red carpet of the TV Choice Awards and shared her hopes that the show may get the recognition it deserves during the event and her belief that the show has a bright future. When asked if she thinks it would be a good time for a trans panelist to join Loose Women, Linda is enthusiastic, saying: ‘Yeah it would…

New York Dolls co-founder and punk icon David Johansen has shocked fans with the revelation that he has a brain tumour and stage four cancer. The news first broke via a Sweet Relief Fund in the 75-year-old’s name seeking to raise money for his treatment and ongoing care. Leah Hennessey, the singer’s daughter, revealed the extent of her 75-year-old father’s health issues on the site. She wrote: ‘Five years ago at the beginning of the pandemic we discovered that David’s cancer had progressed and he had a brain tumor. ‘There have been complications ever since. He’s never made his diagnosis public, as he and…

The Traitors winner Leanne Quigley has shown remarkable restraint after her bank balance was boosted by five figures. The 28-year-old veteran bagged £47,300 after successfully banishing all the traitors with fellow faithful Jake Brown, 28, on the BBC show earlier this year. While Leanne has had an agonising wait until after the show aired to splash the cash, she confirmed to Metro at the TV Choice Awards that she had finally been paid last week. However, the mother-of-two revealed she had resisted the urge to go on a shopping spree and instead had yet to touch the huge sum to…

Viewers of the new BBC drama Virdee all have the same complaint about the detective thriller series. The new series, about turf wars in the dark criminal underbelly of Bradford, premiered tonight on the broadcaster. The series follows detective Detective Harry Virdee (played by Staz Nair) as he takes charge of an investigation into the murder of a young drug dealer. His ethics are soon tested when he enlists the help of his drug kingpin brother-in-law to track down the killer, creating a web of deception. As fans tuned into the show, they struggled to adjust to the camera angles which…