IFS says Kwasi Kwarteng’s mini-budget will leave ministers making serious reductions in public services Kwasi Kwarteng will need to find £60bn of savings by 2026 to fill the gap left by unfunded tax cuts and the costs of extra borrowing triggered by a panicked reaction on international money markets to […]
Year: 2022
Kyiv presses military and diplomatic wishlist as French president sees ‘profound change in nature of this war’ Volodymyr Zelenskiy will address G7 leaders on Tuesday to demand a significant increase in their military and diplomatic support after the biggest Russian missile attack on Ukrainian cities since the start of the […]
If the hydrogen-gobbling, methane-producing microorganisms existed, they would have caused their own demise Ancient Mars may have had an environment capable of harboring an underground world teeming with microscopic organisms, French scientists reported on Monday. But if they existed, these simple life forms would have altered the atmosphere so profoundly […]
Boss says bank is putting aside more money for potential defaults linked to cost of living crisis The boss of Santander UK says the bank is putting aside more money for potential defaults linked to the cost of living crisis after seeing a pickup in customers falling behind on mortgage […]
Experts say loss of 50,000 workers exposes ‘absolute crisis’ facing system still reeling from impact of Covid and Brexit The social care workforce has shrunk for the first time in almost a decade despite rising demand and bed congestion in hospitals fuelled by a lack of care places. England is […]
Exclusive: Tory MPs warn PM she would lose vote on increasing benefits only in line with earnings rather than inflation Liz Truss is teetering on the edge of performing another big U-turn as Tory MPs warned she would lose a vote on delivering a real-terms cut to benefits while new […]
Guardian analysis of hundreds of documents also finds complaints of rodents, bed bugs, overcrowding and fire safety issues Raw sewage leaking into a living room, rodents, bed bug and mite infestations, overcrowding and fire safety issues make up just some of the complaints levelled at rogue landlords in tribunal filings […]
Russian president claims Ukrainian special forces behind explosion on Kerch bridge Russia-Ukraine war: latest updates What we know on day 228 of the invasion Vladimir Putin has blamed Ukraine directly for the blast at a vital bridge linking Russia and Crimea, describing the weekend attack as “act of terror” carried […]
Musk, the world’s richest person, suggested giving China some control over the island to resolve the cross-strait dispute China Taiwan tensions explained Taiwanese politicians have dismissed comments from Elon Musk, the world’s richest person, that allowing China to have some control over the island would resolve the cross-strait dispute, urging […]
Kim Jong-un said his forces were “completely ready to hit and destroy targets at any time from any location” North and South Korea tensions explained in 30 seconds North Korea’s recent flurry of missile tests demonstrated its ability to carry out strikes with tactical nuclear weapons, its leader, Kim Jong-un, […]