11 h. ago Disney World announces major change to reservation system after plans for fifth park were revealed

The famous Orlando theme park has begun sending out warnings regarding the upcoming change, which will limit access to the Magic Kingdom.

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18 h. ago Rachel Reeves ‘could extend fuel duty freeze in autumn Budget’ in cost of living boost

The levy on fuel has been frozen since 2012

Economics

36 h. ago UK bank profits in focus as lenders await critical motor finance court ruling

Lloyds Banking Group will kick off the sector’s half-year earnings with its results on Thursday, followed by NatWest Group on Friday.

Economics

37 h. ago Britain is lowering the voting age to 16. It's getting a mixed reaction

The British government has announced plans to lower the voting age from 18 to 16 before the next national election

Politics

38 h. ago ‘Why take the risk?’ Readers push back on Rachel Reeves’s savings shake

Rachel Reeves’s plan to nudge savers towards investing has met fierce resistance from readers, especially older ones, who say they already earn strong returns from cash ISAs and don’t want to risk losing money

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42 h. ago Labour shouldn’t fear taxing the rich – the people I work with would welcome it | Stephanie Brobbey

The UK still holds many attractions for the privileged despite prophecies of a wealth exodus if Rachel Reeves swoopsI’ve worked with the super-rich my whole career. I worked for more than a decade as a lawyer advising high net worth individuals, and many of the people I worked with had assets worth more than £10m. It was commonplace to refer to their luxury apartments – usually in neighbourhoods like Kensington or Chelsea – as “safety deposit boxes in the sky”. My work involved advising them on how to pass on assets such as these pieds-à-terre and country piles in the home counties while minimising their taxes.Many of the super-rich have ties all over the world, decamping to homes in the south of France in the summer, or their Alpine chalets for ski holidays. Some have constructed more contrived connections to places like Singapore or Bermuda to reduce their tax bills. But regardless of their undeniable worldliness, the super-rich love living in the UK.Stephanie Brobbey is founder a...

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43 h. ago Grant Shapps defends use of superinjunction to suppress Afghan data leak

Shapps, defence secretary when the superinjunction was imposed, said its use was ‘entirely justified’ to save livesAfghan nationals: have you arrived in the UK under the ARR?The former defence secretary Grant Shapps has defended the use of an unprecedented superinjunction to suppress a data breach that led to the UK government relocating 15,000 Afghans.The Afghanistan Response Route (ARR) was created in haste after it emerged that personal information about 18,700 Afghans who had applied to come to the UK had been leaked in error by a British defence official in early 2022. Continue reading...

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44 h. ago Chess: Rachel Reeves announces £1.5m fund as London ChessFest attracts 20,000 visitors

Chess: Rachel Reeves announces £1.5m fund as London ChessFest attracts 20,000 visitors  The Guardian

Economics

46 h. ago North Lanarkshire gets funding boost for greenspaces from National Lottery Heritage Fund

Approximately £640,000 will be spent by the creation of a ground-breaking ‘environmental justice map’.

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52 h. ago Universities awarded funding to help recruit ‘world’s top researchers’ to UK

The £54 million Global Talent Fund aims to attract up to 80 researchers in high-priority sectors such as life sciences and digital technologies.

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58 h. ago Labour’s economic illiteracy is dragging us into a doom loop

A debt disaster is looming — and too many backbenchers just don’t understand the grim reality

Economics

58 h. ago UK’s most powerful supercomputer comes online in major AI drive

Technology Secretary Peter Kyle flicked the switch on the Isambard-AI machine in Bristol on Thursday.

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61 h. ago Chris Eubank Jr vs Conor Benn rematch 'falling apart' weeks after plans announced as Eddie Hearn points finger

The notorious promoter pointed the finger at Eubank’s camp after negotiations hit a snag

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64 h. ago Britain will lower its voting age to 16 in a bid to strengthen democracy

Britain has announced plans to lower the voting age from 18 to 16 before the next national election

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66 h. ago Forres entrepreneur behind 'Man For Himself' launches premium hair care line

Male Grooming Expert Robin James launches Anforh with three hair care products in response to overwhelming feedback from 55,000 men - created to build the foundation for great hair, every day. Available July 17th.

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68 h. ago Unemployment creeps up after Rachel Reeves' huge tax raid on businesses

The rate of UK unemployment increased to 4.7 per cent in the three months to May, from 4.6 per cent in three months to April, the Office for National Statistics said today.

Economics

69 h. ago Rachel Reeves' £20bn tax raid leads to thousands of job losses as wage growth cools

Thousands of jobs were lost in June, according to official data, as Chancellor Rachel Reeves' £20bn tax raid led to a cooling in wage growth and put the Bank of England under further pressure

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2 d. ago Von der Leyen calls for new EU taxes on big firms in €2tn budget proposal

Plan, which also includes levies on tobacco and electronic waste, ignites major political scrap to define bloc’s futureThe European Commission president, Ursula von der Leyen, has called for new EU taxes on large companies, tobacco and electronic waste as part of a proposed €2tn (£1.7tn) budget.Announcing the planned EU budget for 2028 to 2034, she effectively fired the starting gun on a major and complex political fight to define the EU’s future. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago Inflation jumps hours after Rachel Reeves more money in every Britons’ pockets

The Office for National Statistics (ONS) said Consumer Prices Index inflation rose to 3.6% in June - in a blow for the under-fire Chancellor who used a big speech at Mansion House on Tuesday night to promise a more prosperous future for all Britons

Economics

3 d. ago Rachel Reeves warned by City grandees not to weaken banking safeguards

Chancellor’s plan to slash red tape could raise financial risks and do little to help households, say architects of UK’s post-2008 reformsRachel Reeves has been warned by City grandees that her plan to slash financial red tape could have little benefit for British households while increasing risks in the banking industry.The chancellor used a speech to City bosses attending the annual Mansion House dinner on Tuesday to argue that in too many areas regulation was acting as a “boot on the neck of business”, as she pledged sweeping changes to help revive the economy. Continue reading...

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