29 h. ago The top Trump official who will take the blame if Liberation Day tariffs go south

President Donald Trump will take all the credit if his 'Liberation Day' tariffs bring manufacturing stateside and give the U.S. economy a boost.

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48 h. ago NASA astronauts: Finger of blame pointed after stranded SpaceX explorers debacle

Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams spoke to reporters for the first time since they were ferried home from the International Space Station - following their nine-month saga

Technology

60 h. ago SNP Government most to blame for decline in public services across Scotland, poll finds

Scots are increasingly fed-up with the state of the NHS, schools, transport, roads and other key services on which they depend, according to a major survey.

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68 h. ago Germany’s spending push drives up borrowing costs across Eurozone

Investors warn that higher bond yields could make it harder for members of the bloc to increase defence spending

Economics

4 d. ago Royal Academy visitors blame 'woke' art for plummeting attendance figures amid gallery redundancies

The visitor feedback forms, seen exclusively by the Mail on Sunday, reveal that a mob of angry members, known as 'Friends of the RA', are not returning due to the 'woke' art.

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6 d. ago My son murdered a policeman but I can't stop loving him... Now in the throes of unimaginable grief, mother Elizabeth wrestles with the hardest question: Am I to blame?

'I couldn't process what was going on,' Elizabeth recalls now. 'I couldn't conceive of what Louis might have done - and not in a million years could I have guessed.'

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6 d. ago My son murdered a policeman but I can't can't stop loving him... Now in the throes of unimaginable grief, mother Elizabeth wrestles with the hardest question: Am I to blame?

'I couldn't process what was going on,' Elizabeth recalls now. 'I couldn't conceive of what Louis might have done - and not in a million years could I have guessed.'

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6 d. ago Why are Tesla sales down? Elon Musk's politics may be to blame

The EV firm’s sales are down in many parts of Europe, while rivals are chipping away at its market share in the company’s native US

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6 d. ago These groups now worse off in DWP, PIP and Universal Credit cuts but four will gain

The Labour Party chancellor confirmed welfare cuts of £4.8bn, but insisted the government's priority was to restore stability to the public finances in the face of rising global borrowing costs

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7 d. ago QUENTIN LETTS: Wrists trembling, Reeves sounded shrivelled as she tried to blame 'the party opposite'...but everyone knows she has brought disaster on herself

The speech lasted 33 minutes, half the time of a real Budget. For all Labour's groans when Tories talked of 'an emergency Budget', this nonetheless felt like a big event.

Events

7 d. ago Spring Statement 2025: Chancellor failing businesses as tax hikes kill investment

“There was no new support to ease the pressure on small employers; no targeted reliefs, no funding boosts, and no signal of short-term help with borrowing costs”

Events

7 d. ago Spring statement: Reeves blames ‘global uncertainty’ for deeper spending cuts

Chancellor says tougher measures required to plug fiscal hole after Treasury watchdog halves 2025 growth forecastSpring statement: key pointsAnalysis: Reeves does reasonable job of justifying fiscal prudence but welfare cuts cast shadowPolitics live – updatesRachel Reeves blamed “global uncertainty” as she announced swingeing cuts to welfare and other public spending designed to plug a fiscal hole caused by soaring borrowing costs and sluggish economic growth.The chancellor told the Commons that the UK’s growth forecast for this year had been halved from 2% to 1% by the Treasury watchdog, which concluded that the chancellor would have missed her goal of balancing the books if she did not act. Continue reading...

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7 d. ago Five economic factors that will govern Rachel Reeves’s spring statement

The chancellor will address MPs on Wednesday, warning of tough spending cuts amid rising government borrowing costsWhat to expect from Rachel Reeves’s (brief) spring statementRachel Reeves will give her spring statement on Wednesday, with a warning that spending cuts are required because “the world has changed” amid rising government borrowing costs.After announcing deep cuts to welfare, provoking a fierce backlash within her party, the chancellor will present updated forecasts from the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) on the outlook for the economy and government finances. Continue reading...

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7 d. ago Rising debt and spending demands: the squeeze on Britain’s finances — in charts

UK gross government debt rose from 85.7% of GDP in 2019 to 101.8% in 2024

Economics

7 d. ago Trump shifts blame for Signalgate texts onto mystery ‘lower level’ employee

In an interview with Newsmax, Trump offered a theory on how Jeffrey Goldberg had ended up on a Signal group chat with senior officials in his administration

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7 d. ago Trump shifts blame for Signalgate texts onto ‘lower level’ mystery employee

In an interview with Newsmax, Trump offered a new theory on how journalist Jeffrey Goldberg of The Atlantic ended up on a Signal group chat with senior officials discussing bombing plans in Yemen earlier this month

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8 d. ago Global rise in borrowing costs to blame for UK’s higher debt spending – Reeves

Rising borrowing costs are expected to eliminate the Chancellor’s headroom against her self-imposed fiscal rules.

Economics

8 d. ago What to expect from Rachel Reeves’s (brief) spring statement

Talk of tough choices ahead, an increase in debt financing, and more initiatives to promote growthThe spring statement offers an opportunity for Rachel Reeves to talk about progress since last October’s budget, the government’s growth agenda and how it is attempting to raise living standards. However, the chancellor’s message is likely to be defensive after being blown off course in recent months.Last year she promised “no return to austerity”. But after stalled tax receipts denied her the income she expected, and concerns over the global economy and Donald Trump’s antics raised the UK’s borrowing costs, Reeves is being forced to make cuts to stay within her budget rules. Here is what to expect from Reeves’s speech, which is predicted to be relatively short at just 25 minutes. Continue reading...

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9 d. ago Spring statement: What to expect – Politics Weekly Westminster

Pippa Crerar and Kiran Stacey walk us through what we can expect to hear when Rachel Reeves makes her spring statement on Wednesday. With the government facing downgraded growth forecasts, rising borrowing costs and the threat of Donald Trump’s tariffs, how can it boost the economy and save public services? And how will major spending cuts go down with the party and the public? Continue reading...

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9 d. ago Scotland only have themselves to blame, says Kenny McLean as 50th cap soured by heavy defeat to Greece

The Cambuslang man made a milestone appearance for the national side as they were relegated from Nations League A

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