Analysis suggests wealthiest would save millions and Sunak’s own family could benefit to tune of £250m Conservative plans to abolish non-dom status are riddled with loopholes worth hundreds of millions of pounds for the wealthiest people in the country, Labour has claimed. Analysis by the party found that the policy, […]
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Ekrem Imamoğlu secures unexpected second term as Istanbul’s mayor, propelling the CHP to the centre of national politics Turkey’s main opposition party dealt an unexpected blow to Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s rule on Sunday with a sweeping victory in Turkey’s local elections, maintaining control of major cities including the capital, Ankara, […]
Exclusive: Aid officials warn that transferring Unrwa’s functions to other bodies with famine looming would be disastrous Israel has given the UN a proposal to dismantle Unrwa, its relief agency in the Palestinian territories, and transfer its staff to a replacement agency to make large-scale food deliveries into Gaza, according […]
Five years after payment scheme launched, a former soldier says delays mean plan should be run independently A former soldier who was a victim of the Windrush scandal has said he fears the government is “waiting for us to die off” before it pays compensation. Conroy Downie, 67, and his […]
Bones were discovered near the hamlet of Le Vernet, close to where the little boy went missing in 2023 French investigators have found the remains of a toddler who went missing in 2023, in a case that shocked the nation. Investigators are now working to determine how the boy died, […]
Chair of foreign affairs select committee Alicia Kearns said at a Tory fundraiser that legal advice would mean the UK has to cease all arms sales to Israel without delay • Analysis: starvation in Gaza likely key to UK legal advice on war crimes The British government has received advice […]
Pressure on Michael Gove to act as householders see bills rise 40%, with many saying that they cannot afford to pay Some of the UK’s largest housing providers have dramatically increased annual service charges by thousands of pounds, plunging residents into financial crisis, an Observer investigation has found. Many residents […]
Survey of 15,000 people suggests even party leader Rishi Sunak’s North Yorkshire seat is at risk The Conservatives are on course for their worst election result, winning fewer than 100 seats, according to a new poll. The seat-by-seat analysis gives the Tories 98 constituencies compared with Labour’s 468, giving Sir […]
Television star was killed in a motorcycle accident that involved no other parties, representatives say Chance Perdomo, the British American actor who starred on the television shows Chilling Adventures of Sabrina and Gen V, has died in a motorcycle accident. He was 27. Nobody else was involved in the accident, […]
Despite disparagement from John Bolton, critics maintain Trump is clear threat to democracy, given admiration for dictators A former national security adviser in the Donald Trump White House has said that the ex-president “hasn’t got the brains” to helm a dictatorship, despite his admiration for such rulers. In an interview […]