Chancellor on track to impose a package of manifesto-busting tax increases at this month’s budget, says IFS Rishi Sunak is poised to usher in cuts worth £2bn for government departments tasked with meeting the Tories’ flagship “levelling up” agenda, despite planning for the biggest tax raid in a generation. The […]
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The leader of the nuclear-armed country says there is ‘no basis’ to believe US actions are ‘not hostile’ during military exhibition The leader of nuclear-armed North Korea, Kim Jong-un, has blamed the US for tensions on the peninsula, state media has reported, calling it the “root cause” of instability. Kim […]
FSO Safer has been abandoned since 2017 and loss of its 1.1m barrels would destroy Yemen’s fishing stocks The impact of an oil spill in the Red Sea from a tanker that is rotting in the water could be far wider than anticipated, with 8 million people losing access to […]
Exclusive: chancellor criticised by former Tory international development secretaries for planned use of $27.4bn windfall Rishi Sunak is to save billions of pounds by counting as aid financial assistance to poor countries being provided as a result of a windfall Britain has received from the International Monetary Fund (IMF). In […]
Exclusive: research reveals harmful stereotypes still hindering girls, boys and their parents Lego has announced it will work to remove gender stereotypes from its toys after a global survey the company commissioned found attitudes to play and future careers remain unequal and restrictive. Researchers found that while girls were becoming […]
Officers made decision after reportedly talking to Giuffre and a review of documents The Metropolitan police are taking no further action after a review prompted by Virginia Giuffre, who is taking legal action against Prince Andrew. Met officers made the decision to drop their investigation on Sunday, after reviewing several […]
Chronic underfunding, Covid and staff shortages blamed for increase in physical and verbal assaults NHS staff across the UK are facing a “growing tide of abuse” including assaults from patients, which they say is being caused by frustration at long waits for care. In a strongly worded joint statement, which […]
Letter from 2019 reveals business secretary supported £1.2bn project linked to Conservative donor A cabinet minister has been accused of making misleading claims about a £1.2bn cable project linked to a Conservative donor. Almost one in 10 Conservative MPs had taken money from firms linked to Viktor Fedotov, revealed in […]
EU leaders urged to push back against No 10’s brinkmanship over role of European Court of Justice Fears that the UK is heading for a trade war with the EU have been fuelled by strong indications from the government that proposals to be unveiled in Brussels on Wednesday over Brexit […]
Shortages of material, labour and drivers put the party’s mid-2020 target in serious jeopardy, say analysts Boris Johnson’s election pledge to build 300,000 new houses a year is in serious jeopardy in the face of labour and material shortages that are causing major disruption across the economy, industry figures have […]