Chancellor to strike upbeat tone despite cost-of-living crisis, with spending pledges worth billions Rishi Sunak will use his budget to insist the UK is entering an economic “age of optimism” despite a looming cost-of-living crisis, after making a deluge of promises to spend billions more on health, transport and skills. […]
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The move by the Federal Communications Commission is the latest pushback against what the US sees as infiltration by Chinese tech firms The US communications regulator has voted to revoke China Telecom’s licence in America over national security concerns in the latest pushback by Washington against what it deems possible […]
Three former senior officers agree errors in search for missing women were due to biased policing Three former police chiefs have said errors made in the search for two missing sisters was the result of bias, as the murdered women’s mother dismissed as “hollow” an apology for the blunders. The […]
Minister ‘quite concerned’ about delay to finalising UK’s participation in €80bn Horizon Europe scheme A fresh Brexit row has been blown open with Brussels after David Frost accused the EU of being close to breaching the trade deal struck last Christmas. He said the UK was “getting quite concerned” about […]
‘Widespread’ mistreatment linked to physical pain, fatigue, alcohol abuse and depression, research finds Women are suffering serious and long-lasting physical and mental health problems from “widespread” emotional bullying, sexual harassment and physical assault in the UK military, research reveals. Those most likely to have experienced such treatment were younger personnel, […]
Ex-employee tells UK MPs Mark Zuckerberg ‘has unilateral control over 3bn people’ due to his position Mark Zuckerberg “has unilateral control over 3 billion people” due to his unassailable position at the top of Facebook, the whistleblower Frances Haugen told MPs as she called for urgent external regulation to rein […]
Economists have failed to take account of ‘immense risks and potential loss of life’, says author of landmark review Many economic assessments of the climate crisis “grossly undervalue the lives of young people and future generations”, Prof Nicholas Stern warned on Tuesday, before the Cop26 climate summit in Glasgow. Economists […]
Chancellor will also increase minimum wage, but economists warn measures not enough to counteract inflation and cuts Rishi Sunak will end the public sector pay freeze for million of workers and increase the national minimum wage in the budget on Wednesday, though economists warned the measures would not compensate for […]
Chancellor concedes only 20% of transport funding boost is new and other commitments in £26bn spending plans are recycled Labour has accused Rishi Sunak of presiding over a “smoke and mirrors” budget after he conceded that just 20% of his biggest single spending commitment unveiled before the speech is made […]
Exclusive: UK’s most senior gynaecologist is latest clinician to raise alarm about mounting Covid pressures Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage The NHS could soon be unable to deliver “the care it needs to” for women giving birth if the surge in Covid cases continues, the president […]