7 hours ago Budget 2024 latest: ‘Big and difficult choices’ warns health secretary as tax threshold freeze not ruled out

Speculation is mounting ahead of 30 October

Events

7 hours ago Shadow business secretary would support 'mutualisation' of Post Office

Kevin Hollinrake, who served as postal minister in Rishi Sunak's government, said the plan to mutualise the Post Office had been considered when he was in office

Society

8 hours ago Keir Starmer warned that trans conversion therapy ban could lead to 'criminalisation' of parents opposed to their child's gender swap

More than 140 people including peers, MPs, doctors and psychotherapists have signed an open letter to the Prime Minister with 'grave concerns about the government's plan.

Events

8 hours ago Debt will overshadow IMF gathering as World Bank boss pleads for poorest countries

In Washington, finance ministers will face pressure for action to reduce their own debt and offer more resources to poorer nationsDebt, and why governments need to reduce it, will top the agenda at this week’s annual meetings of the International Monetary Fund and World Bank in Washington.Finance ministers and central bank governors from around the world will gather in the US capital alongside thinktank and charity bosses to discuss the state of the global economy and its ability to generate a higher standard of living. Continue reading...

Economics

9 hours ago Senior minister declines to rule out extending freeze on income tax thresholds

Wes Streeting also stressed the need for reform as well as investment in the NHS

Politics

20 hours ago UK faces ‘make or break moment’ in Budget as Swinney calls for spending

The Chancellor will present the Budget on October 30.

Economics

25 hours ago Netanyahu’s house hit by drone as Israel and Hezbollah trade blows in Lebanon

Shia group has not claimed responsibility for attack on PM’s home but says it fired several barrages of rocketsBenjamin Netanyahu’s house in the seaside town of Caesarea was hit by a drone on Saturday, causing superficial damage and no casualties, as Israel’s wars in Gaza and Lebanon rage unabated following the death of Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar.The Israeli government said that one of the prime minister’s three homes was targeted by three drones, two of which were intercepted, and that neither Netanyahu nor his wife, Sara, were home at the time. Continue reading...

Events

31 hours ago Netanyahu's home is targeted by drone, says Israel after Iran's Supreme Leader roared that 'Hamas is alive and will stay alive' after terror boss was killed

The government have confirmed there were no injuries and neither the Prime Minister nor his wife were home at their holiday house in Caesarea.

Events

34 hours ago Budget 2024 latest: Labour insists income tax threshold freeze would not break manifesto pledge

Speculation is mounting ahead of 30 October

Economics