67 m. ago Labour think tank that supported Starmer asks members who they would back in leadership challenge

It comes amid growing concern of the direction of the government and devastating approval ratings less than two years after Labour’s historic landslide election victory

Politics

83 m. ago FTSE 100 Live 08 December: Magnum ice cream shares make debut, index steady

Shares in The Magnum Ice Cream Company today began trading after the Wall’s and Cornetto owner completed its split from Unilever.

Politics

96 m. ago Labour under pressure to delay 2030 ban on new petrol and diesel cars with EU primed to push back its deadline

Brussels is reportedly preparing to announce that its ban will be delayed by five years to 2040 - a decade later than Britain's plan to outlaw sales of combustion engine models.

Events

97 m. ago Post Office issues warning to anyone heading to one of its branches today

The Post Office has urged customers to be aware of a few things if they are planning on sending letters and parcels today, as it is expected to be the busiest day of the year

Events

2 h. ago Tower Hamlets: ‘Significant weaknesses’ exposed at London council controlled by Lutfur Rahman’s Aspire party

East London council risks being stuck in ‘cycle’ of government intervention, auditors warn

Politics

2 h. ago FTSE 100 Live 08 December: Index steady start, Unilever completes ice cream demerger

Shares in The Magnum Ice Cream Company today began trading after the Wall’s and Cornetto owner completed its split from Unilever.

Politics

2 h. ago Climate change threatens Asia’s water and power systems, reports warn

Climate change is hammering Asia’s water and power systems, endangering the lives and livelihoods of millions, with countries facing billions in protection costs, according to Asia-based lenders and advocacy groups

Events

2 h. ago Minister demands House of Lords 'back bill' to drag Britain into 21st century

Business Secretary Peter Kyle urged the House of Lords to stop holding up the Employment Rights Bill, which is currently going through 'ping-pong' in Parliament

Politics

2 h. ago Labour 'has done nothing on grooming gangs': Kemi Badenoch heaps pressure on government over 'stalled' inquiry

The Tory leader called for the inquiry to examine the ethnicity and religion of offenders, ahead of a press conference unveiling draft terms of reference drawn up with the help of victims.

Events

2 h. ago Ten 'significant weaknesses' in how Tower Hamlets run laid bare as 'urgent action' needed

London council risks being stuck in ‘cycle’ of government intervention, auditors warn

Politics

2 h. ago Nigel Farage ‘reported to police’ after Reform accused of falsifying campaign expenses

Both Labour and the Conservatives said Nigel Farage had questions to answer over the allegations, with the Reform leader being urged to ‘come clean’

Events

3 h. ago Extracting hangovers from beer: inside Budweiser owner’s ‘nolo’ brewery in south Wales

AB InBev unveils its ‘de-alcoholisation’ annex at Magor site as demand for once ‘lousy’ low- or no-alcohol beer rises A “de-alcoholisation facility” sounds like somewhere to check in after a boozy Christmas, but in the new annexe of a brewery in south Wales they are extracting hangovers from beer.With demand for no-alcohol and low-alcohol (“nolo”) beer taking off in the UK, the hi-tech brewing apparatus enables the plant at Magor, which produces more than 1bn pints of Budweiser, Corona and Stella Artois a year, to make the increasingly popular teetotal versions too. Continue reading...

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3 h. ago Starmer in the endgame? Labour group that powered PM to No10 'looks for successor' as Rayner circles

Amid rising doubts about Keir Starmer's prospects of survival, the Labour Together think-tank has been quietly asking local parties for views on a successor.

Politics

3 h. ago Trump says Netflix £54bn takeover of Warner Bros ‘could be a problem’

The US president said the deal could raise issues given the size of the merged group’s market share in the industry.

Events

3 h. ago Liverpool take firm stance over Mo Salah January transfer after Arne Slot bombshell

Mohamed Salah has poured petrol onto the fire at Liverpool with his incendiary words and now the club has a decision to make ahead of the January transfer window opening for business

Events

3 h. ago Britain is stuck with a failed Brexit that neither citizens or leaders want. Here are three ways to fix that | Stella Creasy

While those who defend the status quo and those who say ‘simply rejoin’ the EU are both wrong, there is a new mood and a clear opportunityBeing right that Brexit was a bad idea is no substitute for knowing what to do next. Our chance of salvaging something from the mess it created is being undermined by those selling false hope – either that Brexit can work, or that it can be easily undone. For the 16,000 businesses that have now given up trading with Europe because of paperwork, prospects remain bleak unless the government stops offering a sticking plaster and starts major surgery on our future with Europe.Forgive pro-Europeans for thinking the momentum is now with us. Labour has been slow to say what it wants from the EU reset, and slower still to acknowledge the inevitable tradeoffs required. Until the summer, ministers promised to “make Brexit work” and endlessly repeated “red lines”. Yet in recent weeks, a major study has found that leaving the EU cost the UK 6-8% of GDP per ca...

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3 h. ago Britain is stuck with a failed Brexit that neither citizens nor leaders want. Here are three ways to fix that | Stella Creasy

While those who defend the status quo and those who say ‘simply rejoin’ the EU are both wrong, there is a new mood and a clear opportunityBeing right that Brexit was a bad idea is no substitute for knowing what to do next. Our chance of salvaging something from the mess it created is being undermined by those selling false hope – either that Brexit can work, or that it can be easily undone. For the 16,000 businesses that have now given up trading with Europe because of paperwork, prospects remain bleak unless the government stops offering a sticking plaster and starts major surgery on our future with Europe.Forgive pro-Europeans for thinking the momentum is now with us. Labour has been slow to say what it wants from the EU reset, and slower still to acknowledge the inevitable tradeoffs required. Until the summer, ministers promised to “make Brexit work” and endlessly repeated “red lines”. Yet in recent weeks, a major study has found that leaving the EU cost the UK 6-8% of GDP per ca...

Politics

3 h. ago 'It used to be absolutely buzzing here, it's sad to see what has happened'

Residents of the town said a lack of investment in recent years has seen shops close and businesses drawn elsewhere

Politics

4 h. ago The Curious Case of Mike Lynch by Katie Prescott review – the extraordinary story behind the Bayesian tragedy

A meticulously researched account of the controversial businessman’s rise and shocking demiseAt least two terrible ironies surround the death of Mike Lynch. One lies in the name of his superyacht, which sank off the coast of Sicily in the early hours of 19 August 2024. He had named the boat Bayesian to honour Bayes’s theorem, a mathematical rule that helps you weigh up the probability of something given the available evidence, which served as Lynch’s guiding light over the course of a tempestuous career. The theorem was “a beautiful key to our minds”, Lynch believed. But it was entirely incapable of predicting the outcome that morning, when the yacht capsized during a storm, killing seven people, including Lynch, his 18-year-old daughter Hannah and his US lawyer, Chris Morvillo.A second irony lies in the fact that Lynch had just come through the trial of his life, one he felt was bound to end in jail, where he thought he could die. Somehow, to everyone’s astonishment, an American ju...

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5 h. ago 'I turned charity shop hobby into £1k business and couldn't afford Xmas without it'

Milley Middleton, 25, has turned her hobby into a side hustle that can earn up to £1,000 a week

Economics