Getty Images A range of household bills, including council tax, water, gas and electricity have risen today. The BBC’s cost of living correspondent, Kevin Peachey, has been answering your most asked questions on the price rises. Why are bills going up? Tashi and Chris asked why bills are going up. This is a very simple […]
Hundreds of federal health workers, including doctors in senior leadership positions, began hearing early Tuesday morning that they are losing their jobs, part of a vast restructuring that will winnow down the agencies charged with regulating food and drugs, protecting Americans from disease and researching new treatments and cures. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. […]
Follow the latest news on Trump’s tariffs and administration news. Ahead of President Trump’s plan to impose sweeping tariffs across the globe this week, his administration is weighing a new round of emergency aid to farmers, who are likely to be caught in the middle if America’s trading partners retaliate. The early discussions offer a […]
Nomia Iqbal and Cai Pigliucci BBC News Reporting fromMilwaukee, Wisconsin Getty Images It’s only been five months since voters in Wisconsin faced a bitterly fought election, but residents of the US state are already heading back to the polls. This time, Elon Musk looms large in the race to fill a vacancy on the Wisconsin […]
Kate Baldock BBC Radio Shropshire BBC Helen Upton said she hoped shoppers would understand why price rises were necessary Shopkeepers in a Shropshire town are asking people for their continued support, with prices set to rise again. The new financial year has brought with it increases to energy, water and council tax bills, and employers […]
Good morning. You’re reading the Up First newsletter. Subscribe here to get it delivered to your inbox, and listen to the Up First podcast for all the news you need to start your day. Today’s top stories Wisconsin voters are casting their ballots in the state’s Supreme Court election. It’s been the most expensive court race in U.S. history. […]
Chris Bergen, who runs a commercial greenhouse business in northern Minnesota, finds himself “walking a tightrope” roughly two months into President Trump’s second term. Acute uncertainty about how the administration’s trade and immigration policies will unfold and affect the economy has made him much more cautious about any expansion plans. As one of the country’s […]
Women in blue cloth hairnets sew the finishing touches on plush pink piggies and orange stuffed foxes, before tossing them onto giant piles in Maria Liao’s factory in southern China. They will be boxed and shipped to the United States, where many of Ms. Liao’s clients are based. The factory is quieter than it should […]
Any employer not paying the correct amount can be fined by HMRC. In June 2023, the previous Conservative government said that more than 200 firms had been fined a total of nearly £7m. They were told to reimburse 63,000 workers for failures over several years. The companies included Marks and Spencer, Argos and Lloyds Pharmacy. […]
Hank Steinbrecher, a soccer evangelist from Queens whose passion as a top United States official in the sport helped usher it into the American mainstream and who, in a previous career in marketing for Gatorade, helped popularize the ritual in which victorious players douse their coaches with coolers of sports drinks, died on Tuesday at […]