Exclusive: Rates of 33% to 39% being tested as Treasury source says tax-raising plans are in ‘complete disarray’ Rachel Reeves is considering raising capital gains tax as high as 39% in the budget, the Guardian can reveal, amid a scramble to raise funds for crumbling public services. Treasury modelling being […]
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Ex-president campaigns in Pennsylvania and says fellow Democrat ‘actually cares about making your life better’ Barack Obama made his first appearance on the campaign trail for Kamala Harris on Thursday, speaking at a rally in Pennsylvania and at an event for Black voters, where he urged men in particular to […]
Director of only major hospital in north of strip still offering specialist care says it cannot evacuate all its patients Middle East crisis – live updates The director of the only major hospital in the northern Gaza Strip now offering specialised care for children has described a “catastrophic situation” as […]
National Hurricane Center also warns of extreme winds and flash flooding, after storm came ashore south of Tampa Full report: Hurricane Milton makes landfall in Florida Some locals choose to stay: ‘We have faith in the Lord’ Footage coming in from the Tampa area as Hurricane Milton makes landfall shows […]
Player was found dead in his swimming pool, say police Greece international joined Panathinaikos this summer The former Sheffield United and Greece defender George Baldock has died at the age of 31. According to police sources, his body was found on Wednesday in a swimming pool at his home in […]
Employment rights legislation has been widely heralded by trade unions despite some commitments being watered down Rogue employers will be targeted by a beefed-up new enforcement agency to protect sweeping changes to rights at work for millions of Britons, set to be outlined in a “watershed” bill published on Friday. […]
Thinktank says tax increases in budget will be necessary even if Rachel Reeves changes fiscal rules Will Rachel Reeves’s rules on debt and spending survive the budget? Keir Starmer’s promise to end austerity and rebuild public services will require tax increases of £25bn a year in the coming budget even […]
Leaders talk for first time in weeks as US administration seeks to weigh in on Israel’s plans Joe Biden and Benjamin Netanyahu spoke for the first time in weeks on Wednesday amid expectations of an imminent Israeli strike on Iran, which Yoav Gallant warned would be “deadly, precise and surprising”. […]
An entire family was killed less than a month before wedding day as Hurricane Milton bears down on Florida As the country turns its attention to Hurricane Milton, which is expected to bring life-threatening conditions to parts of Florida after it makes landfall later this week, communities in much of […]
One million more people are in what Trussell charity defines as ‘hunger and hardship’ than five years ago How many people in the UK are in ‘hunger and hardship’? More than 9 million people in the UK experience levels of poverty and hunger so extreme they are vulnerable to reliance […]