Predictions handed to chancellor expected to paint gloomy picture for UK economy amid sweeping tax cuts Kwasi Kwarteng has been handed independent forecasts on the state of the UK finances that are expected to show a hole of more than £60bn left by his sweeping tax cuts and a sharply […]
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Energy companies urged to prioritise at-risk consumers, including those on dialysis, as National Grid warns of rolling blackouts Rolling power cuts enforced this winter if gas supplies run extremely low could endanger thousands of people who use life-saving machines at home, health leaders have warned. They spoke out after National […]
In his starkest assessment yet, US president says world is the closest it has come to nuclear catastrophe in sixty years Follow our coverage of the Ukraine war Joe Biden has warned the world could face “Armageddon” if Vladimir Putin uses a tactical nuclear weapon to try to win the […]
Exclusive: Free Market Forum suggests scrapping free childcare hours and abolishing corporation tax A free-market thinktank with close links to Liz Truss and Kwasi Kwarteng has drawn up a blueprint of “slash and burn” ideas that could form the basis of the government’s supply-side reform programme to be set out […]
Famous figures including Elton John accuse Associated Newspapers of ‘gross breaches of privacy’ Doreen Lawrence and Prince Harry are among a list of famous figures launching legal action against the publisher of the Daily Mail over the alleged misuse of their private information, including an accusation relating to the placing […]
Nika Shahkarami, 16, disappeared on her way to anti-hijab protests sparked by death of Mahsa Amini The mother of an Iranian teenager who died after joining protests over Mahsa Amini’s death has accused the authorities of murdering her daughter and pressuring her into saying that her death was a suicide, […]
Senior figures see decision as a slight on the US and a sign that the oil producers club is aligning with Russia The Biden administration and its supporters have reacted angrily to the Opec+ decision to cut oil production, seeing it as a rebuff to the US president’s efforts to […]
American GM takes early lead at US Chess Championship Niemann makes first remarks since report of serial cheating Carlsen v Niemann controversy is ‘tragedy’ for both sides The embattled American grandmaster Hans Niemann struck a defiant pose on Wednesday in his first public appearance since an investigation found that he […]
Ukrainian army making ‘fast and powerful progress’ in south, says Volodymyr Zelenskiy Russia-Ukraine war: latest news The Russian president, Vladimir Putin, has appeared to concede the severity of the Kremlin’s recent military reversals in Ukraine, insisting Russia would “stabilise” the situation in four Ukrainian regions it illegally claimed as its […]
Major disruption to NHS over winter feared if ballot of 300,000 staff over 5% pay increase results in industrial action Hundreds of thousands of nurses across the UK are to be balloted about going on strike in a move that risks disrupting the NHS this winter. For the first time […]