Interest rates forecast to be higher for longer due to Budget
Measures in the Budget will boost growth in the short-term, but interest rates will fall more slowly, it says....
Month : December 2024
Councils must meet housing targets, Rayner says
It comes after local authorities in England branded government targets impossible to achieve....
Israel says body of hostage Itay Svirsky recovered from Gaza
The military says he was murdered by Hamas, which has claimed he was killed by an Israeli strike....
Chris Mason: Is Starmer speech a ‘plan for change’ or ‘emergency relaunch’?
The prime minister is to set out targets in areas including policing, housebuilding the NHS and pre-school education....
Lifespan of four nuclear power stations extended
EDF Energy says Torness, in East Lothian, and its sister site Heysham 2, in Lancashire, will continue generating for an extra two years....
South Korea opposition begins push to impeach president
South Korean lawmakers kickstarted a push to impeach President Yoon Suk-yeol in the early hours of today, accusing him of declaring martial law to stop...
French government collapses in no-confidence vote
Michel Barnier’s ousting over a budget bill deepens France’s current political crisis....
From freedom fighter to Namibia’s first female president
Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah has experienced exile, detention and a quarter of a century in top government posts....
Russian criminals helped UK drug gangs launder lockdown cash
UK drug gangs paid Russian criminals to swap their dirty street cash for untraceable cryptocurrency, police say....
Future tax rises won’t be needed, insists Reeves
The chancellor has faced pressure to spell out her future tax plans after a pledge made last week....