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UK inflation falls below 2% for first time since 2021 in boost to Rachel Reeves
Inflation in the UK has fallen to its lowest level in three and a half years, giving a pre-budget boost to Rachel Reeves as expectations [more…]
Rachel Reeves aims to find £40bn in tax rises and spending cuts in budget
Rachel Reeves aims to make £40bn worth of tax rises and spending cuts in the budget, government sources have indicated. The chancellor told a political [more…]
Keir Starmer to face PMQs as Labour aims to find £40bn in tax rises and spending cuts – UK politics live
Darren Jones, the chief secretary to the Treasury, has described today’s fall in inflation (see 9.36am) as “welcome news”. But, in interviews, he also warned [more…]
M6 crash: two children among five people killed in Cumbria
Five people, including two children, have been killed in a car crash on the M6 in Cumbria. The incident took place on the northbound carriageway [more…]
Legalising assisted dying a ‘slippery slope’, says archbishop of Canterbury
The archbishop of Canterbury has warned that legalising assisted dying is dangerous and risks turning the right to die into a duty. His intervention came [more…]
Grand Egyptian Museum to open main galleries for trial run to 4,000 visitors
Egypt’s vast and much-delayed antiquities museum will partly open its main galleries on Wednesday, including 12 halls that exhibit aspects of ancient Egypt. The Grand [more…]
Air India plane makes emergency landing in Canada after bomb threat
An Air India plane bound for Chicago has made an abrupt landing in the Arctic city of Iqaluit, after a false bomb threat. The emergency [more…]
More than 100 people died near the New Mexico border in 2024 – a tenfold increase in two years
Ten times as many migrants died in New Mexico near the US-Mexico border in each of the last two years compared with just five years [more…]
Canadian police accuse India of working with criminal network to kill dissidents
Canadian police have accused the Indian government of working with a criminal network run by one of India’s most notorious gangsters, Lawrence Bishnoi, to carry [more…]
Mysterious gooey blobs washed up on Canada beaches baffle experts
They are slimy on the outside, firm and spongy on the inside and surprisingly combustible. And in recent months, they have been washing up on [more…]
