6 h. ago Canada’s Liberal party says budget of ‘sacrifice’ needed to avoid recession

Country set to unveil PM Mark Carney’s spending plan as it battles trade war with US and protracted cost of living crisisCanada’s ruling Liberal party has said a budget of “sacrifice” is required to confront both a trade war with the US and a protracted cost of living crisis that threatens to push the country into a recession. But with opposition parties signalling they won’t support the fiscal plans of the prime minister, Mark Carney, a failed parliamentary vote on the budget could plunge the country into another federal election in the coming weeks.The country’s finance minister, François-Philippe Champagne, will on Tuesday unveil a spending plan his government has signalled will include both steep deficits and spending cuts. Few details have leaked ahead of the announcement, which will mark the first substantive look at how Carney plans to avoid a recession while locked in a trade war with the US, Canada’s biggest economic partner. Continue reading...

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10 h. ago Minister indicates support for ending ‘luxury car’ leases by benefits claimants

Transport Secretary Heidi Alexander suggested she would be ‘comfortable’ with ‘high-end’ vehicles not being available through the Motability scheme.

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5 d. ago Ministers urged to speed up support for UK car industry amid rising energy costs

TUC general secretary Paul Nowak said ‘sky-high’ energy costs put UK car manufacturers at risk of losing out to competition from abroad.

Politics

6 d. ago $54m to walk: getting fired as a college football coach is a booming industry

Brian Kelly’s departure from LSU is just the latest in a series of big money firings. It’s also a jarring state of affairs for many struggling fansAt a time when millions are at risk of going hungry and losing their medical insurance benefits, struggling Americans can at least take solace in knowing that the nation’s college football coaches are doing just fine – especially Brian Kelly.On Sunday LSU relieved Kelly of his coaching duties after his Tigers suffered a resounding home loss to Texas A&M that dropped them out of the AP’s ranking of college football’s top 25 teams. (This is after LSU was ranked as high as third in September and firmly in the top 10 for most of the season.) Kelly, who was in the fourth year of a decade-long contract worth about $100m, will be going home with more than just a box full of purple and gold office trinkets. Continue reading...

Sport

6 d. ago UK government claims it is throwing 'lifeline' to 100,000 Scots homes with £150 off energy bills

Ministers also unveil more than £1bn annual support for new offshore wind farms

Economics

1 week ago Aston Martin to develop luxury apartments in Florida... which include an luxury car simulator

Residents will have a slew of amenities to hand, including jacuzzis, swimming pools, a movie theatre, gym, golf simulator and an Aston Martin car simulator.

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1 week ago Digital ID will ‘cut the faff’, Starmer says in bid to reverse public scepticism

Support for the scheme has plummeted since the Prime Minister announced it last month.

Politics

1 week ago New law to give King power to strip brother Prince Andrew of his dukedom introduced

The Bill is unlikely to become law without Government support, and ministers appear to be taking their lead from Buckingham Palace. But pressure is mounting amid swirling allegations

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1 week ago Luxury spa boss 'blockaded GP surgery car park with her Bentley' in bitter neighbour row over access to her new property

Dr Reshma Rasheed, 62, is suing property developer turned spa boss, Joy Jarvis, (pictured) over rights to a narrow alleyway bordering Chapel Street Surgery, in Billericay, Essex.

Culture

2 w. ago Keir Starmer pressed not to slash UK contribution to global aid fund

Polling finds majority consider £1bn funding for Aids, TB and malaria vaccines a UK success storyPressure is mounting on Keir Starmer not to cut the UK’s contribution to the Global Fund to Fight Aids, Tuberculosis and Malaria after polling found 62% of Britons believe the government should maintain or increase its support.The prime minister must decide this year whether to maintain the UK contribution at £1bn or implement a cut in line with recent reductions to the aid budget. A cut of 20% has been rumoured. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Why can Prince Andrew still live at Royal Lodge despite giving up his titles? Royal protocol explained

He may have lost all of his remaining royal titles, but there will be at least one benefit Prince Andrew will not give up for at least another 50 years - his grace and favour home in Windsor.

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2 w. ago Stormzy stranded on London high street and mobbed by fans as £400,000 luxury car runs out of fuel

The rapper, 31, hosted an impromptu meet and greet with fans after unfortunate driving incident

Economics

2 w. ago Nato pushes for more weapons for Ukraine amid fading support and rising airspace tensions

Nato defense ministers will gather to try and drum up military support for Ukraine

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2 w. ago NATO seeks more arms for Ukraine as Western support fades and allied airspace concerns mount

NATO defense ministers will gather to try and drum up military support for Ukraine

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3 w. ago China poses ‘series of threats to national security’, UK Government says

Security minister Dan Jarvis said the Government made every effort to support the prosecution of alleged spies.

Events

3 w. ago Lord Alan Sugar burglar drama as gang are arrested after dumping car yards from luxury £2.5m mansion 'following police chase'

The billionaire tycoon host of BBC One show The Apprentice is said to have been at home during the dramatic incident close to his property on the same road in Essex

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3 w. ago Macron should announce early election, says former PM as France’s political crisis deepens

Édouard Philippe, a contender to succeed Macron, says situation is ‘distressing’ amid last-ditch efforts to get cross-party support for cabinetEurope live – latest updatesÉdouard Philippe, a former French prime minister and one-time ally of Emmanuel Macron, has said he favours early presidential elections given the gravity of the political crisis rocking the country.The remarks by Philippe, a leading centre-right contender to succeed Macron, came as the outgoing prime minister, Sébastien Lecornu, began a last-ditch effort to rally cross-party support for a cabinet to pull France out of its deepening political deadlock. Continue reading...

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4 w. ago Greta Thunberg among 171 Gaza flotilla activists deported by Israel; ceasefire negotiations due to begin in Egypt – Middle East crisis live

Activists deported to Greece and Slovakia; negotiators from the US, Israel and Hamas are set to begin talksIran signalled its support for Trump’s Gaza plan, with the country’s foreign ministry saying it supports any initiative that brings an end to the genocide of Palestinian people.Iran’s foreign ministry wrote in a post on X:Taking into account the dangerous dimensions and aspects of this proposal, and while reiterating its warning about the repeated breaches and obstructionism by the Zionist regime in fulfilling its promises, especially in light of its expansionist and racist plans, the Islamic Republic of Iran considers any decision in this regard to be within the authority of the Palestinian people and resistance.It welcomes any decision by them that guarantees halting the genocide of Palestinians, the withdrawal of the occupying Zionist army from Gaza, respect for the Palestinian people’s right to self-determination, the entry of humanitarian aid, and the reconstruction of Gaz...

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4 w. ago Aston Martin shares slump again as it issues a new profit warning on tariff fallout

British luxury car maker points finger at UK government for not providing “proactive support” for manufacturers

Events

4 w. ago Macron appoints new French government in attempt to end political deadlock

Rivals say president’s latest cabinet represents unwelcome continuity and hard-left party vows to file no-confidence motion amid fraught budget talksFrench president Emmanuel Macron has named a new government as he struggles to pull the country out of a political crisis, while rivals threatened to topple the lineup quickly if it failed to break with Macron’s past policies.The new cabinet was unveiled nearly a month after the appointment of prime minister Sebastien Lecornu, who sought to obtain cross-party support in a deeply divided parliament. Continue reading...

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