The chancellor has said the government will likely raise some taxes in October’s Budget after months of speculation about Labour’s stance on tax. “I think we will have to increase taxes in the Budget,” Rachel Reeves told the News Agents podcast. She was responding to a question about raising money following her claim on Monday […]
Kemi Badenoch, the frontrunner to be the next Conservative party leader, has been accused of creating an intimidating atmosphere in the government department she used to run, with some colleagues describing it as toxic, the Guardian can reveal. At least three officials found her behaviour so traumatising that they felt they had no other choice […]
PA Chancellor Rachel Reeves’s decision to scrap planned changes to the care system in England has been described as a “tragedy” by Sir Andrew Dilnot, the man who authored the proposals in 2011. Speaking to the BBC’s Today programme, Sir Andrew said: “We’ve failed another generation of families.” He said it was another example of […]
Social media influencer and wedding dress designer Hayley Paige is set to testify at a Senate hearing Tuesday about banning noncompete agreements, the latest example of how members of the Senate are using online influencers to push their policy initiatives and educate the public about their legislative efforts. Paige, who has over 1.1 million followers […]
Please note that we are not authorised to provide any investment advice. The content on this page is for information purposes only. One of the leading bitcoin (BTC) miners, Marathon Digital (MARA), has acquired bitcoin worth $100 million from the open market and stated it will resume its strategy to retain every mined bitcoin in […]
ITV/REX/Shutterstock Nicole and Ciaran have been cwtching up on Love Island all summer They might have lost the Love Island final, but Welsh couple Nicole and Ciaran have won the hearts of many back home. Account manager Nicole Samuel, 24, from Aberdare, Rhondda Cynon Taf, and 21-year-old rugby player and surveyor Ciaran Davies, from Bridgend, […]
PARIS — From a small, fluorescent lit gym just north of Paris, Team USA coach Cheryl Reeve was asked about her team’s biggest advantage in the Olympics. Depth, she paused. No, size. “1A, 1B,” she decided. Reeve isn’t wrong. With three players taller than 6-4 and a bevy of guards in the 6-foot range, Team […]
Manila and Washington have grown closer amid increasing tension with Beijing in the disputed South China Sea. Philippines President Ferdinand Marcos Jr has welcomed US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin to Manila, stressing the need for regular and open engagement between Manila and Washington to ensure an “agile” response amid […]
PA Media The government and the BMA trade union have struck an improved pay deal for junior doctors in England worth 22% on average over two years. The BMA’s junior doctors’ committee has agreed to put the offer to its members. If accepted it would spell an end to long-running strike action which has led […]
An endangered sperm whale – nicknamed Julio by scientists – has been killed in a collision with a vessel in the busy Strait of Gibraltar. Researchers say this is the fifth sperm whale to die after being struck by a boat since they started monitoring the population in the area more than 10 years ago. […]