14 h. ago The National Trust to axe 550 jobs after Rachel Reeves' tax raid budget added £10million to charity's annual wage bill

The conservation charity said rising costs were outstripping growth in visitors and donations and it needed to reduce the pay bill as well as finding savings worth £26 million

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21 h. ago National Trust to cut more than 500 jobs to make £26m savings

Costs are said to be 'outstripping growth'

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22 h. ago National Trust to cut 550 jobs as Reeves’ budget adds £10m to costs

Recent government changes have added more than £10m to the charity’s annual wage bill

Economics

22 h. ago National Trust to cut 550 staff in bid to slash wage bill following tax hikes

The conservation charity said increasing costs were outstripping growth in visitors and donations.

Economics

22 h. ago National Trust announces huge cuts as costs 'outstrip growth'

It is looking to save £26million

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23 h. ago Donald Trump’s ‘big, beautiful bill’ is the ultimate betrayal of his base | Sidney Blumenthal

The measure exposes the most elaborate charade in recent US political history. But betrayal is Trump’s operating principleDonald Trump’s so-called “big, beautiful bill”, which will eviscerate the living standards, healthcare and aspirations of his white, working-class base, conclusively draws the curtain down on his Maga populist conceit, the most elaborate charade in recent American political history.The price will be staggering: $1tn in cuts to Medicaid; throwing 17 million people off health coverage closing rural hospitals and women’s health clinics; battering food assistance for families, children and veterans; the virtual destruction of US solar and wind energy manufacturing; limiting access to financial aid for college; and, according to the Yale Budget Lab, adding $3tn to the national debt over the next decade, inexorably leading to raised interest rates, which will depress the housing market. These are the harsh, brutal and undeniable realities of Trumpism in the glare of da...

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58 h. ago ‘Historic moment’ as reintroduced pine martens produce young on Dartmoor

Kits scampering through woodlands caught on camera traps after 15 pine martens were released last September.

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69 h. ago National Trust makes stunning announcement over Manchester's 'sky park'

A significant chunk of funding to continue Castlefield Viaduct's transformation - but more is needed

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2 d. ago Grade I listed landscape gets ‘garden for the future’ in face of climate change

Revamp of a half an acre of Sheffield Park and Garden, East Sussex, will trial planting that can cope with more extreme conditions.

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3 d. ago Manchester United told to pay bargain transfer fee for Casemiro 'replacement'

Leicester City's reportedly Wilfred Ndidi wants to move to Manchester United in the summer transfer window and could cost less than £10m

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3 d. ago New tourism project plan mooted for Bannockburn battlefield site

The council's leader was quizzed on the possibility of working alongside the National Trust for Scotland for developing plans for the land after trotting track proposals were rejected.

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8 d. ago No one wanted Trump’s devastating budget bill. Of course it passed | Moira Donegan

The bill steals from the sick, elderly and hungry, and gives to billionaires and jackboots. But Republicans will follow their leader anywhereThe budget reconciliation bill that passed the US House of Representatives on Thursday and was promptly to be signed into law by Donald Trump represents the particular perversity of national politics in America: seemingly no one wants it, everyone hates it, and it is widely agreed to be devastating for staggering numbers of Americans. And yet, the bill felt inevitable: it was a foregone conclusion that this massive, malignant measure was something that everyone dreaded and no one had the capacity to stop.They didn’t really even try. In the Senate, a few conservative Republicans made noise about the bill’s dramatic costs: the congressional budget office estimates that the bill will add $3.3 tn to the deficit over the coming decade, and the senator Rand Paul, a budget hawk from Kentucky, declined to vote for it for this reason. But other Republic...

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8 d. ago Rachel Reeves insists she’s ‘cracking on with the job’ as she hugs Starmer after Commons tears

The prime minister and chancellor shared a hug as they moved to calm the markets after a tumultuous week which saw tears in the Commons during PMQs

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8 d. ago Chancellor Rachel Reeves' family life, husband with top government job and famous sister

After Keir Starmer came to Rachel Reeves' defence after a difficult PMQs, we take a look at the Chancellor's life away from politics - including her famous family member

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8 d. ago Rachel Reeves says she is ‘cracking on with the job’ after Commons tears

Chancellor unexpectedly joins NHS plan launch and tells media her upset was caused by a personal issueAnalysis: The challenge of balancing backbenchers and bond marketsUK politics live – latest updatesRachel Reeves has said she is “cracking on with the job” of chancellor, after a very public show of unity from Keir Starmer after her visible distress in the Commons.In her first comments since her tearful appearance at Wednesday’s prime minister’s questions, Reeves said she had been upset about a personal matter, and that the only real difference to someone else having a bad day at work was that she then had to be seen on television. Continue reading...

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8 d. ago Rachel Reeves insists she is ‘cracking on with the job’ after Commons upset

‘People saw I was upset, but that was yesterday. Today’s a new day and I’m just cracking on with the job,’ the Chancellor said.

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8 d. ago UK politics live: Rachel Reeves says she was ‘clearly upset’ but it was her job to support government at PMQs

Reeves rejected suggestions that her tears at PMQs were related to a conversation with Commons Speaker Sir Lindsay Hoyle

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9 d. ago Operation Save Rachel: Keir says he didn't NOTICE his Chancellor crying at PMQs as he guarantees her job amid market panic

Keir Starmer gave a guarantee that Rachel Reeves will remain in her job 'into the next election and for many years after' amid continuing mystery over her public show of emotion.

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9 d. ago Operation Save Rachel: Keir scrambles to shore up weeping Reeves and guarantees her job after her tears triggered market drop

Sir Keir said her tears had 'nothing to do with politics' or Labour's embarrassing U-turns on benefits - insisting she cried over something 'personal' without expanding further.

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9 d. ago Keir Starmer breaks silence after Rachel Reeves in tears at PMQs

Keir Starmer has said he and Rachel Reeves are in 'lockstep' as he praised the 'excellent job' she is doing as Chancellor after she was tearful during Prime Minister's Questions

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