Chancellor Jeremy Hunt rules out big tax cuts

Never one to hold back when it comes to her brutally honest opinion, Katie Price has today slammed the stars of Loose Women, branding the ITV panellists "disrespectful". Katie's son Junior, 18 - whom she shares with ex-husband Peter Andre - recently made an appearance on the much-loved lunch-time show to promote his brand new music, with the series regulars asking him about growing up with famous parents.

Manchester United Women star Gabby George faces an extended period on the sidelines after being diagnosed with an anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injury.

Music Venue Trust (MVT) have said that grassroots venues in the UK are heading for “disaster” without intervention as more venues face closure – repeating the call for large arenas to invest back into the grassroots.Speaking on a panel about the future of grassroots music at Manchester’s inaugural ‘Beyond The Music‘ conference on Friday (October 13), Mark Davyd, CEO of MVT, said over the last 12 months, “127 music venues of the grassroots type have stopped programming live music or closed down entirely” – something he described as a “fucking disaster” – despite the fact 2023 has been “the best year in history for live music receipts” with the industry making over £765million in 2022.Davyd, who was speaking on a panel alongside representatives from Manchester’s AO Arena, Manchester’s Co-op Live, MIF/Factory International and Rachael Flaszczak, Managing Director of The Snug – a venue that was recently saved by MVT under its new ownership scheme – said “it’s completely unacceptable that our music industry is letting music collapse underneath it while it’s making the maximum amount of money it’s ever made in the history of music.”He continued: “That is ridiculous. It’s totally unacceptable to me.

Freezing working-age benefits next year could save the Treasury more than £4bn but at a “terrible cost” of plunging an additional 400,000 children into poverty, it has been warned. The Resolution Foundation said its research suggested that scrapping the uprating of working-age benefits in line with prices inflation next year would reduce the incomes of nine million households by an average of £470.

Scotland fans were left distraught after Scott McTominay’s stunning free-kick was ruled out last night.

Paris Fury isn't ruling out having an eighth baby with husband Tyson Fury just weeks after welcoming their seventh child.

Paris Fury has revealed that she and husband Tyson haven't completely ruled out having baby number eight. The doting mum-of-seven announced that she’d given birth to her seventh child, a baby boy called Prince Rico Paris Fury, on Monday 18 September after sharing the happy news exclusively with OK!. Sharing the announcement, Paris, 33, and Tyson said: “We're over the moon to have welcomed our baby boy to the Fury family.

Gemma Atkinson has ruled out having a third baby - and cheekily told Gorka Marquez not to 'go near her' to ensure it doesn't happen.The couple, who have been together for more than five years, are already parents to four-year-old Mia and baby Thiago, who was born in July. Speaking to OK! at Sunday night's Pride of Britain Awards, Gemma, 38, told us her family was "complete" - and jokingly warned Gorka, 33, not to go near her for fear of falling pregnant again. On the transition from one to two children, former Strictly contestant Gemma told us: "It's a lot more relaxed because we know what to do now, it's not our first rodeo, so it's fine." She continued, "[We're] more worried, because obviously you think 'I've got two to keep an eye on'.

'Awkward' tweets shared by Chancellor Jeremy Hunt about the 'ambitious' HS2 railway line have resurfaced years later - as the plans for its second leg to Manchester have been scrapped.

The exact date for when millions of workers will see a pay rise of around £1,000 in their wages has now been confirmed. Earlier this week Chancellor Jeremy Hunt announced that the government is set to increase the national living wage in the UK to more than £11 an hour.

The September Consumer Price Index (CPI) inflation rate will be announced on October 18 and forms part of the Triple Lock policy which is used to determine the annual State Pension uprating. Under the Triple Lock, the State Pension increases each year in line with whichever of these three measures are the highest - average annual earnings growth from May to July (currently 8.5%), CPI inflation in the year to September (currently 6.7%) or 2.5 per cent.

Todd Spangler NY Digital Editor After just more than a year at Netflix booting up the streamer’s ad business, Jeremi Gorman is leaving the company. Amy Reinhard, previously VP of studio operations, will succeed Gorman as president of advertising. The change comes as Netflix announced two other notable C-suite appointments Tuesday, promoting Eunice Kim to chief product officer and Elizabeth Stone to CTO.

Jeremy Hunt has admitted he flew in to Manchester from London ahead of the Conservative Party conference rather than taking the train.

There should be a dedicated cabinet minister for the north a group of Tory MPs have claimed. They are also calling for half a million new homes to be built in the region as part of a 'manifesto for the north' which is to be unveiled at party's conference in Manchester.

Women Rule Still Coming into the festival, many of the biggest main competition buzz pictures were directed by women. Many now figure, according to a El Diario Vasco Spanish critics’ poll, as Golden Shell frontrunners: Isabel Helguera’s animated pic “Sultana’s Dream,” Raven Jackson’s Sundance hit “All Dirt Roads Taste of Salt,” Jaione Camborda’s Toronto platform screener “The Rye Horn” and Tzu-Hui Peng and Ping-Wen Wang’s “A Journey in Spring.” New Talent All of these four films are debuts or sophomore outings in a competition where 10 of the 16 tiles are indeed first or second films.

The People’s Choice Country Awards made its debut on Thursday night at the Grand Ole Opry House in Nashville. On this night at least, the people’s choice was Jelly Roll, aka Jason Bradley DeFord, who was a winner in four categories. 

The future of HS2 rail to Manchester hangs in the balance, with the north set to lose out once again after being promised so much.

Manchester Airport has called for the HS2 rail line to be built in full as promised - from London to Manchester.

Business leaders have laid bare the staggering impact axing the northern leg of the HS2 rail line to Manchester would have on the city-region's economy.

VAR had no choice but to rule out Jonny Evans' goal for Manchester United against Burnley due to Rasmus Hojlund's interference with James Trafford, according to ex-Premier League referee Dermot Gallagher.