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. […]
Attorney says the deal can protect the prince against a lawsuit that claims that he assaulted Virginia Giuffre when she was 17 Prince Andrew’s lawyer has asked a New York judge to keep sealed a 2009 legal agreement that he says can protect the prince against a lawsuit’s claims that […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
‘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, […]
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 […]
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 […]
Cabinet Office denies it is blocking freedom of information requests despite ‘downward’ trend The UK government has been accused of waging a secret war against transparency, using an array of tactics to block the release of information to the public. In a report published on Monday, the investigative journalism website […]