Ollie Corfe

Apprentices can land higher salaries than university graduates – and avoid being lumbered with £45,000 of student debt, according to new analysis.

Just under 25 million people in England are served by a mayor up for election this May, alongside the local elections

Council Housing Arrears Social housing rent arrears have almost doubled in a decade as council finances and services are pushed to breaking point.

Rishi Sunak faces another major test on Thursday May 2 as thousands of councillors face re-election amid predictions of a fresh Tory wipeout.

Households now pay an average of £471 for the mayoral precept versus £276 when Sadiq Khan took up office in 2016

Lure of a competitive salary and no student debt is increasing their desirability

Millions of registered voters across England and Wales will have the opportunity to cast at least one ballot on May 2

Nine different areas across the country will elect a mayor on May 2

There has never been a worse time to own a car, as motorists are “assaulted from all sides” by spiralling costs, analysis shows.

Loss in Blackpool means Prime Minister has suffered four of the five worst by-election losses to Labour in history