33 minutes ago Defiant Reeves to tell firms ‘we had no choice’ amid fierce Budget backlash

CBI boss will say measures announced by government have made it harder for firms to ‘take a chance’ on hiring new people

Economics

41 minutes ago One simple way you can support 'beautiful' Valleys shops submerged in dirty river water

Storm Bert ravaged Rhondda Cynon Taf over the weekend, with Pontypridd's Mill Street suffering from floods for the second time in four years. Though the community is devastated, there's a simple way you can help local businesses

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1 hour ago ScottishPower backs lung cancer research centre with up to £4million funding for Cancer Research UK

ScottishPower backs lung cancer research centre with up to £4million funding for Cancer Research UK to help beat cancer – here Andrew Ward, CEO of Customer Business at ScottishPower, explains why the firm is helping fund future research.

Economics

3 hours ago Stock market today: Asian shares mostly gain after Trump picks billionaire for Treasury post

Shares are mostly higher in Asia, tracking last week's gains on Wall Street

Economics

7 hours ago Shocking moment floodwaters gush down streets of market town as emergency service crews urge locals to 'get back': Death toll for Storm Bert rises to four 

The middle of Tenbury Wells, Worcestershire, was seen submerged in water after the nearby Kyre Brook filled up and caused chaos.

Events

7 hours ago House of Lords peers blast 'weak' attempts to stop tech firms using news articles to train AI systems

A report by peers recommends the Competition and Markets Authority should 'investigate allegations of anti-competitive practice' by big tech firms that are 'acquiring AI training data'.

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8 hours ago Privacy crusade peer Tom Watson lands job at US 'spy tech' firm which is at the centre of an NHS row over patients' data

The Labour peer has become a paid adviser at Palantir, which has a £330million contract with the NHS to create a data system, which sparked a row over patient privacy last year.

Science

8 hours ago Tax rises in Budget will ‘hit growth’ of UK companies, business chief will warn

CBI boss will say measures announced by government have made it harder for firms to ‘take a chance’ on hiring new people

Events

10 hours ago ROSS CLARK: Poor countries exploit climate panic to press us for easy cash

On the basis that the new deal agreed at COP29 will mean a trebling in existing climate aid, we may presume that UK taxpayers are now going to be stumping up around £6 billion a year.

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