Former Treasury aides say the chancellor is courting danger on UK debt and that fiscal rules must go Leading economists warn today that Jeremy Hunt will “cost the country dear” if he gambles on pre-election cuts to tax and spending in this week’s budget. Two former advisers to the Treasury, backed […]
Month: March 2024
Artists have previously only managed four wins in one ceremony, capping an astonishing year for the British singer who was once left in major label limbo Brits 2024 liveblog – as it happened Brits 2024: full list of winners Comment: Raye’s record-breaking Brits defied the limited imaginations of the British […]
Israel ‘more or less’ accepts deal on hostage release and Gaza aid, but Hamas stuck on ‘category of vulnerable hostages’ Israel is reported to be close to accepting a six-week ceasefire proposal for Gaza, a senior Biden administration official told several US news outlets on Saturday, two days after more […]
The wildlife charity allegedly dropped a study highlighting farm pollution linked to the supply chain of its former supermarket partner The wildlife charity WWF-UK shelved a report that warned how intensive chicken production is devastating the River Wye, the Observer can reveal. Since 2018, the charity has received more than […]
Former president is awarded all 39 state delegates for November’s national convention in Milwaukee, Wisconsin Donald Trump continued his march toward the GOP nomination at the Michigan Republican party convention on Saturday, sweeping all 39 delegates. The delegates awarded will fuel Trump ahead of Tuesday, 5 March, when 15 states […]
Western diplomats attend as chanting crowd pays tribute to opposition leader who died in Arctic penal colony • Alexei Navalny funeral – latest updates • Funeral of Alexei Navalny – in pictures Defying the Kremlin’s warning of arrests, thousands of mourners have gathered in Moscow to bid farewell to the […]
PM condemns ‘shocking increase in extremist disruption and criminality’ in wake of Gaza war, in sometimes rambling address Rishi Sunak has claimed extremist groups in the UK are “trying to tear us apart”, in a hastily arranged Downing Street statement that came hours after George Galloway won a byelection in […]
Rochdale byelection loss will concern MPs in seats with big Muslim populations, says Compass director Keir Starmer has been told that Labour risks taking its Muslim voters for granted, as MPs said the party had a fight on its hands to win back support lost over its position on the […]
Fashion personality who found fame in her 80s went from a copywriter at Women’s Wear Daily to a design authority whose projects included the White House Iris Apfel – a life in pictures Iris Apfel, the interior designer and fashion tastemaker who found fame as an octogenarian, has died aged […]
Attack on juvenile is thought to be first known time a lone orca has hunted down a great white It is a smash and grab that has stunned scientists: in less than two minutes, a killer whale attacked and consumed a great white shark before swimming off with the victim’s […]