9 h. ago eBay shoppers hit with major postage change starting next month

The cost of postage charged to buyers and sellers through Royal Mail is set to go up starting from next month and its not the first time this year that prices have been hiked for users of the platform

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15 h. ago Failed house buys costing Brits £1.5bn a year as government urged to fix ‘antiquated’ system

Buyers are being let down by a system that ‘drains their mental, emotional and physical health’, Santander say

Economics

22 h. ago Keir Starmer makes embarrassing climbdown as he is forced to abandon hope of a UK 0% tariff on steel exports ahead of Trump visit

Whitehall sources said months of lobbying had failed to persuade the White House to implement an agreement to slash tariffs on British steel exports to zero, despite one being announced.

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24 h. ago Britain's home buying process is 'outdated' and failed transactions cost movers £560m every year

Britain's 'outdated' home buying and selling process is costing home movers £560m every year due to failed transactions, a leading high street bank today reveals.

Economics

24 h. ago Britons lose £1.5bn a year in failed house buys as government urged to fix ‘antiquated’ system

£1.5bn a year is lost in the economy and by consumers from failed property transactions, a major bank has claimed

Economics

32 h. ago Just when Keir Starmer thought he’d got Jeffrey Epstein off his plate – look who’s coming to dinner | Marina Hyde

After a tough week for Labour, Donald Trump is touching down for a state visit. Let’s hope the PM can stomach itQuick update on Keir Starmer’s government of “national renewal”: having just lost his deputy and housing secretary over her failure to pay the required stamp duty, the prime minister has also lost his US ambassador over his known close association with a known paedophile sex trafficker. Hang on – he’s now also lost his director of political strategy for relating some dirty jokes about Diane Abbott.Meanwhile, an increasing number of people think the solution to all this is Andy Burnham taking over, suggesting the current Greater Manchester mayor could run in a parliamentary seat that has only notionally become free because the previous Labour MP was suspended from the party after being found to have sent messages hoping a couple of constituents would soon be dead/“mown down”, and is now apparently “off sick”. On top of which, we’re having the Americans round. US president D...

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37 h. ago 'Shameful': Homelessness in Scotland reaches its highest level for 14 years

The crisis is being blamed on the SNP’s failure to build more houses - but the Scottish Government says Brexit and the cost-of-living crisis is to blame.

Politics

48 h. ago Government urged to change ‘offensive’ and ‘outdated’ language in disabled children’s law

The Law Commission set out dozens of points for the government to consider to better meet the needs of young people and their families

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53 h. ago Workers’ rights Bill ‘step forward’ says Government as it urges against changes

Business Secretary Peter Kyle said the Employment Rights Bill has improvements on zero-hours contracts, unfair dismissal and access to sick pay.

Economics

53 h. ago RICHARD LITTLEJOHN: Why are we arranging weddings for migrants we should be deporting?

It's a full-time position based at an immigration removals centre near Oxford housing up 560 foreign criminals and failed asylum seekers, all of them due to be kicked out of the country.

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55 h. ago RICHARD LITTLEJOHN: Why are we arranging weddings for illegal migrants we should be deporting? Is this where all our money is going?

It's a full-time position based at an immigration removals centre near Oxford housing up 560 foreign criminals and failed asylum seekers, all of them due to be kicked out of the country.

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4 d. ago MPs urge maximum pressure on US over tariffs ahead of Donald Trump’s state visit

The Commons Business and Trade Committee also urged the Government to seal a deal on aluminium and pharmaceuticals.

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5 d. ago Trump administration destroys $10 million of contraceptives bought by USAID for low

The Trump administration reportedly had offers to buy the contraceptives at no cost to the U.S. taxpayer, which it did not accept

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5 d. ago UN urges UK government to scrap welfare cuts over human rights concerns

Experts say they are ‘dismayed’ at the government’s language around planned changes to benefits

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5 d. ago Barclays chief urges Government to limit wage rises and avoid hiking bank taxes

CS Venkatakrishnan, chief executive of the banking group, told the Financial Times that wage inflation was a problem across the UK economy.

Politics

5 d. ago Poundland shoppers given warning as final online sale ends – here's what 10p gets you

As part of Poundland's cost-cutting measure, the ability to buy cheap products from the discount retailer online ends in just a few days' time, but there are some bargains left to be had

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5 d. ago FBI releases new video of Charlie Kirk’s killer and issues urgent appeal after Utah governor demands death penalty: Latest

Manhunt intensifies as FBI releases new images and video of suspect that show him wearing sunglasses, a baseball cap, and a long-sleeved shirt

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6 d. ago Number of ‘Neets’ a societal and economic disaster, warns David Blunkett

The Labour peer urges the Government to look at a welfare-to-work programme he introduced as employment secretary back in 1998

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7 d. ago Charity calls for overhaul of adoption system which is ‘failing’ children

Adoption UK is urging the Government to create a new national adoption strategy.

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7 d. ago Trump’s push to rename the Pentagon the Department of War hits a snag as Congressional committee rejects change

The House Rules Committee rejects an amendment to rename the Pentagon as part of the larger defense authorization bill

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