Report finds that 98 domestic abuse victims in England and Wales died by suspected suicide in 2023-2024 UK police to charge more abusers with manslaughter Domestic abusers are driving their victims to suicide, police have warned as they admitted to past mistakes and pledged to investigate more “hidden” cases of […]
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No Other Land’s Hamdan Ballal attacked by armed settlers in West Bank and handed to Israeli military, witnesses say A Palestinian director of the Oscar-winning documentary No Other Land has been arrested by the Israeli army after masked settlers attacked his house. According to five Jewish American activists who witnessed […]
FCA to explore simplifying communications about savings accounts and review parts of its credit advertising rules The City watchdog is considering changing rules to allow people to receive clearer information from financial firms to make it easier for them to find and compare products. The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is […]
Labour MP and Lib Dem leader express concern social media companies could be let off hook just as benefits are cut Keir Starmer has been warned against “appeasing” Donald Trump as he considers reducing a major tax for US tech companies while cutting disability benefits and public sector jobs. His […]
Ismail Barhoum said to have died in attack on Khan Younis, which was based on extensive intelligence, Israel says An Israeli airstrike on a hospital in Gaza has killed five people, including a Hamas political leader and Palestinian medics, Hamas has said, in an attack that Israel said had targeted […]
‘You can’t cut your way to growth,’ says PCS head as Reeves confirms move to cut administrative costs by 15% by 2030 Rachel Reeves’s planned cuts of £2bn to government departments will hit frontline services from jobcentres to HMRC phone lines and efforts to cut the asylum backlog, a union […]
Two other substations available to supply airport with electricity, according to chief executive John Pettigrew There was enough power for Heathrow to remain open during the entire period it was shut down on Friday, the head of National Grid has said. Speaking for the first time since a fire forced […]
Landlords are left with no choice to offset looming tax rises introduced by the chancellor, says trade body Londoners might not bat an eyelid at paying £5 for a pint but the national average is poised to rise above that watermark for the first time, with publicans blaming tax rises […]
Keir Starmer has been dealt a fresh blow to his living standards pledge in advance of the spring statement Living standards for all UK families are set to fall by 2030, with those on the lowest incomes declining twice as fast as middle and high earners, according to new data […]
Anger over detention of Ekrem Imamoğlu becomes a touchstone for opposing President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan When demonstrators gathered at Istanbul’s city hall last week in outrage at the arrest of mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu, 26-year-old Azra said she was initially too scared to defy a ban on gatherings. As protests grew […]