By inthenews.co.uk staff. The government is failing to do all that it can to help full-time carers in the UK, an influential committee of MPs has said. Benefits for carers are "unnecessarily complex and cause confusion", MPs said, with one-fifth having difficulties with applying for state help. According to the committee of public accounts (PAC), [...]

By Matthew Champion. T-Mobile and Orange are merging their UK businesses to create a market-leading giant with a 28.4 million-strong customer base, it has been announced. The mobile phone firms’ continental owners confirmed on Tuesday a 50-50 joint venture had been agreed. The announcement from France Telecom, which owns Orange in the UK, and Deutsche [...]

Broadband in the UK is far slower than advertised speeds, according to the communications watchdog. Ofcom found that not only were consumers getting a much slower speed than advertised, but there was also a ‘user lottery’ dependent on where you lived. The average UK broadband speed according to Ofcom is 4.1Mbit/s – 57 per cent [...]