Plus: How to avoid overpaying your state pension, Britain's race against time to fight off 'Black Swan' events, and meet the people who live in a double-decker bus
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Monday September 27 2021

 
 

By Chris Evans,
EDITOR

Dear Reader,

Fuel shortage fears, brought on after a private government meeting was leaked, sent many motorists into a tailspin. In some quarters, Brexit is being blamed for a shortfall in HGV drivers yet, in this comment piece, Iain Duncan Smith thinks he has identified the real culprit.

The crisis comes as drivers are increasingly disrupted by Insulate Britain activists. In Way of the World, the twice-weekly column which returns to The Telegraph after 13 years, Michael Deacon takes a satirical look at how to beat the 'eco-freak menace'.

In the past year, the world has faced a multitude of “historic” shocks. Britain’s disaster planners are racing against time to fight off these so-called ‘Black Swan’ events. In this absorbing long-read, Global Health Security Editor Paul Nuki examines why so many threats are coming at once.

Is topping up your state pension a good move? Nearly 400,000 people have done it in the last five years, but complex rules mean many received no benefit whatsoever. Jessica Beard explains how to avoid needlessly overpaying.

(If you’d like more of the biggest personal finance stories and advice, sign up to our free Money newsletter.)

Cliff Richard transformed a Routemaster in the 1963 film Summer Holiday, but he is not the only one to turn a double-decker into a mobile home. One Herefordshire couple have swapped their house for an old school bus they bought for £4,000 on eBay. Eighteen months into renovations, not everything has gone to plan...

Chris

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Lorries

'Don’t blame Brexit for driver shortages – our brainless bureaucracy is the real culprit.' Iain Duncan Smith explains how the UK is paying the price.

Britain's fuel and food shortage crises, alongside flooding in Germany and wildfires in places such as the US

Apocalypse now? Britain’s race against time to fight off multiple ‘Black Swan’ events. Paul Nuki examines why so many threats are coming at once. (Free to read)

Christopher Hope

How I lost two stone in three months and took back control. Christopher Hope, our Chief Political Correspondent, decided his absent-minded weight gain had to stop.

 
Illustration people watering plants

'I spent £5,000 topping up my state pension and it was a huge mistake.' This is how you could be needlessly overpaying.

Hospital Covid area

Thousands more people than usual are dying... but it’s not from Covid. Almost 18 months of delayed treatments may be starting to take their toll.

Double decker bus house

'We ditched our house for a double-decker bus we found on eBay.' Meet the people who have created mobile homes from some unconventional shells. (Free to read)

 
 

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