Dakar, Senegal — Voters in Benin voted on Sunday to choose a successor to President Patrice Talon, who is leaving a mixed legacy of economic growth, a growing jihadist insurgency in the north and repression of opposition critics after a decade in power. Romuald Vadagni, the 49-year-old finance minister and standard-bearer of the ruling coalition,…
Millions of motorists who were wrongly sold car finance contracts will receive an average of £829 in compensation, it has been announced. But why is the scam happening and who can claim it? Sky News tells… scam When you buy a car on finance, you are effectively loaned money for the vehicle, which you repay…
Savings may be short-term (Image: Tatjana Alekseeva via Getty Images) Household energy bills are projected to rise 10% from July due to a sharp rise in wholesale gas prices due to the escalating conflict in the Middle East, experts have warned. Analysts at Cornwall Insight said Ofgem’s price range forecast for July to September has…
Donald Trump has his eyes on Ed Miliband. Keir Starmer’s decision is (Image: Getty) If we ever needed a reminder of the importance of a secure supply of affordable energy, this is it. There is uproar once again in the Middle East. As the US attacks Iran, the Ayatollahs retaliate by trying to destroy the…
Ed Miliband is ‘not fit for purpose’ and will not address his critics. The Energy Secretary is not associated with this topic. He dismisses the criticism as a conspiracy by the right-wing press or greedy oil companies, accusing him of “nonsense and lies”. And it’s true that some attacks go down to the personal level….
