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The Bank of England’s Credit Conditions Survey also reported that firms expect demand for mortgages to drop in the third quarter. It comes amid growing concern over the cost of mortgages for many households. Lenders have reported the UK’s biggest increase in mortgage defaults since 2009 – and they expect them to rise further in the coming months. The findings come amid growing concern over the cost of mortgages and warnings that nearly a million homeowners can expect to see their monthly repayments jump by £500 or more by the end of 2026. The Bank of England’s Credit Conditions Survey, published…

NHS dental services are not fit for purpose and need urgent reform, according to MPs who have warned that people are resorting to DIY treatment using pliers. A report published on Friday by the health and social care select committee said it was “totally unacceptable in the 21st century” that large numbers of patients had to experience pain and distress because they could not see an NHS dentist. Fundamental changes were vital if people were to receive the dental care they were entitled to, the report concluded. Figures obtained by the British Dental Association (BDA) in May showed that 23,577 dentists carried out NHS…

USA forward Christian Pulisic has completed his £20m move from Chelsea to Italian club AC Milan. Pulisic, 24, has signed a four-year deal with the Serie A side, with the option of a further year. He scored 26 goals in 145 games at Chelsea and played in the 2021 Champions League final win over Manchester City. However Pulisic became surplus to requirements at Stamford Bridge, scoring only once in his final season. “It was a difficult last few season with Chelsea. For whatever reason I wasn’t getting the opportunities I wanted,” he told a news conference for his unveiling. “For…

Boris Johnson’s WhatsApp messages are yet to be received by the Covid inquiry because he is said to have forgotten the passcode for his old phone. The former prime minister’s spokesperson said Johnson still wants to cooperate with the inquiry and did not deny being unable to recall the code. Johnson stopped using the device in May 2021, after receiving security advice once it had emerged his phone number had been accessible online for at least 15 years. Bereaved families and technical experts have rubbished Johnson’s excuse for not being able to send the messages to the inquiry, with experts…

China’s state institutions are aggressively targeting the UK, putting the country on course for a nightmare scenario that represents not just a commercial challenge but an existential threat to liberal democratic systems, parliament’s influential all-party intelligence and security committee has found. The inquiry – launched in 2019 and subject to various delays was completed in May – is scathing about the failure of the UK to wake up to the scale of the systemic challenge posed by the Chinese government’s “whole of state” assault on the British economy, politics, civil infrastructure and academia. Saying that until recently the UK government…

An election integrity group is suing North Dakota to block its law that allows the state to accept and count mail-in ballots so long as they arrive within 13 days after Election Day. There are reportedly 18 states, plus the District of Columbia, that accept mailed ballots that are delivered after Election Day. Congress created an exception to the law for military and overseas voters, whose mailed-in ballots are counted even if they arrive after Election Day. If the new federal lawsuit is successful, it could lead to other lawsuits that aim to compel election officials in other states to…

A powerful group of northern Tory MPs are being scrutinised by the parliamentary expenses watchdog after a Sky News investigation into the way they use public money. The investigation found nearly two dozen MPs received political donations from a private donor to help them with campaigning – weeks after they joined the Northern Research Group (NRG) and authorised thousands of pounds of taxpayer-funded expenses to be spent on its work. This raises questions about whether MPs authorised public funding to be spent on the NRG because they knew they would be rewarded with a campaign donation. The Independent Parliamentary Standards…

Apple issued new emergency updates to address a “zero-day” exploit that was being used to launch attacks on iPhones, iPads, and Mac computers, but it said a day later that the updates are causing some websites to not display properly and suggested users remove it. According to Apple support documentation posted on Tuesday, the company is planning to release new updates to address this issue in the near future. Apple did not provide an explanation as to why the affected websites were prevented from loading correctly. “Apple is aware of an issue where recent Rapid Security Responses might prevent some websites from displaying…

Internazionale have submitted a €30m (£25.7m) bid for Romelu Lukaku and will continue conversations with Chelsea in the hope of winning the race to sign the striker. Lukaku spent last season on loan at Inter and has rejected overtures from Saudi Arabia in the hope of continuing his career in Europe. Inter’s coach, Simone Inzaghi, spoke this week about his desire to bring back Lukaku, who scored 14 goals in 37 club appearances last season. Lukaku joined Chelsea from Inter for €115m in August 2021 before returning on loan after an underwhelming season and Chelsea must decide how much of a loss…

A standoff over the Conservative government’s controversial plans to tackle the small boats crisis has continued at Westminster as the Lords overnight inflicted a string of defeats backed by the archbishop of Canterbury. Justin Welby warned against immigration and asylum being used as a “wedge issue to divide things” as peers pressed their demand for further changes to the illegal migration bill. These included limits to the detention of children, modern slavery protections and the provision of safe and legal routes for refugees to the UK. It comes after the Commons overturned a raft of earlier revisions by the Lords,…