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Budget 2024: Chancellor Rachel Reeves defends £40bn tax rises – ‘everything has to be paid for’

Rachel Reeves has defended raising taxes by the highest amount since 1993 as she said “everything has to be paid for”. The chancellor announced...

Politics

Markets hostile to Reeves’s budget – but we’re not in crisis territory yet

First things first: don’t panic. What you need to know is this. The budget has not gone down well in financial markets. Indeed, it’s...

Politics

Pound falls sharply and government gilt interest rates up after major budget tax rises

The pound has fallen sharply after the chancellor announced the biggest tax rises in a generation. Over the last three days, sterling has dropped...

Politics

School smartphone ban will not become law after MP drops proposal, Sky News understands

Plans to ban smartphones in schools have been dropped after the government refused to support a change in the law, Sky News understands. Josh...

Sports

Inside Steven Stamkos’ emotional homecoming in Tampa — and how he’s authoring a new legacy in Nashville

Greg Wyshynski, ESPNOct 31, 2024, 07:00 AM ET Close Greg Wyshynski is ESPN’s senior NHL writer. Open Extended Reactions TAMPA, Fla. — Everywhere Steven...

Budget: Hostile market response as chancellor suffers Halloween nightmare

First things first: don’t panic. What you need to know is this. The budget has not gone down well in financial markets. Indeed, it’s...

Sara Sharif: 10-year-old’s stepmother said girl’s father beat her up ‘like crazy’, according to WhatsApp messages read in court

Sara Sharif’s stepmother sent her sister some pictures of the 10-year-old looking bruised and miserable – and told her to “delete” them, a court...

World

Lives have been ripped apart by the floods in Spain – with utterly random damage everywhere

To walk through the streets of Paiporta is to see nature at its most vicious. Everywhere, there is chaos in this town. Lives have...

World

Emma Lovell: Teenager found not guilty of murder of British mother in Australia

A teenager who broke into the home of a British mother in Australia – where another teen stabbed her to death – has been...

World

Looting and violence breaks out after Los Angeles Dodgers win baseball’s World Series

The Los Angeles Dodgers have won baseball’s World Series for the second time in five years but the celebrations were marred by looting and...

World

Russia fines Google more than world’s entire GDP for blocking YouTube accounts

Google has reportedly racked up a fine of more than two undecillion rubles – two followed by 36 zeros – after it removed state-run...

Business

Football financier Harris spearheads £200m bid for Crystal Palace stake

The football financier Keith Harris is spearheading a bid to buy a 45% stake in the Premier League football club Crystal Palace in a...

Sports

Betting the Breeders’ Cup: Is it time for City of Troy?

Anita Marks Nov 1, 2024, 11:00 AM ET Open Extended Reactions The 41st Breeders’ Cup Thoroughbred World Championships take place Friday and Saturday from...

Politics

Is the farmers’ inheritance tax the new pasty tax?

👉 Click here to listen to Electoral Dysfunction on your podcast app 👈 Is this the budget we were promised by Labour? And where...

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Budget 2024: Chancellor Rachel Reeves defends £40bn tax rises – ‘everything has to be paid for’

Rachel Reeves has defended raising taxes by the highest amount since 1993 as she said “everything has to be paid for”. The chancellor announced...

Science

Awareness of Pancreatic Cancer Low Among Adults Under 50, Study Finds

The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center—Arthur G. James Cancer Hospital and Richard J. Solove Research Institute (OSUCCC—James) recently conducted a survey revealing a...

Science

Hong Kong Discovers Dinosaur Fossils for the First Time

In an unprecedented find for Hong Kong, scientists have uncovered the city’s first-ever dinosaur fossils on Port Island. Preliminary analysis suggests that the bones...

Science

Washington Bird Flu Cases in Farmworkers Rise; Low Risk of Wider Spread

Four farmworkers have been diagnosed with presumed bird flu in the Washington state. This marked an unsettling trend in the spread of the virus...

Science

Study Reveals Lethal Force Behind Traditional Aboriginal Tools

In a study on Aboriginal weapons, biomechanics experts have explored the formidable strength and design of two traditional First Nations tools. These weapons, the leangle...

Looting and violence breaks out after Los Angeles Dodgers win baseball’s World Series

The Los Angeles Dodgers have won baseball’s World Series for the second time in five years but the celebrations were marred by looting and...