5+ hour, 42+ min ago   (640+ words) Sanctions will instead people who repeatedly fail to attend appointments, senior civil servant reveals Benefit claimants could be spared sanctions for first breaches of welfare rules under a softer sanctions regime being tested by Labour. Under the current system, jobseekers…...

5+ hour, 42+ min ago   (911+ words) Prime Minister challenged to honour pledge to cut levy to 10pc and save thousands of jobs Britain’s struggling hospitality sector has called on Andy Burnham to honour his pledge to slash VAT. More than 800 pub, restaurant and hotel leaders have signed…...

4+ day, 1+ hour ago   (635+ words) Blustery autumn weather generates more electricity than grid can carry, forcing operators to order turbines offline A record £35m was paid out in wasted wind payments on Tuesday as blustery autumnal weather generated more power than the UK grid could carry....

4+ day, 2+ hour ago   (677+ words) The former Labour leader will make very little profit on the sale of his home – and that’s partly down to ‘progressive’ policies One might see Jeremy Corbyn’s attempt to sell his house for £700,000 (which he bought for £363,000 in 2007) as yet…...

4+ day, 2+ hour ago   (200+ words) The Telegraph The Yard reopens with a thrilling, stripped-back revival that proves bricks and mortar matter less than what happens on stage Dominic Cavendish has been writing about theatre and comedy since the mid-1990s and became the Telegraph's lead theatre critic…...

6+ day, 15+ hour ago   (1324+ words) Plus: Church of England priorities; inaction on illegal migration; against single-sex education; driverless taxis; and a half-pint challenge SIR – Businesses are telling John Healey, the Chancellor, to scrap the state pension triple lock (report, September 7). I would suggest that the…...

1+ week, 13+ hour ago   (925+ words) County sent Sutton Hoo helmet to France as part of tapestry loan but residents not given priority tickets to British Museum exhibition Craig covers the major issues affecting British arts and culture, both at home and around the world A…...

1+ week, 23+ hour ago   (394+ words) Rising prices needn’t mean compromising on quality – if you know where to look Thanks partly to some chunky duty increases, inflation has hit wine particularly hard. I’m sure you’ve noticed that prices keep on moving upwards and, where they don’t,…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (552+ words) Department for Transport officials misused an ‘appraisal tool’ when assessing the benefits of expansion The economic benefits of a third runway at Heathrow were underestimated by several billion pounds as a result of bungled calculations by civil servants. Officials at…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (593+ words) Sir Tim Martin tells PM to shift the tax burden from pubs to supermarkets in next month’s Budget Camilla's previous roles at The Telegraph include Chief Political Correspondent and Education Editor. And while on the investigations team, she worked on…...