Rocketing gas prices and rising inflation are threatening to blow a hole in Rishi Sunak's Budget plans, which could force the Chancellor to raise taxes.

Wholesale gas prices surged to a record 400p yesterday - a 37% increase in 24 hours and 600% up on January - but dropped to around 274p after the Russian President's intervention.

Industry chiefs last night accused Boris Johnson of setting Britain on the path to rampant inflation as the Prime Minister stepped up his battle with business.

The UK imports much of its gas from the EU, Norway and Russia. We have become more reliant on gas after a series of disruptions while many countries are seeking additional supplies.

Cherie Blair QC received the tip off from a secretive Israeli tech firm, NSO Group, which she represents. The firm said Baroness Shackleton QC and her client were being hacked.

The maker of Quality Street, Nestle, admitted it has been experiencing some supply problems but is desperately trying to ensure that its products are available for Britons this Christmas.

Freya Cox, 19, a model from Scarborough, apologised to her fans before the cake week episode was shown on Channel 4 for being unable to use a vegan recipe.

The British TV brainbox, who is working with quiz company SpeedQuizzing to encourage more people into quizzing, has written questions on topics including history, geography and music.

The end of the £70billion furlough scheme did not lead to the wave of job cuts many expected after the Covid financial support scheme was wound down last month, early data suggests.

Currently, nearly all of the firm's staff in the UK and worldwide are based at home but from January 2022 everyone will be expected to appear at their desks for at least half of the time.

The player, in his 20s, was one of two men taken into custody following an incident at a nightclub on the seafront in the early hours of Wednesday morning.

Ahead of World Mental Health day, trauma recovery coach Ronia Fraser, 39, from London, has spoken exclusively to FEMAIL to reveal reasons abuse victims get stuck on their recovery.

EXCLUSIVE: Department of Health data show Blackburn with Darwen has been the worst hit area by Covid in the UK. It has been most prevalent in the North since the start of the pandemic

In the week the amber list was scrapped, there has been a last minute dash for October half term bookings, with prices as much as 130 per cent cheaper than the same time two years ago.

The Foreign Office said it was no longer advising against leisure trips to 32 destinations including Fiji, Malaysia and Bangladesh. While not on the red list, travellers will find it easier to get insured.

A 77-year-old woman who assumed she did not qualify for a state pension says it feels 'like I have won the lottery' after she received the huge backpayment.

the BBC decided not to admonish Mr Robinson after he ordered Mr Johnson to 'stop talking' live on air yesterday in an incendiary interview that has upset No 10 and Conservative MPs.

Oxford-educated Professor Justin Stebbing, who treated stars including Lynda Bellingham and Sir Michael Parkinson, was found guilty of failing to provide good clinical care by a tribunal panel.

Boris Johnson urged deprived areas to follow the example of Stoke Poges, lamented in the 18th Century as one of the country's most deprived places and now among the richest.

Paedophile Sidney Cooke, pictured, is making an application to the Parole Board to release him from Wakefield Prison, where he has been held on a life sentence since 1999.

Tory stalwart Sir Peter Bottomley says he is not sure how MPs 'manage' on the current salary - which is around £50,000-a-year higher than the UK average.

French fishing barons have given Britain two weeks to grant them more access to its waters or face being cut off from crucial Christmas supplies.

Model and pop singer songwriter Kirsty Bertarelli, 50, has secretly divorced her billionaire husband Ernesto after 21 years of marriage, the Daily Mail can disclose.

HENRY DEEDES: The UK Prime Minister's speech was a hoot. A rootin', tootin', gag-filled bonanza. Pure end-of-the pier stuff.

A schoolboy was shot and hacked to death outside his home in Birmingham during a 'short and brutal' assault involving a gang of five masked youngsters, a court heard yesterday.

A Manchester tribunal has ruled that world-renowned oncologist Justin Stebbing had failed to provide good care and will now decide if Stebbing's fitness to practice has been impaired.

The Office for Students, England's higher education watchdog, said tutors across the sector are wrongly using the Equality Act to give undergraduates top marks.

In a constitutional outrage, the close ally of Britain was able to snoop on the parliamentary emails of Tory peer and former royal lawyer Fiona Shackleton.

STEPHEN GLOVER: For my money Johnson's Tory party conference speech in Manchester on Wednesday was an outstanding performance, though admittedly almost bereft of detailed policies.

RICHARD KAY: Let us imagine, for a moment, that Dubai's autocratic ruler Sheikh Mohammed al-Maktoum was not a long-standing friend of the Queen and the Royal Family.

Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, prime minister of the United Arab Emirates, poses a 'very significant threat' to his ex-wife and Al Jalila, 13, and Zayed, nine, a judge has said.

As a French woman, I can only feel ashamed. This sense of rowdy entitlement is not just about angry workers; it extends from bottom to top, as the British know all too well.

Rising inflation driven by labour shortages, growing energy costs, a lack of HGV drivers and gaps in global supply chains are contributing to the soaring energy prices Britons are experiencing.

DR FRANK LUNTZ: Only 'rock star' conveys the UK Prime Minister's ability to rally a crowd - who lap up his combination of policy, history and entertainment. And, like Bono, no one calls him by his last name.

RICHARD WALKER: While I accept it isn't the UK Prime Minister's job to 'fix every problem', the Government has a responsibility to listen to industry leaders and work with us to find solutions.

Millions of British families are facing a financial squeeze because of rising inflation driven by labour shortages, rising energy costs, a lack of HGV drivers and gaps in global supply chains.

Lukasz Czapla allegedly killed his two-year-old son Julius at a flat in Muirhouse, Edinburgh last November 20 or 21, a court has heard.

The songstress, 30, spoke on Fearne Cotton's podcast Happy Place podcast, which is now part of Acast's Creator Network, about her mental health troubles

Hilarious footage shows the Levelling Up Secretary, 54, arm in arm with Tom Tugendhat as they spin and twirl each other to Whitney Houston in Manchester.

A survey by the British Chambers of Commerce found 62% of industrial firms expect to increase their prices over the next three months.

In a flurry of interviews at Tory conference, the PM denied that the country is in 'crisis', comparing the disruption to a 'giant waking up' and 'creaking' after the pandemic.

The singer took to Twitter on Tuesday to reveal her new son is called Easy On Me and is set for release on 15 October

Exeter Students for Life, run by a Law student named Ali, has sparked a backlash for its pro-life views. The Students' Guild defended the society, saying it 'supported freedom of speech'.

Dr Sinead Helyar, who works at King's College Hospital, has claimed that official NHS documents label patients who ask to be put in a single-sex ward as 'transphobes', and 'racists'.

The All Saints singer, 46, took to Instagram on Wednesday to announce the news, and shared stunning black-and-white snaps from their surprise countryside wedding, held at Cliveden House.

A huge batch of the Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine which had been expected to arrive in the UK was instead diverted from Holland at the last minute.

DAN WOOTTON: The Tory faithful in Manchester remained bewitched by their ever-popular leader - vintage Boris, they said, with passion, pluck and patriotic positivity.

Diana: The Musical was due to premiere on Broadway in 2020 but was delayed due to Covid. Last week a filmed version premiered on Netflix and was slammed in the US and UK.

Pope Francis has expressed his personal shame at the scale of child abuse carried out by clergy in France's Catholic Church that saw attacks on 330,000 children between 1950 and 2020.

At the centre of the new revelations is a BVI company E&G Productions, said to be co-owned by Ben Elliot and his friend Ben Goldsmith, the financier and Tory advisor.

An article in the state-backed Global Times newspaper said that 'collusion' between the US and Taiwan was so 'audacious' that the situation 'has almost lost any room for manoeuvre.

The Prime Minister played his 45-minute address to the faithful for laughs with his usual scatter-gun style, use of foreign languages and references to Greek mythology.

While the government 'aimed' to have cheaper lateral flow tests ready in time for half term, a source told The Sun that ministers had been urged to keep the tests because of fears over new variants.

British label Jenny Packham dressed Kate Middleton in a dazzling gold number for the film premiere at the Royal Albert Hall last week. Now the design is on general sale.

In a video, Kieran Watt, 33, of Stoneleigh, Epsom, in Surrey, can be seen holding up a banner asking: 'Kayleigh, will you marry me?' as he comes to the end of the 26-mile run through the capital.

Katalin Erzsebet Bradacs, 44, was arrested on suspicion of murder after she placed her son Alex Juhasz's dead body onto a checkout counter at a Lidl supermarket in Citta della Pieve, central Italy.

Thai fisherman Narong Phetcharaj, who usually earns around £200 a month, couldn't believe his luck when he found the 66lb lump of whale vomit floating off Niyom beach, southern Thailand.

Prime Minister Scott Morrison announced that Australia will prioritise the return of skilled migrants and students to the country over foreign tourists.

The Independent Maternity Oversight Panel found major failings in 21 of 63 cases at two hospitals run by the Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board.

Jennifer Walsh, 22, from Edinburgh, is in a medically-induced coma after undergoing life-saving surgery following the fall while she was on holiday in Dubrovnik.

HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) assessed Arron Banks - one of the self-styled 'Bad Boys of Brexit' - as owing more than £160,000 on almost £1 million in donations to UKIP.

The Prime Minister used his address to set out his grand vision for transforming the UK into a high wage and high skill economy, delivering on his 'levelling up' agenda.

Carrie Johnson and Priti Patel have sparked speculation that they have the same hairstylist after arriving at the Tory Conference in Manchester with a similar 'do.

JANET STREET-PORTER: This week, the UK Prime Minister talked down food and fuel shortages and blithely claimed there's 'no shortage' of eager young people.

Pregnant Carrie Johnson covered up her baby bump in a £360 red dress from a sustainable British brand as she arrived hand-in-hand with husband Boris ahead of his Tory conference speech today.

Experts say historic low rates mean you can offset increases in your bills and save hundreds - if not thousands - a year by switching your mortgage. And now is the perfect time to do it.

Boris Johnson will round off his party's gathering at lunchtime with a defiant message that, unlike predecessors, he has the 'guts' to push ahead with big reforms.

The Maleficent star, 46, sold the shares to wine group Tenute del Mondo - part of the Stoli Group, which counts Masseto and Ornellaia in its portfolio

An inquest has heard Covid denier Kevin Frost travelled from his home in Carlisle to cliffs in Cornwall where he took his own life. The coroner ruled his mental health suffered during lockdowns.

Nick did something I never had the nerve or the audacity to do in 33 years of political interviewing. He told Mr Johnson to shut up.

The Prime Minister left his Manchester hotel before sunrise for a jog ahead of his key note speech to the Tory Party conference today.

Families who have already endured Covid-caused uncertainty over last 18 months now face a triple-blow of rising energy bills, soar food prices and tax hikes.

Work and Pensions Secretary Therese Coffey enthusiastically belted out the 1987 power ballad from the film Dirty Dancing in a duet with fellow Will Quince - a former welfare minister.

Former tank gunner Shaun Smith, 38, drank eight pints before driving his Audi RS4 at speeds up to 150mph and passing other drivers 'like a bullet' on the M1 near East Midlands Airport last September.

Little Waddon Vineyard in Dorset has been targeted by deer, badgers, magpies and woodpeckers stealing their grapes. To stop the thefts staff have covered the 4,000 vines with 6,500 yards of netting.

Anastasia Baulina, 32, from Russia's Kursk region, claimed she only meant to punish Andrey, eight, but a court heard she did nothing to douse the flames while shouting at her burning son.

The 'occasional glass of wine or glass of beer' with is perfectly safe, University College London and London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine scientists have claimed in a study.

Leading Seaman Sam Avery has denied a charge of raping a female colleague after a night out in Portsmouth. The court heard she had declined his sexual advances but woke to find him raping her.

Oliver Sciota says lies posted online, in the form of 'terrible comments' on Instagram and 'one-star negative reviews' on Yell and Google, risked ending his London-based firm, For Dog's Sake Ltd.

French fishermen have given the UK a two-week deadline to grant them licences to work in British waters before they start blockades.

The Oscar-winner was pictured wearing what is commonly referred to as a 'fat suit' as she filmed a new true crime drama for NBC titled The Thing About Pam in New Orleans

Britain's Home Secretary Priti Patel gave the green light for the a group of players, coaches and family members' 111 visa applications to be approved.

Twitter user Helen Shivers, from the US, described the costume she spotted at a local store as 'the scariest' of the year, but it wasn't long before others took to the comments section to express outrage.

Kay Holcroft, 24, had been drinking white wine in a restaurant when she got behind the wheel of her white £26,000 BMW 116D Sport and drove back to her family's £1.2m home in Prestbury, Cheshire.

Carrie Johnson, the prime minister's wife, will be speaking at a reception hosted by LGBT Conservatives in partnership with Stonewall, the LGBT rights charity, in Manchester this evening.

The new Justice Secretary lashed out at people 'abusing' the system to claim a right to a family life, even after being convicted of sickening treatment of a partner.

I sold a property in November 2008, and thought my solicitor had paid the extra fees - but now Halifax says they did not.

The 26-year-old West Brom striker first tested positive in November last year and then again in August but has still decided not to be jabbed - he declined to discuss his reasons.

Energy bills are rising, food prices are set to soar, and tax hikes will soon start to bite. Our poll reveals that ne in two households have started making cutbacks due to concerns over the rising cost of living.

The Health Secretary warned the Covid backlog for routine procedures could reach up to 13million people in the coming months. He announced a major review of NHS leadership.

Sir Roger Moore's third wife - the Italian actress Luisa Mattioli - has died at the age of 85. Family friends say the star, who was married to Sir Roger for 24 years, had been 'ill for some time'.

The Marine Conservation Society has released an updated version of their Good Fish Guide - a directory for sourcing ocean-friendly seafood.

Even if your parents never spoke to you directly about relationships, we still grow up acutely aware of how both our parents really feel about love and sex, simply by living with them, says Tracey Cox.

The Rev Michelle Bailey, previously Rev Morton, is said to have attacked Diane Shore on May 23 last year, during the first Covid-19 lockdown. She claims that she acted in self-defence.

Levels of diabetes have doubled in the past 15 years as a result of spiralling obesity rates, creating 'a public health emergency', the charity Diabetes UK said.

This rate of discovery and memory retention is similar to that of a one year old chid, according to the team from Eötvös Loránd University (ELTE) in Budapest, Hungary.

People living near Mr Hallam's organic farm in Carmarthenshire, west Wales, have accused him of double standards after it was revealed that he had parked six diesel vehicles on his property.

A vote to change the law passed Jersey's States Assembly on Tuesday, and was held following a debate that came in response to an online petition that received over 5,000 signatures.

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle visited a Bill Guthy's luxury ranch multiple times this year - and even brought Meghan's mother along, DailyMail.com can exclusively reveal. 

First Minister Mark Drakeford's Labour needs support from Plaid Cymru to force through legislation akin to that introduced by Nicola Sturgeon in the Senedd.

In his keynote speech to the Conservative Party conference in Manchester, the Prime Minister will say that as Britain emerges from the Covid pandemic it is now time to 'get on with levelling up in the UK'.

SARAH VINE: Asked this week whether he would block the path of an ambulance transporting a critically ill patient to hospital, Founder of Insulate Britain Roger Hallam said 'yes'.

For six hours on Monday, billions of people and millions of businesses must have felt as if the sky had fallen in, writes TOM LEONARD. Pictured: Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg.

In a major escalation of the post-Brexit row over fishing licences, French fisherman on Tuesday warned they could blockade both the port of Calais and the Channel Tunnel.

Kae Middleton, 39, put on a stylish display as she visited University College London's Centre for Longitudinal Studies on Tuesday morning.

GEOFFREY LEAN: Last weekend, Southern Water - notorious even in the disgracefully dirty water industry - pumped raw sewage out of more than half its outlets around the South East coast.

ALEX BRUMMER: UK business leaders demand the Government reopen borders to overseas labour to avert a Christmas crisis. They seem intent on defeating Boris Johnson's plan for Brexit.

In a tense exchange which infuriated Tory MPs, presenter Nick Robinson also told Boris Johnson 'you are going to pause' as the pair repeatedly talked over each other on BBC Radio 4's Today.

HENRY DEEDES: Miss Patel was doin' what she liked to do best at the Tory part conference. Roundin' up suspects and lockin' up bad guys. Not so much Iron Lady as Dirty Dan laying down the law.

The memo identifies specific numbers of informants who were taken into custody or killed, though the exact number isn't fully known to the public, according to the New York Times.

Today, in this final extract, Dame Joan Collins tells of a thrilling encounter with a notorious U.S. president.

'Investors' who shelled out thousands of dollars apiece for the digital tokens discovered on Friday that the project's creator had disappeared with the pilfered funds.

The activist from the Amis de la Terre France [Friends of the Earth] campaign group carried a banner reading 'Overconsumption = extinction'. Her banner also included a logo for Extinction Rebellion

The Loose Women star, 32, welcomed her first daughter with fiancé Joe Swash , 39, on Monday when she was celebrating her birthday.

Izzy Boyle, from London, was driving through Peckham, south London, at around 2am on her way back from her babysitting job when the road in front of her was blocked by a bin.

Boris Johnson said he does not want to increase 'tax of any kind' when he was pressed on whether a rise in duty will be shunned to ease pressure on motorists.

Footage of the shocking moment was shared on social media by Wiltshire Police yesterday and shows officers pummelling the vehicle after driver Andrew Champion, 54, refused to exit.

Europe minister Clement Beaune engaged in the extraordinary sabre-rattling as he accused the UK of failing to implement the Brexit deal.

Protesters from the Extinction Rebellion offshoot have blocked major roads including the M25, M1 and M4 over the past three weeks, and three court injunctions are now in place.

Lady Tina's identity as the buyer of properties in Mayfair and Belgravia was hidden because they were purchased using offshore companies set up in the British Virgin Islands.

Mr Dowden accused public sector workers of preferring to use the posh home exercise equipment to returning to Whitehall at a Conservative Party Conference event.

Teaching unions blamed the 'grim statistics' on high Covid rates in England's schools and urged new Education Secretary Nadhim Zahawi to get a grip on the crisis.

It comes amid fears of a fourth wave in the coming months, with 'Professor Lockdown' Neil Ferguson today warning the UK does not have much 'headroom' if cases, hospitalisations and deaths tick upwards.

Electric car the Tesla Model 3 became Britain's top selling motor in September as the fuel crisis gripped the nations petrol pumps.

Mr Malthouse was being interviewed by Alastair Campbell on ITV's Good Morning Britain when the clanger occurred earlier today.

Ben Lister denies assaulted the woman after a night out in Halifax, West Yorkshire in August 2016.

Speaking before he gave an interview to BBC Breakfast this morning, the PM also quizzed the presenter about whether it was dancers or celebrities who had refused the jab.

Priti Patel today announced more suspected criminals will be tested for recreational drugs on arrest as part of a Government plan to prevent violent crime.

The Spurs midfielder, 25, was spotted kissing Maria, 20, at a London rooftop bar in May and they still appear to be close five months on.

Analyists from research group Internet 2.0 looked at open-source data on contracts involving PCR tests and machines in Hubei province since 2007, before making the discovery.

UK-based Marc Pilcher, 53, died on Sunday just weeks after travelling to the US, where he was presented with an Emmy award in Los Angeles for outstanding hairstyling on the period drama.

FIFA and Qatari officials are discussing the possibility that fans, players and officials will be able to provide proof of having recovered from Covid-19 or produce negative tests.

A 52 year old man accused of murdering a Fathers for Justice campaigner and his young wife in their home appeared in crown court in Winchester today.

Sue Fish, the ex-chief of Nottinghamshire Police, said women's trust in law enforcement has been eroded by the rape and murder of Sarah Everard by serving officer Wayne Couzens.

Dr David White told Charlotte Rendina (pictured) that his practice in Hertfordshire was to 'open as normal' the day after Boris Johnson announced the first national lockdown.

Office for National Statistics (ONS) figures released today show only 82 per cent of British travellers coming back to the UK said they had received a Covid jab in August.

The UK has 11,673 streets where the average home is valued at over £1million - 1,782 more than a year ago - but top-of-the-pile Kensington Palace Gardens has lost value

The bomb targeted the Eidgah mosque where a memorial service was being held for the mother of Taliban member Zabihullah Mujahid. Several civilians have reportedly died in the blast

Taiwan Foreign Minister Joseph Wu has urged countries such as Australia for help in backing the territory against China which is stepping up military flights over island

In 1958 an American B-47 bomber accidentally dropped a nuclear bomb on Mars Bluff South Carolina. Fortunately for the people below, only its TNT detonator went off.

Lars Vilk, 75, was traveling together with two police officers who also died, according Swedish news outlet Expressen. The horror crash occurred just before 3pm in Markaryd, Sweden on Sunday.

Donald Trump is eyeing another run at the presidency, and doesn't seem to have any concerns about his Republican rivals including Florida Governor Ron DeSantis.

Jean-Marc Sauvé, the commission president, said there had been 'between 2,900 and 3,200 criminal paedophiles' in the Church in France since 1950.

In an interview with the Sunday Times, Charlotte Gainsbourg said that while she won't rule out getting injectables, she hopes to abstain like her film icon mother - who accepted her 'age is beautiful'.

Pauline Grace Ducruet, 27, who is the 16th in line to the Monaco throne, is the daughter of Stéphanie and her ex-bodyguard Daniel Ducruet. She has spoken to The Telegraph about her childhood.

Images circulating on social media appear to show the airbase's floodlights blazing in the distance, amid reports that several military planes have taken off and landed at the base.

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The federal government will consider the proposal next week in what is the latest move towards a more flexible working future in Europe. but employees may have to work longer daily hours.

There had been hopes UK ministers could dramatically slash the current total of 54 red list countries to fewer than 10, but a new analysis suggests 18 will remain.

Difficulty distinguishing between the red and green colours worn by the two teams is the most common form of colour blindness, a condition which is thought to impact around one in 12 men.