86 m. ago The migrant 'hotel kings' paid up to £700m a year in taxpayers' cash: Kebab shop owner and property tycoon ran firm housing asylum seekers in 'four

Safwan Adam and Bassam Gilini have cashed in thanks to their firm Stay Belvedere Hotels Limited which has been stripped of its Home Office contract.

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97 m. ago Terrence Howard says he’s ready to quit acting after roles dried up when he sued Fox and talent agency CAA

During an appearance on Bill Maher’s podcast, the Oscar nominee claimed he is no longer offered major film or television roles

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2 h. ago Reeves warned employment rights law has already led to hiring freeze and loss of business confidence

The chancellor has found herself under siege as two surveys of businesses reveal a loss of confidence

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2 h. ago Buried electricity cables ‘4.5 times more expensive than overhead lines’

The report aims to ‘get some objective truths on the costs’ amid public debate over the growing transmission network, the authors said.

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2 h. ago Carbon tax is ‘killing manufacturing’ in UK, says Ineos boss Ratcliffe

Sir Jim Ratcliffe said Ineos’s plant at Grangemouth faces a £15 million tax bill for its carbon emissions in 2024.

Economics

2 h. ago Workers’ rights Bill could lead to cost increases and job cuts, retailers warn

Labour’s proposed Employment Rights Bill includes a right to guaranteed hours, cracking down on zero hour contracts without the offer of work.

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2 h. ago Make all new homes have solar panels to cut bills and emissions, councils urge

The Local Government Association is calling for solar panels to be required on all new builds as part of a report into climate action.

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2 h. ago Almost half of Britons expect to spend less over next three months, figures show

There has been an 8% year-on-year drop in retail visits for the first quarter of the year, according to Virgin Media O2 Business.

Politics

2 h. ago Florida man charged with killing estranged wife in Spain is dead from apparent suicide, lawyer says

A defense attorney for a Florida businessman charged with kidnapping and killing his estranged wife in Spain says the man was found dead from an apparent suicide in a South Florida federal prison

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2 h. ago JO ELVIN: The real reason I can't throw out my mountain of designer clothes? The incredible childhood memory of my family losing nearly everything

JO ELVIN: I have a problem I am ashamed to admit, even to myself. There's something very wrong with the mountain of handbags, shoes and clothes I hoard.

Society

2 h. ago Power begins to return to Spain and Portugal after unprecedented blackout

The outage, blamed by operators on temperature variations, left tens of millions without electricitySpain’s prime minister, Pedro Sánchez, has said “everything possible is being done” overnight to restore power to all parts of the country following an unprecedented regional blackout that left tens of millions of people across the Iberian peninsular without power.Speaking late on Monday night, Sánchez said the idea was to get the power back on across Spain on Tuesday, adding that 50% of the national electricity supply had been restored in the past few hours. Continue reading...

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2 h. ago State of emergency declared in blackout stricken Spain as 30,000 police are deployed to keep order, panic

Spain's Interior Ministry on Monday added the emergency status will be applied in the regions that request it.

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3 h. ago Avengers Doomsday star Alan Cumming attributes Scots identity to ‘much of my success’

The national treasure has said his Scottish identity is the reason for much of his success in show business.

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3 h. ago New laws for foreign sex offenders and measures to reduce use of migrant hotels proposed by Home Office

Measures to be introduced following cases such as the chemical attack by Abdul Ezedi, who threw a corrosive substance over his former girlfriend and two children in Clapham last year

Society

3 h. ago State of emergency declared as in blackout stricken Spain as 30,000 police are deployed to keep order, panic

Spain's Interior Ministry on Monday added the emergency status will be applied in the regions that request it.

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4 h. ago Angela Rayner's plans for workers' rights will force firms to slash jobs and put up prices, retail bosses warn

A poll of HR directors by the British Retail Consortium found 52% will reduce staff numbers as a result of the incoming workers' rights bill.

Economics

4 h. ago Elon Musk’s Doge conflicts of interest worth $2.37bn, Senate report says

Committee calls figure a ‘conservative estimate’ and warns Musk may seek to use his influence to avoid legal liabilityElon Musk and his companies face at least $2.37bn in legal exposure from federal investigations, litigation and regulatory oversight, according to a new report from Senate Democrats. The report attempts to put a number to Musk’s many conflicts of interest through his work with his so-called “department of government efficiency” (Doge), warning that he may seek to use his influence to avoid legal liability.The report, which was published on Monday by Democratic members of the Senate homeland security committee’s permanent subcommittee on investigations, looked at 65 actual or potential actions against Musk across 11 separate agencies. Investigators calculated the financial liabilities Musk and his companies, such as Tesla, SpaceX and Neuralink, may face in 45 of those actions. Continue reading...

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4 h. ago Obsession with tough borders creating a ‘booming £2bn industry for private companies’, ministers warned

UK border security industry worth billions and expanding, academics suggest

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4 h. ago Amanda Holden struggled 'not to judge' contestants on cheating show

Amanda Holden has admitted that she struggled not to be judgemental on her new Netflix dating show Cheat: Unfinished Business despite her past experience with cheating

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5 h. ago Swinney: Scots public bodies 'should wait for guidance' before single sex space change

The First Minister spoke today.

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