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Friday 20 May 2016

House prices face 18% hit if Britain quits EU, says George Osborne

Chancellor predicts Brexit would cause an ‘economic shock’ but pro-leave minister dismisses ‘extraordinary claim’

House prices face 18% hit if Britain quits EU, says George Osborne
Tesco Bank boss Benny Higgins spent more than £18,000 on taxis

Despite a clampdown on costs, Higgins spent more than the annual salary of a supermarket shop assistant on taxis in eight months

Tesco Bank boss Benny Higgins spent more than £18,000 on taxis

Top Gear's big studio audience told to forget how show used to look

BBC tweaks format to create livelier feel with larger audience and Chris Evans and Matt Le Blanc competing for best jokes

Top Gear's big studio audience told to forget how show used to look
Football and music fans warned over rise in fake ticket sales

Profits from the crime estimated at more than £5m, and LGA says: ‘If the price seems too good to be true, it’s probably a scam’

Football and music fans warned over rise in fake ticket sales

Police study links radicalisation to mental health problems

Simon Cole, police lead for Prevent programme, says further research under way to explore how to help potentially vulnerable people

Police study links radicalisation to mental health problems
ITV News' Noreena Hertz: 'I know I have a lot to learn'

The new economics editor has been criticised for her political ‘leftie’ views and for her lack of broadcasting experience

ITV News' Noreena Hertz: 'I know I have a lot to learn'
Uncertainty in the property market gives rise to the Brexit clause

Option to scrap deals in event of leaving EU keeps jittery buyers onside as market shows strain

Uncertainty in the property market gives rise to the Brexit clause
Gove: EU immigrant influx will make NHS unsustainable by 2030

Justice secretary says population the size of Scotland could arrive from Turkey and other potential new EU countries by 2030

Gove: EU immigrant influx will make NHS unsustainable by 2030

'We are like a bomb': food riots show Venezuela crisis has gone beyond politics

Three years of shortages have left Venezuelans desperate and angry for change, posing the most serious threat yet to President Nicolás Maduro

'We are like a bomb': food riots show Venezuela crisis has gone beyond politics
Syrian refugee wins appeal against forced return to Turkey

Decision by Greek asylum service to overturn deportation order throws EU-Turkey migration deal into chaos

Syrian refugee wins appeal against forced return to Turkey
Sofia Coppola's La Traviata opens at Rome opera house

Tickets for film director’s collaboration with designer Valentino have nearly sold out, giving troubled venue huge boost

Sofia Coppola's La Traviata opens at Rome opera house
Indians demand government action after temperatures hit 51C

Hospitals struggle to cope as patient numbers soar and cold water in short supply after hottest day

Indians demand government action after temperatures hit 51C

US corporate giants hoarding more than a trillion dollars

Moody’s report says 72% of the money held by Apple, Google and other American companies is being parked offshore for tax reasons

US corporate giants hoarding more than a trillion dollars
Co-op bank says bonus rules could mean higher salaries and costs

Bank will need to change its pay structure to meet stricter capital rules

Co-op bank says bonus rules could mean higher salaries and costs
London taxi-maker raises $400m to develop greener cabs

Hybrid TX5 model of black cab is expected to be ready for sale by end of next year

London taxi-maker raises $400m to develop greener cabs
UK manufacturing boosted by pick-up in food and drink output

Food and drink production up after localised floods, and orders on the rise particularly from domestic market, says CBI report

UK manufacturing boosted by pick-up in food and drink output

Nigel Farage: ‘They say I’m toxic. Quite the opposite’

Nigel Farage is the man who has done the most to bring about the referendum that could take Britain out of Europe – and now it’s finally here, he’s been frozen out. He talks about why he thinks Vote Leave don’t really want to win, and how the decision could change politics for ever

Nigel Farage: ‘They say I’m toxic. Quite the opposite’
Laura Poitras on her new Julian Assange film: ‘Few people could stand the pressure he is under’

Laura Poitras on her new Julian Assange film: ‘Few people could stand the pressure he is under’
Are EU migrants really taking British jobs and pushing down wages?

Are EU migrants really taking British jobs and pushing down wages?

The Guardian view on political careers: anywhere but Westminster

Editorial: As devolution and new metro mayors rewire Britain’s governance, it is increasingly plausible to park up the ministerial limo and hop on a provincial bus to the top

The Guardian view on political careers: anywhere but Westminster
The Guardian view on NHS finances: even the fantasy figures look bad

Editorial: Health service hospitals are reporting big deficits – and that is even after some decidedly experimental treatments have been tried out on the accounts

The Guardian view on NHS finances: even the fantasy figures look bad
Good to meet you… Phil Lewis

Moving to Germany 30 years ago has not weakened a devotion to the Guardian

Good to meet you… Phil Lewis
Gloucester cathedral’s zero-carbon footprint

Letters: We should be able to generate around 25% of the main cathedral electricity from our new panels, including power for our air source heat system

Gloucester cathedral’s zero-carbon footprint

Mrs Cameron’s diary: the battle of Brexit comes down to Kelly Hoppen v Govey

Mrs Govey won’t be smiling after the post-referendum #revengereshuffle. With Bill Nighy on board remain looks totes unbeatable

Mrs Cameron’s diary: the battle of Brexit comes down to Kelly Hoppen v Govey
Israel has turned right and exposed the battle within

Binyamin Netanyahu’s reshuffle was brutal, but don’t rule out one last diplomatic push from President Obama

Israel has turned right and exposed the battle within
Why I love the luvvies’ EU letter (mwah!)

Pro-Europe celebrities are jeered at. But it’s so much more arrogant to put yourself above politics than it is to join in

Why I love the luvvies’ EU letter (mwah!)
Golf’s glory is wasted on the men-only, Lexus-driving bores of Muirfield

Excluding women at the cost of the Open shows just how desiccated and joyless the sport’s guardians are

Golf’s glory is wasted on the men-only, Lexus-driving bores of Muirfield

Richard Smith obituary

Artist whose work was a unique fusion of abstract values and contemporary subject matter

Richard Smith obituary
Laura Anderson-Ford obituary

Other lives: BBC TV runner and intrepid traveller

Laura Anderson-Ford obituary

Blue/Orange review – Joe Penhall peels tricky issues of mental heath and race

With tremendous performances from Daniel Kaluuya, David Haig and Luke Norris, Penhall’s drama packs even more of a punch 16 years after its debut

Blue/Orange review – Joe Penhall peels tricky issues of mental heath and race
CBSO/Morlot review – rich, deeply textured and all-encompassing

Orchestral beauties swirl and build in an ever-changing score as the UK sees its premiere of John Luther Adams’ glorious Pulitzer-winning Become Ocean

CBSO/Morlot review – rich, deeply textured and all-encompassing