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Employers say they will be counting costs of budget amid increases to national insurance contributions Reeves accused of betraying small family firms Marie Cooper has plans to grow her Midlands engineering business next year, making more of the pistons and pipework that planes, cars and oilfield machinery need. That should […]
How the chancellor’s changes to tax, benefits and pensions will affect your personal finances What the budget means for your finances Budget 2024: key points at a glance The chancellor, Rachel Reeves, has pressed the button tax and benefits changes that will have an impact on the pound in your […]
Axel Rudakubana, 18, who is already charged with three counts of murder, faces new charges of possessing terrorist material and making poison The suspect accused of murdering three girls in Southport is facing new charges of possessing terrorist material and producing the highly toxic poison ricin, police have announced. Axel […]
Punches were allegedly exchanged in ‘extraordinary’ incident that delayed plane at Heathrow for two hours Two women were removed from a British Airways flight at Heathrow after an altercation reportedly provoked by a Make America Great Again (Maga) cap. The incident occurred on Saturday as the women, aged 40 and […]
Vice-president strikes hopeful tone in remarks delivered from site of Trump’s speech before deadly January 6 attack With the White House illuminated behind her, Kamala Harris asked the vanishing slice of undecided Americans to elect a “new generation of leadership”, likening Donald Trump to a “petty tyrant” who had stood […]
Almost half of global land area saw extreme drought for at least one month, according to Lancet Countdown Heat-related deaths, food insecurity and the spread of infectious diseases caused by the climate crisis have reached record levels, according to a landmark report. The Lancet Countdown’s ninth report on health and […]
Having announced minimum wage boost, chancellor to say she can spare working people from tax rises The UK’s national minimum wage is to rise by a higher than expected 6.7% next year, Rachel Reeves has announced before a multi-billion pound tax-raising budget designed to act as the springboard for a […]
Seven Met officers accused of accessing X-rays and witness information after Wayne Couzens was arrested Police viewed confidential information about the kidnap and murder of Sarah Everard such as her X-rays out of “curiosity”, a disciplinary hearing heard. Seven Metropolitan police officers were accused of looking at sensitive information relating […]
British Retail Consortium says prices falling at fastest rate in three years and are 0.8% lower than a year ago The chances of a fresh cut in interest rates from the Bank of England next week have been boosted by a report that shows shop prices falling at their fastest […]