Amid reports Beijing is planning massive bailout of the sector, S&P predicts sales slump will heighten liquidity squeeze and trigger more defaults Property sales in China could fall by one-third this year, spelling more trouble for the country’s giant housing sector as people lose faith in the market and pressure […]
Leadership candidates ignored calls from fellow Conservatives not to ‘tarnish the brand’ as they wrangled over tax cuts, inflation and relations with China The battle to become the UK’s next prime minister descended into fierce clashes on Monday night as Rishi Sunak launched repeated attacks on the economic policies of […]
Police say four Vietnamese people are reported missing and may have been involved in blaze 10 weeks ago Human remains have been discovered by workers demolishing a mill in Oldham as police said four Vietnamese people were missing. The finding came 10 weeks after a fire at the property in […]
Force accused of ‘deferential policing’ after it confirms not seeking details from PM over two events before deciding not to fine him Anger over the Partygate scandal has been reignited after Scotland Yard confirmed that it did not send questionnaires to Boris Johnson before deciding against fining him for attending […]
Pandemic may have changed decision-making, according to research published in Journal of Medical Ethics Doctors are less likely to resuscitate the most seriously ill patients in the wake of the pandemic, a survey suggests. Covid-19 may have changed doctors’ decision-making regarding end of life, making them more willing not to […]
Report calls for more support for people who are struggling to pay as it lambasts government and Ofgem Millions of people will be plunged into “unmanageable” debt this winter unless the government comes up with more support for those struggling to pay their energy bills, MPs have warned. In a […]
Health and social care committee says workforce strategy must be top priority for new prime minister The NHS is facing “the greatest workforce crisis” in its history which is putting patients at serious risk of harm, an influential group of MPs warns today. In its report, the cross-party Commons health […]
Leadership contender says he will close 30 Mandarin teaching programmes to restrain Beijing’s soft power China is the biggest long-term threat to Britain, Rishi Sunak will say on Monday as he unveils plans to curb the country’s soft power by closing all of its 30 Confucius Institutes, which promote the […]
Democracy figures, including a former lawmaker in Aung San Suu Kyi’s party, executed after being accused of carrying out ‘terror acts’ Myanmar’s junta has executed four prisoners, including a former lawmaker from Aung San Suu Kyi’s party, state media said on Monday, in the country’s first use of capital punishment […]
Opposition leader to say ‘making the country and its people better off’ is main priority for party The Labour leader, Keir Starmer, will attempt to frame the next general election as a battle for the economy, declaring on Monday that a Labour government’s priorities would be “growth, growth and growth”. […]