57 h. ago Thousands offered UK asylum in secret scheme after personal data of Afghans who helped British forces leaked by mistake – live

Dataset containing details of thousands of Afghans who applied for relocation to UK released ‘in error’ in 2022Helen Miller is taking over as director of the Insitute for Fiscal Studies thinktank this week, taking over from Paul Johnson, who established himself as the nation’s leading budget commentator.Budget commentary tends to focus on the Treasury’s fiscal rules, on how much “headroom” is available to Rachel Reeves (spare cash in the budget – based on spending plans and anticipated tax revenue, based on the OBR’s growth assumptions), and whether tax or spending plans need to change because the OBR’s forecasts have shifted.Labour came to office with the promise of a ‘mission-driven’ government – a commitment to long-term thinking and systemic reform. The ambition that we should be ‘raising our sights as a nation’ and finding ways to tackle the big challenges we face is the right one.Despite this, we continue to limp from fiscal event to fiscal event, obsessed with whether run of ...

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1 week ago Emma Raducanu admits what she immediately did in locker room after Wimbledon defeat

Emma Raducanu was in a despondent mood after suffering a Wimbledon third-round exit at the hands of Aryna Sabalenka, but the Brit managed to find solace in a famous English chocolate bar

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1 week ago Expect 'real change' as huge astrological shift for first time in over 100 years sets in

Your weekly horoscope is here and it's all about the big change ahead, as Uranus is on the move and Neptune is readying for . Here's your star sign's forecast for the week ahead...

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1 week ago Mr Tinder FINALLY finds love: Dating app's 'most swiped man' with 48,000 likes and who once dated Vanessa Feltz is left smitten with a finance manager he met in a Soho bar

Stefan-Pierre Tomlin, 34, downloaded Tinder in June 2015 after 'struggling to find love' but he quickly became addicted and was averaging over three hours each day trawling for potential matches .

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2 w. ago To all who think capitalism can drive progressive change, it won’t – and here’s the shocking proof | Polly Toynbee

Asset manager Aberdeen’s surprise cut to funding research into inequality has left those that used its grants for good works reelingThe axe fell with shocking suddenness. On Thursday Aberdeen Group plc terminated its Financial Fairness Trust without notice and sacked the CEO, Mubin Haq, the chair and all the trustees, leaving eight staff dangling. The company tells me it plans to move in a different direction. That dreaded phrase marks the end of 16 remarkable years, during which the trust sponsored some of the most influential research into inequality and its financial causes.Aberdeen is a wealth management and investment company. I admired its willingness to fund research not in its own immediate interest, but for the sake of social improvement, as a sign that decent capitalism was possible. Now that’s over. The mood has changed. Wildfires started by President Trump are engulfing global companies as his administration attempts to bar asset and retirement plan managers from conside...

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2 w. ago Britain’s ‘medieval’ health inequality is devastating NHS, experts say

Exclusive: Health service estimated to be spending £50bn a year on effects of deprivation and child povertyBritain in 2025: sick man of Europe battling untreated illness crisisDowning St has a radical change in mind for the NHS: shifting its focus from treatment to preventionBritain’s “medieval” levels of health inequality are having a “devastating” effect on the NHS, experts have warned, with the health service estimated to be spending as much as £50bn a year on the effects of deprivation.Rising rates of child poverty have led to a growing burden on hospitals, with the knock-on cost to the NHS comparable to the annual defence budget. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago ‘This is a fight for life’: climate expert on tipping points, doomerism and using wealth as a shield

Economic assumptions about risks of the climate crisis are no longer relevant, says the communications expert Genevieve GuentherClimate breakdown can be observed across many continuous, incremental changes such as soaring carbon dioxide levels, rising seas and heating oceans. The numbers creep up year after year, fuelled by human-caused greenhouse gas emissions.But scientists have also identified at least 16 “tipping points” – thresholds where a tiny shift could cause fundamental parts of the Earth system to change dramatically, irreversibly and with potentially devastating effects. These shifts can interact with each other and create feedback loops that heat the planet further or disrupt weather patterns, with unknown but potentially catastrophic consequences for life on Earth. It is possible some tipping points may already have been passed. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Bar manager with bad knees paid £37k compo after employer changed her shifts

She was told to work double shifts but was unable to do so because her knees were too painful.

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3 w. ago Cocktail of the week: Prawn on the Lawn’s matcha whisky sour – recipe | The good mixer

A whisky sour with an earthy, verdant slantThis gloriously green drink matches the bright mood of early summer, when the countryside is bursting with verdant life. If you like, halve the amount of whisky and replace it with 25ml amaretto, for a sweet, nutty twist.Maddy Slack, bar and restaurant manager, Prawn on the Lawn, London N1 and Padstow, Cornwall Continue reading...

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