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Chancellor maxes out with morally bankrupt budget that is anything but mini Live updates: Kwasi Kwarteng announces mini-budget Kwasi Kwarteng. What a guy! On Monday he put the fun into funeral with a few gags at Westminster Abbey. On Friday he puts the fizz into fiscal with an event – […]
From income tax to stamp duty and national insurance, how Kwasi Kwarteng’s announcements could affect you Kwarteng scraps top 45% rate of income tax and cuts stamp duty The chancellor, Kwasi Kwarteng, has announced a sweeping package of measures in his mini-budget, including a number of tax cuts that will […]
Former cabinet minister urges Labour leader to be ‘restless for change’ and challenge ‘post-truth’ campaign by Truss government Liz Truss will mount a “post-truth” campaign presenting the Conservatives as the party of change at the next election, Peter Mandelson has warned, as he called on Keir Starmer not to “sit […]
Threadneedle Street makes clear on eve of tax-cutting mini-budget that plans risk triggering more rate rises The Bank of England has warned Kwasi Kwarteng the economy is in recession and it will most probably need to push interest rates higher after Friday’s tax-cutting mini-budget. On the eve of a major […]
António Guterres also denounces plans to annex parts of Ukraine as a violation of international law Russia-Ukraine war – latest updates The UN secretary general has issued a strongly worded rebuke to Russia for “totally unacceptable” nuclear threats and denounced its plans to annex parts of Ukraine as a “violation […]
Reports ethnic minorities may be disproportionately affected while protesters in Moscow drafted on arrest Russia-Ukraine war – latest updates Summons delivered to eligible men at midnight. Schoolteachers pressed into handing out draft notices. Men given an hour to pack their things and appear at draft centres. Women sobbing as they […]
Turkey, India and China respond cooly to news of planned referendums in Ukrainian regions occupied by Russia Russia-Ukraine war – latest updates Signs that some countries willing to tolerate Russia’s invasion of Ukraine are losing patience have emerged as Turkey, India and China responded cooly to the announcement that four […]
More than 500 detained in both Moscow and St Petersburg, says monitoring group, after Putin orders call-up of military reservists Russia-Ukraine war: latest updates Security forces detained more than 1,300 people in Russia on Wednesday at protests denouncing mobilisation, a rights group said, hours after President Vladimir Putin ordered Russia’s […]
Five UK and two US foreign fighters captured in Ukraine among 10 freed after Saudi Arabia’s intervention Russia-Ukraine war – latest updates A Briton who was threatened with execution after being captured by Russian forces during the siege of Mariupol has been released alongside four other Britons and five international […]