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 […]
A US Coast Guard helicopter rescued the man in the Gulf of Mexico, taking him to Tampa general hospital Deaths expected to rise as Florida begins to assess Hurricane Milton destruction A US Coast Guard helicopter crew rescued a man who was left clinging to an ice box in the […]
Assessment finds detention unit is subjecting families to ‘unnecessary suffering’ amid lengthy Home Office delays Young children are being traumatised while held at a Gatwick airport deportation centre that should be closed down, a watchdog has found. The independent monitoring board (IMB) also said the children’s parents were being subjected […]
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 […]
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”. […]
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 […]
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. […]
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 […]
Exclusive: chancellor’s plan to change rules to allow more borrowing comes as cost of government debt rises Rachel Reeves is pushing ahead with plans to borrow billions of pounds extra for infrastructure investment, the Guardian has learned, despite concerns about the rising cost of UK government debt. The chancellor told […]
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 […]