UK economy expected to grow by just 0.75% this year, in fresh blow to Rachel Reeves’s attempts to raise confidence Rachel Reeves’s plans for growth suffered a double blow after the Bank of England halved its forecast for the year and warned households would face mounting pressure from rising prices. […]
Four MPs who oppose bill email colleagues to rebuke its sponsor, as concerns raised over pressure on committee Four Labour MPs have sent a mass email to colleagues with a stinging rebuke of the assisted dying bill’s sponsor, accusing her of portraying a one-sided view of expert evidence. In a […]
US president has been critical of court since it issued arrest warrant for Netanyahu over alleged war crimes in Gaza Donald Trump has signed an executive order that authorises aggressive economic sanctions against the international criminal court (ICC), accusing the body of “illegitimate and baseless actions” targeting the US and […]
Rothschild & Co investigated complaint against the late financier in 2003 and he left shortly afterwards The financier Sir Evelyn de Rothschild left the bank that bears his family name in 2004 after an investigation into a sexual misconduct complaint, it has emerged. Staff at Rothschild & Co were told […]
Japanese practice Sanaa’s slender, stripped-back buildings boast walls that are just 16mm thick and concrete canopies that look as if they could float away It is not often as an architecture critic that you find yourself referring to the dimensions of a building in millimetres. But then few buildings are […]
Prime minister vows to ‘push past nimbyism’ and calls on tech firms to help build small modular reactors to power AI datacentres Keir Starmer will unveil plans for a historic expansion in nuclear power across England and Wales, pledging to use Labour’s large majority to make new sites across the […]
Angela Rayner meets bereaved to tell them west London block will ‘be carefully deconstructed’ Grenfell Tower is to be demolished, bereaved families are understood to have been told by Angela Rayner. Rayner, the deputy prime minister and housing secretary, met relatives and survivors on Wednesday evening and “announced the decision […]
President’s plan for US to take over Gaza Strip and move Palestinians out also rejected by allies Saudi Arabia and Jordan US politics live – latest updates Donald Trump’s proposal for a US takeover of Gaza was met with anger and blunt rejection from regional allies, delight from Israel’s far […]
Review looked into mental health care Calocane received before killing three people in a violent rampage through Nottingham in June 2023 Valdo Calocane, the triple murderer who went on a violent rampage in Nottingham, was not forced to take injectable antipsychotic medication because he did not like needles, a report […]
President’s plan, which is low on detail, would involve the permanent resettlement of Palestinians from Gaza to neighbouring countries Trump announce plan to take over Gaza – live updates Donald Trump has vowed that the US would “take over” war ravaged Gaza and “own it”, effectively endorsing the ethnic cleansing […]