16 h. ago Football and concert prices to 'soar' thanks to proposed hikes in policing costs

Industry chiefs are warning that football and music fans will be the ones who end up losing out if plans to make organisers pay more go ahead

Economics

45 h. ago DfT update over police action to stop illegal habit that could cost you £2,500

You could instantly lose your driving licence if caught committing the offence

Economics

3 d. ago Trump set to announce $12bn aid package for US farmers hit by tariffs

Bailout will help mitigate cost of the president’s trade policies to the sector

Politics

2 w. ago Reeves dismisses Tory claims of ‘Benefits Street budget’ – UK politics live

Chancellor says 60% of families that will be better off after the two-child limit is scrapped are in workAsk the Guardian your budget questionsBudget calculator: find out if you are better or worse offThe Conservative party is attacking the budget on the grounds that Rachel Reeves is putting up taxes supposedly to fund more spending on benefit claimants. Even though the rationale for this claim is questionable, the Tories were making it before the budget was announced, and Kemi Badenoch firmed it up last night, claiming it was a “Benefits Street budget”.On LBC this morning, asked if the budget meant “alarm clock Britain paying for Benefits Street”, Reeves said she did not accept that. She said 60% of the families that would benefit from the removal of the two-child benefit cap (the most expensive welfare announcement in the budget) were in work.I don’t think children should be punished by this pernicious policy any longer. And the cost to society of this is huge, the cost for counci...

Politics

2 w. ago ‘The writing is on the wall’: Republicans warn of slipping Latino votes amid Trump’s deportation blitz and flailing economy

Latino conservatives tell Eric Garcia that high costs at the supermarket and draconian immigration policies could cost the GOP most of the gains Trump made last year

Politics

2 w. ago When police step back: The mental health decisions that are costing lives

The 'Right Care Right Person' scheme is aimed at reducing the amount of time police spend responding to mental health and welfare calls. But coroners have raised concerns about how it's being applied

Society

2 w. ago Republicans face brutal losses in key voter group over Trump migrant sweeps and affordability failure: ‘Just wake up’

Latino conservatives tell Eric Garcia that high costs at the supermarket and draconian immigration policies could cost the GOP most of the gains Trump made last year

Politics

2 w. ago How Labour's energy policies are making the cost of living crisis even worse

As the Tartan Army considers the price of a trip to next year’s World Cup finals, the cost-of-living crisis is being exacerbated by high energy prices

Events

2 w. ago Cost of Police Scotland's Operation Portaledge hits half a million

New figures released by Police Scotland under Freedom of Information show the cost of their crackdown on gangland violence codenamed Operation Portaledge has cost the force more than £500,000.

Events