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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Twice-impeached ex-president makes expected announcement despite midterms reversals and surge from rival Ron DeSantis Donald Trump announces his 2024 presidential campaign – follow live Donald Trump has announced his candidacy for the Republican presidential nomination in 2024, likely sparking another period of tumult in US politics and especially his own […]
Energy situation ‘critical’ across Ukraine after strikes, which Kyiv says are Russian response to Zelenskiy’s G20 address Russia-Ukraine war – latest news updates Russia launched a wave of missile strikes across Ukraine on Tuesday, leaving many cities without power, as G20 leaders met in Bali. Ukrainian authorities said it was […]
Incident in which two people died probably falls short of threshold needed to prompt collective Nato action against Russia • Russia-Ukraine war – latest news updates If it was a Russian missile that struck a Polish village on Tuesday, killing two people, it would be the first time a Russian […]
Two farmers killed near border with Ukraine by what Poland has claimed were Russian-made weapons Russia-Ukraine war – latest news updates Poland’s president Andrzej Duda said he expected his country would call for an emergency meeting of Nato members on Wednesday after “Russian-made” missiles strayed over into the country killing […]
World leaders at Bali summit gather in emergency summit to discuss what Poland says was a Russian-made missile that landed in the Nato member country, killing two At a glance: what we know on day 226 of the invasion Here are a few more images we have received from the […]
Former Bank of England policymaker Michael Saunders says leaving EU has ‘permanently damaged’ economy Brexit is the ultimate reason why the UK now faces a fresh round of austerity, a former interest rate-setter at the Bank of England has said. “The UK economy as a whole has been permanently damaged […]
Leaders of Kent and Hampshire county councils say even ‘drastic cuts’ to services will not be enough Two of England’s largest Tory-run local authorities have warned the prime minister, Rishi Sunak, that they will be forced to declare bankruptcy within the next few months because of the unprecedented financial crisis […]