7 h. ago Budget Director confronted over Trump’s lavish spending amid government cuts

The White House’s Budget Director Russell Vought has been confronted over Donald Trump’s lavish spending amid cuts to government services.

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35 h. ago UK Government must explain how it aims to cut energy bills, says minister

Energy Secretary Gillian Martin was speaking after a plan to divide the UK into regional pricing zones was rejected.

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45 h. ago Trump administration reportedly planning to fire 2,145 Nasa employees

Cuts further the push to slash federal government through early retirement, buyouts and deferred resignationsThe Trump administration is reportedly planning to cut at least 2,145 high-ranking Nasa employees with specialized skills or management responsibilities.According to documents obtained by Politico, most employees leaving are in senior-level government ranks, depriving the agency of decades of experience as part of a push to slash the size of the federal government through early retirement, buyouts and deferred resignations. Continue reading...

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45 h. ago Trump administration reportedly planning to cut 2,145 Nasa employees

Cuts further the push to slash federal government through early retirement, buyouts and deferred resignationsThe Trump administration is reportedly planning to cut at least 2,145 high-ranking Nasa employees with specialized skills or management responsibilities.According to documents obtained by Politico, most employees leaving are in senior-level government ranks, depriving the agency of decades of experience as part of a push to slash the size of the federal government through early retirement, buyouts and deferred resignations. Continue reading...

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66 h. ago Scottish Labour MP to vote against welfare reforms despite Keir Starmer climbdown

EXCLUSIVE: Brian Leishman warned the UK Government is "still proposing enormous cuts" to welfare.

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2 d. ago Cut back jury trials to save justice system from total collapse, government told

Sir Brian Leveson said his reforms are necessary to avoid the collapse of the criminal justice system

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4 d. ago ‘I don’t want my training to go to waste’: the Argentinian scientists working side jobs amid Milei’s sweeping cuts

Javier Milei’s government’s punishing budget cuts have forced researchers to take up work as electricians, school teachers or Uber drivers Leonardo Amarilla is desperate. The geneticist and PhD in biological sciences holds a coveted position as a full-time researcher at Argentina’s prestigious national science council, Conicet, studying how to improve yields of crops such as peanuts, soya beans and sunflowers.But after President Javier Milei imposed sweeping austerity measures, known locally as his “chainsaw” plan, Amarilla’s salary plummeted and he found he could no longer afford basic groceries or support his ageing parents. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago SNP cuts blamed as fire service 999 response times slowest in decade

The Scottish Conservatives have pointed to ‘savage and sustained budget cuts’ by the Scottish Government

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7 d. ago Edinburgh festivals struggle to lure corporate sponsors after boycott

Performances cut by a fifth despite government cash injection following Baillie Gifford’s exit

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8 d. ago Brace for a Labour tax bomb, Tories warn families and businesses in wake of welfare U

On Tuesday, the Government abandoned its flagship plan to cut disability benefits following a furious backlash from MPs.

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9 d. ago The Chancellor's teary PMQs: How Rachel Reeves arrived in the Commons with puffy eyes...  before tears rolled down both cheeks and her bottom lip wobbled as she sat by Keir Starmer

The Chancellor's position is under intense scrutiny following the Government's humiliating U-turn on welfare cuts in the face of a rebellion by Labour MPs.

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9 d. ago PIP cuts chaos as Government makes last minute DWP changes – how it impacts you

The chaotic scenes were extraordinary for a Government with a working majority of 165 – and just under a year since Sir Starmer won a landslide general election victory

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9 d. ago The UK Government should never have entertained the thought of cutting benefits

Writing in the Daily Record, Scottish Labour MP Brian Leishman says reducing welfare spending is "cruel and wicked".

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1 week ago Keir Starmer hit by new major rebellion as 49 Labour MPs refuse to back his government's welfare cuts

Ministers had taken drastic action as furious MPs lined up in the Commons to attack the plan to make it harder to claim Personal Independence Payments (Pip) and health-related universal credit.

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1 week ago Trump and Musk’s feud blows up again with threats of Doge and deportation

Reignited quarrel centers around Musk’s opposition to the president’s signature tax bill as it moves through CongressDonald Trump and Elon Musk’s feud reignited this week with the former political allies trading sharp public threats of retribution. The blowup, centered around Musk’s opposition to Trump’s signature tax bill as it moves through Congress, ends a period of rapprochement between two of the world’s most powerful men.Musk posted escalating attacks against Trump’s sweeping spending bill on his social media platform X, calling the legislation “insane” and vowing to form a new political party if it passed late Monday. In response, Trump claimed he could “look into” deporting the South Africa-born billionaire, while also suggesting he could cut government subsidies for Musk’s companies or set the so-called “department of government efficiency” (Doge) on its former leader. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Business news live: Tesla shares fall as Trump criticises Musk, UK government to make Cash ISA cuts

Stock markets updates and business news from Monday

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1 week ago Are Labour mayors gunning for Keir Starmer's job? Relations between Downing Street, Sadiq Khan and Andy Burnham sink further as they spearhead welfare revolt

Sir Sadiq Khan , the London mayor, and Andy Burnham , the Greater Manchester mayor, are both publicly opposing the Government over welfare cuts.

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1 week ago Business news live: Government faces criticism for Cash ISA cuts and UK house price growth slows

Stock markets updates and business news from Monday

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1 week ago Business news live: Government faces criticism to Cash ISA cuts and latest Nationwide house data

Stock markets updates and business news from Monday

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1 week ago Benefits cuts could force 150,000 more people into poverty despite U

The figure is down from the 250,000 extra people estimated to have been left in relative poverty by 2030 under the original plans

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