21 h. ago Charities’ fury at Starmer for raiding international aid budget to tackle migration crisis

Exclusive: Overseas aid money is to be used to tackle illegal migration from Bangladesh by paying its government to crack down on rogue agents selling bogus visas

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7 d. ago Endangered wild dog pups die in Zimbabwe as Trump’s aid cuts leave them unprotected

Exclusive: Six African wild dog pups killed in a single road collision in Zimbabwe after a fence that was intended to be built with money from the US Agency for International Development (USAID) was left incomplete due to aid cuts

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1 week ago Australia tracking Chinese navy flotilla in Philippine Sea as Marles announces major defence overhaul

Biggest changes to defence bureaucracy since the 1970s aim to tackle budget and timeline blowouts, government saysFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe Albanese government has announced a major overhaul of the defence department, aimed at tackling budget and timeline blowouts, on the same day it confirmed Australia was tracking a Chinese navy flotilla in the Philippine Sea.In the biggest changes to the defence bureaucracy in Australia since the mid-1970s, Labor will merge three agencies - the capability acquisition and sustainment group, the guided weapons and explosive ordinance group and the naval shipbuilding and sustainment group. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Join Budget Q&A with our money expert – tackling pension and ISA options, income tax, salary sacrifice and more

Now the Budget has been revealed, how will Rachel Reeves’ announcements affect your money? Personal finance expert Gabriel Nussbaum (aka That Money Guy) is here to answer your questions...

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2 w. ago Budget ‘missed opportunity’ to tackle rising cost of living – O’Neill

Northern Ireland’s First Minister said instead of ‘real action’ to bring down bills, many will now face higher tax bills in the year ahead.

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2 w. ago Reeves braced for major Budget clash with businesses over minimum wage and tax rises

The chancellor is set to use her Budget to pin Labour’s hopes on tackling the cost of living while balancing the books by targeting the wealthy

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2 w. ago Independent petition urges Starmer to protect HIV/Aids funding – and save lives

The Independent is calling on the British government to protect what is left of foreign HIV/Aids funding as international aid cuts plunge care into an unprecedented crisis

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2 w. ago Budget 2025: Join live Q&A with Gabriel Nussbaum as he tackles everything from taxes to savings

How will the 2025 Budget affect your money? Personal finance expert Gabriel Nussbaum (aka That Money Guy) is here to answer your questions about the chancellor’s autumn Budget

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2 w. ago Like our Home Secretary, I fear that if we don't sort out Britain's mass migration crisis, it will trigger a total breakdown in race relations: DR RAKIB EHSAN

In her uncompromising new proposals on dealing with Britain's mass-migration crisis, Shabana Mahmood has been accused this week of 'stoking division' in the House of Commons.

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3 w. ago Up to 50,000 nurses could quit UK over immigration plans, survey suggests

Exclusive: union leaders say proposed changes are immoral and could threaten patient safety if there is staff exodusUp to 50,000 nurses could quit the UK over the government’s immigration proposals, plunging the NHS into its biggest ever workforce crisis, research suggests.Keir Starmer has vowed to curb net migration, with plans to force migrants to wait as long as 10 years to apply to settle in the UK instead of automatically gaining settled status after five years. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Government must tackle high electricity prices in Budget, industry experts say

Electricity prices in the UK remain some of the highest in Europe after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in 2022 sparked the energy crisis.

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3 w. ago Britain’s migration crisis: Is Labour’s crackdown targeting the right people?

As Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood faces a Labour revolt over her planned overhaul of the asylum system, Alex Ross looks at how effective the measures would be

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4 w. ago Chancellor Rachel Reeves targets cost of living with Budget measures on energy and travel bills

The Chancellor is expected to outline measures to tackle the cost of living in her Budget by curbing energy, travel, and other household bills

Economics

4 w. ago I've seen first hand how liberal Denmark solved their migration crisis. This is exactly how they did it and why I believe it will work here: SUE REID

An hour or so from Copenhagen, on opposite sides of a road running through flat Danish countryside, sit two bland-looking government centres.

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4 w. ago I've seen first hand how liberal Denmark solved their migration crisis. This is exactly how they did it and why I believe it will work here... if we can only overcome this problem: SUE REID

An hour or so from Copenhagen, on opposite sides of a road running through flat Danish countryside, sit two bland-looking government centres.

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