Austerity is pushed back until after the next election amid evidence of higher energy bills and a protracted recession Britain faces the biggest hit to living standards on record as Jeremy Hunt set out £30bn of delayed spending cuts and £25bn of backdated tax increases in an autumn statement that […]
Month: November 2022
Court says Russia had overall control of the separatist forces in eastern Ukraine at the time when the plane was shot down Russia-Ukraine war – latest news updates A Dutch court has found three men guilty of the murder of 298 people onboard flight MH17, which was shot down by […]
With only one full day of official talks left, there are no clear agreements on key issues including funding for loss and damage The UN secretary general, António Guterres, has flown to the attempted rescue of troubled climate talks in Egypt, warning of a “breakdown in trust” between rich and […]
Novelist said ‘rationality has prevailed’ after resolution to unseat her as chair was comprehensively defeated The novelist Joanne Harris has seen off an attempt to remove her from a leading position at the UK’s largest trade union for writers, illustrators and translators, after members comprehensively backed her in a vote. […]
Latest intercontinental ballistic missile launch comes day after North resumed weapons testing and threatened ‘fiercer’ military response to US moves in region North Korea has launched a suspected intercontinental ballistic missile toward its eastern waters, South Korea said on Friday, its second missile launch in as many days. A day […]
The slim majority effectively hands great power to every member of the party, possibly stymying any legislation Republicans have won back control of the House of Representatives scraping a victory from a midterms election that many had expected to be a red wave of wins but which instead turned into […]
BEIS has ‘national security’ concerns over China-owned Nexperia which took control of Newport Wafer Fab The British government has blocked the takeover of the UK’s largest producer of semiconductors by a Chinese-owned manufacturer, citing “a risk to national security”. The business department’s decision on Wednesday comes more than a year […]
Jeremy Hunt expected to use autumn statement to announce rise in household energy price cap to as much as £3,100 Millions of UK households will pay more for their energy from next April under plans to cut the generosity of the government’s gas and electricity support scheme expected to be […]
National Audit Office says efforts to reduce record waiting lists under threat amid rising inflation and workforce shortages Millions of patients could face years of long waits for treatment on the NHS, as a watchdog warned that the plan to reduce extensive waits for elective and cancer care services by […]
Poland says no evidence to suggest missile was launched by Russia – but Kyiv insists ‘it was not our rocket’ Ukraine’s air defence was probably responsible for a blast that killed two people in south-eastern Poland, the Polish president has said, while Nato said Russia was ultimately to blame as […]