13 h. ago Councils disappointed as London excluded from Government's £1.5bn plan to tackle deprivation

Chancellor Rachel Reeves promised to ‘reform’ the plan inherited from the Tories - but lack of new funding means London still won’t benefit from it

Economics

21 h. ago One of Wales' biggest hospitals to create temporary building to deal with overcrowded A&E

Swansea Bay University Health Board revealed the news in response to findings from an unannounced Healthcare Inspectorate Wales inspection

Economics

65 h. ago Keir Starmer defends his plan to tackle the Channel migrant crisis despite small boat crossings being up 20 per cent on last year

Latest figures, published by the Home Office, showed 592 migrants arrived in the UK yesterday after crossing the Channel in 11 small boats.

Events

2 w. ago Nigeria sues crypto giant Binance for $81.5bn in economic losses and back tax

Authorities blame crypto exchange, already facing four counts of tax evasion in the country, for currency woesNigeria has filed a lawsuit seeking to compel Binance to pay $79.5bn for economic losses the country’s government says were caused by the cryptocurrency exchange’s operations there and $2bn in back taxes, court documents showed on Wednesday.Authorities blame Binance, the world’s largest crypto exchange, for Nigeria’s currency woes and detained two of its executives in 2024 after crypto websites emerged as platforms of choice for trading the local naira currency. Continue reading...

Economics

2 w. ago 'Disappointing' blow for Scottish Tories as another councillor defects to Reform

Party leader Russell Findlay called the news ‘disappointing’

Politics

2 w. ago Wednesday briefing: From Berlin to Helsinki – and even in London

Wednesday briefing: From Berlin to Helsinki – and even in London - barriers excluding the far right are disintegrating  The Guardian

Politics