Sir Keir Starmer says those with assets are ‘not working people’ – paving way for possible tax rises
Sir Keir Starmer has hinted at possible tax rises for those who own shares and assets, saying they do not fit his definition of...
Dexcom shares fall on slow revenue growth
Dexcom CEO Kevin Sayer. Scott Mlyn | CNBC Shares of Dexcom fell 9% in extended trading on Thursday after the company released third-quarter results...
Elon Musk is $26 billion richer after Tesla’s best day on the stock market since 2013
Tesla CEO and X owner Elon Musk speaks during an unveiling event for Tesla products in Los Angeles, California, U.S. October 10, 2024 Source:...
Sir Keir Starmer has given us an idea of who he wants to protect in the budget – but is Rachel Reeves on the same page?
Who counts as a working person will matter a lot next week when the new Labour government unveils what is being billed as a...
Brain Injuries May Raise the Risk of Alzheimer’s Disease, Say Researchers
Scientists at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center have gotten the evidence that traumatic brain injuries (TBI) could heighten the risk of developing...
Boeing’s Intelsat 33e Satellite Unexpectedly Breaks Apart in Orbit
Boeing’s Intelsat 33e, a large communications satellite, unexpectedly broke apart in orbit over the weekend, creating at least 20 pieces of space debris. The...
3D Scans Reveal Endurance Shipwreck Details After 107 Years
The wreck of the Endurance, the ship lost during Sir Ernest Shackleton’s 1914 Antarctic expedition, has been captured in incredible detail using 3D scans...
Selfish DNA Isn’t Just Harmful but Plays Vital Role in Embryo Development
A study reveals that transposable elements, once thought to be parasitic, are crucial for early human development. Researchers from Sinai Health have shown that...
Tesla stock soars 22% for best day in over a decade on Musk’s 2025 growth projection
Tesla shares soared 22% to close at $260.48 on Thursday, the stock’s best day since 2013, following the company’s better-than-expected earnings report. The company...
Chancellor Rachel Reeves to change public finance rules to borrow more for investment
Rachel Reeves will rewrite the government’s fiscal rules in next week’s budget to allow her to increase borrowing for public investment by around £50bn....
Budget 2024: What are Labour’s fiscal rules and how is Rachel Reeves changing them to raise more money?
Chancellor Rachel Reeves will deliver her first budget at the end of October, providing the first chance for her to change the fiscal rules....
Apology for slave trade ‘not on the agenda’ , says No 10 as Commonwealth leaders set to defy Starmer
Apologising for the UK’s role in the slave trade is “not on the agenda,” Downing Street has said amid the row engulfing the Commonwealth...
Starmer has ‘misunderstood’ Commonwealth leaders’ call for slave trade reparations, Harriet Harman says
Sir Keir Starmer has “misunderstood” why Commonwealth leaders are asking for slave trade reparations and he needs to have some cultural respect, a Labour...
Harris is braced for Trump election chaos – with Georgia poised to be ground zero
If there is a ground zero for US election trauma, it’s probably Georgia. It’s the state that gave us the election interference case, the...
Chance of limiting global warming to 1.5C is ‘virtually zero’ on current trends, UN warns
The chance of limiting global warming to 1.5C is “virtually zero” on current trends, according to the UN’s environment body. This year’s Emissions Gap...
Ukraine war: ‘A just peace’ needed to end conflict, UN chief tells Putin at ‘new global order’ BRICS summit
The UN secretary general has told Vladimir Putin that “a just peace” is needed to end the Ukraine war. Appearing alongside Mr Putin at...
Chancellor Rachel Reeves to change public finance rules to borrow more for investment
Rachel Reeves will rewrite the government’s fiscal rules in next week’s budget to allow her to increase borrowing for public investment by around £50bn....
Chancellor Rachel Reeves to change public finance rules to borrow more for investment
Rachel Reeves will rewrite the government’s fiscal rules in next week’s budget to allow her to increase borrowing for public investment by around £50bn....
London ‘is a safer place’ without Chris Kaba, says Tory leadership hopeful Robert Jenrick
Conservative leadership hopeful Robert Jenrick has said London “is a safer place” without Chris Kaba and he wants to raise the threshold for prosecuting...
Turkey strikes more targets in Iraq and Syria after several killed in Ankara ‘terror attack’
Turkey has launched a second day of successive strikes in Iraq and Syria after five people were killed, and 22 injured, in an apparent...