A failure by Rachel Reeves to back a “windfall of wealth taxes” in her budget risks fuelling the rise of the populist right, a former Labour cabinet minister has warned. Liam Byrne, a senior figure in the New Labour government and chair of the Commons business and trade committee, said that the rise of Reform […]
PA and Reuters Ireland’s finance minister Jack Chambers and the UK Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves As Ireland’s finance minister delivered his budget on Tuesday afternoon Dublin was bathed in golden autumn sunlight. The minister, Jack Chambers, said his budget provided the “ways and means for continuing to deliver many more, bright and hopeful […]
Matthieu Guillot/AFP/Getty Images Jacques Billant said some people were rescued from the water but others were likely trampled to death in the boat Four people, including a two-year-old boy, have died while attempting to cross the English Channel, French authorities say. The authorities said they were found “unconscious” and were likely “trampled to death” in […]
Consider it a high-stakes game of telephone. You may have noticed the uptick of college football quarterbacks cupping their helmets to muffle the sounds of the loudest stadiums in the country. That’s because coach-to-player helmet communication arrived this season for all 134 Football Bowl Subdivision programs. Thirty years after the NFL debuted the technology, the […]
There could be something fishy about this chip shop’s menu if health bosses get their way Plans for a new chippy have come up against a health board’s demands for fruit and veg on the menu. Betsi Cadwaladr health board wants the proposed takeaway in Morfa Bychan, Gwynedd, to sell a “good selection” of fruit […]
At least four people, including a two-year-old, die in two attempts to cross the channel on crowded boats. A two-year-old has been crushed to death and three other people have been killed in two attempts to cross the English Channel using overcrowded boats, French authorities say. “A child was trampled to death,” French Interior Minister […]
AFP Local residents rescue a woman from rising flood waters in the Romanian village of Slobozia Conachi Central Europe’s devastating floods were made much worse by climate change and offer a stark glimpse of the future for the world’s fastest-warming continent, scientists say. Storm Boris has ravaged countries including Poland, the Czech Republic, Romania, Austria […]
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Big taxes will be imposed on imports of electric vehicles from China to the EU after the majority of member states backed the plans. The move to introduce tariffs aims to protect the European car industry from being undermined by what EU politicians believe are unfair Chinese-state subsidies on its own cars. Tariffs on electric […]
The Premier League have rejected Manchester City’s request to postpone their first two games of next season to help the players recover after their FIFA Club World Cup campaign in the United States, Pep Guardiola said on Friday. City and Chelsea are the two English clubs who have qualified for the expanded month-long Club World […]