4 h. ago Labour's private school VAT raid has failed to fund 6,500 new teachers, says education chief

Philip Britton, chair of the Heads' Conference said there had been 'no wider benefit' to state education despite Labour promises that money raised from levying VAT on fees would fund 6500 new teachers.

Economics

5 h. ago Market upheavals drive biggest gains since 2008 for macro hedge funds

Swings in the dollar, gold and government debt have been fertile territory for funds such as Rokos and Caxton

Economics

6 h. ago US tech enabled China’s surveillance empire. Now Tibetan refugees are paying the price

Nepal is just one of at least 150 countries to which Chinese companies are supplying surveillance technology

Economics

7 h. ago Flamboyant, furious and full of hope: CMAT is the sound of 2025 | John Harris

The Irish singer-songwriter does what the best musicians do: perfectly crystallising their time while inspirationally taking a stand against itWhat has it felt like to be alive in 2025? The basic answer probably touches on a few aspects of the 21st-century experience. One is the horror and conflict that seem to define the news almost every day. Another centres around the material pressures that increasingly grip supposedly peaceful countries: the never-ending cost of living crisis, and the impossibility for millions of people of a secure job, a dependable home and some halfway viable idea of the future.Something else demands a mention: the all-pervading mixture of absurdity, nastiness and anger fostered by the internet. Bigotry runs rampant. What we still rather laughably call social media now seem to operate on the basis that the ideal story mixes wildly improbable elements with the kicking-up of moral outrage (witness that ghoulish “online content creator” Bonnie Blue, who, having...

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7 h. ago Top economists call for halt to Sri Lanka debt repayments after Cyclone Ditwah

Group of 120 experts including Joseph Stiglitz urge fresh debt restructuring plan given scale of destructionA group of the world’s top economists – including the Nobel prize winner Joseph Stiglitz – have called for Sri Lanka’s debt payments to be suspended as it tackles the devastation caused by Cyclone Ditwah.More than 600 people were killed and hundreds of thousands of homes destroyed across the island, in what Sri Lanka’s president, Anura Kumara Dissanayake, called the “largest and most challenging natural disaster in our history”. Continue reading...

Economics

8 h. ago Andrew's new home in Sandringham exile is 'not quite as out in the cold' as it seems

Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor is set to move into a property on the King's private Sandringham estate in Norfolk after being evicted from his Royal Lodge residence amid the Jeffrey Epstein scandal

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9 h. ago The US healthcare system hurts poor Americans. It’s about to get worse

As Congress cuts healthcare access to pay for tax cuts and poor Americans die earlier, billionaires invest in anti-ageingThere’s a weird disconnect to the public debate about health in the United States. In January, millions of Americans may drop their health insurance as premiums skyrocket following the Trump administration’s decision to end federal subsidies that helped some 20 million people afford insurance on the Obamacare marketplaces.Earlier this year, Republicans in Congress agreed to cut more than $850bn from the 10-year budgets of Medicaid, the health insurance program for low-income people, and the Chip health insurance program for children, in order to pay for some tax cuts. Given the US’s budgetary rules, that cut means an additional $500bn in funding for Medicare is at risk. Continue reading...

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10 h. ago Scandinavian people put candles in hair at Christmas and it has a unique meaning

Every year, girls and women will be putting candles in their hair in order to mark an ancient Christmas tradition that's only celebrated in a handful of countries across the world

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10 h. ago Brooklyn Beckham 'has BLOCKED David and Victoria on Instagram' in biggest sign yet he has become 'completely estranged' from his family

David and Victoria Beckham have insisted they would never unfollow their beloved son Brooklyn on Instagram, say sources close to the couple.

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11 h. ago Cruz Beckham claims his brother Brooklyn has BLOCKED him and his parents David and Victoria in biggest sign yet he has become 'completely estranged' from his family

David and Victoria Beckham have insisted they would never unfollow their beloved son Brooklyn on Instagram, say sources close to the couple.

Society

12 h. ago 'I WAS driving the speedboat that killed Kirsty MacColl': Deckhand breaks 25

It was 25 years ago, in the warm, cerulean blue waters off the Mexican paradise island of Cozumel, that legendary British singer Kirsty MacColl lost her life.

Events

14 h. ago Inside Gisele Bundchen's 'private' wedding to Joaquim Valente... and why they wed in secret

They held a private wedding on December 3 at their home in Surside, Florida, as confirmed by a marriage license viewed by the Daily Mail.

Society

14 h. ago Ivanka Trump's husband presents $112.1 billion plan for beachside luxury resort on shattered ruins of Gaza

If approved, the plan could begin in two months, according to officials. However, they would first need to clear some 10,000 bodies under 68 million tons of rubble.

Politics

15 h. ago All the ways to help clear your debt in 2026 from credit cards to overdrafts

MoneyMagpie Editor and financial expert Vicky Parry warns that people need to act now to become debt-free in 2026

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18 h. ago Can't get an NHS dentist and worried about the cost of looking after your teeth? Read our expert guide to saving money on going private

By all metrics, NHS dentistry is in crisis. Last week, a major report found that a lack of Health Service dentists meant patients were resorting to pulling out their own teeth.

Economics

19 h. ago Britons forced to go private for chemotherapy as NHS misses treatment targets

The NHS has missed its two main cancer targets this year, with just two-thirds of patients receiving a diagnosis and first treatment within 62 days after an urgent referral.

Economics

19 h. ago David and Victoria Beckham UNFOLLOW estranged son Brooklyn, 26, as it's revealed he'll spend Christmas with wife Nicola Peltz's billionaire parents amid family feud

The devastated parents, who are said to be feeling their eldest son's absence more than ever as Christmas looms, have removed him from their followers list.

Society

21 h. ago US seizes another vessel off the coast of Venezuela amid escalating tensions between the countries

The move comes amid mounting tensions between the Caribbean country and the Trump administration.

Events

21 h. ago Trump brags about demanding his own government give him taxpayer money over Mar

’Actually, maybe I shouldn't give it to charity. Maybe I should keep the money’

Politics

22 h. ago New documents reveal how monster pair Maxwell and Epstein ACTUALLY first met

Epstein wrote in a formal memo that he pulled the young British socialite out of a 'dark depression' following the death of her media mogul father, Robert Maxwell.

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