55 h. ago Reynolds: Port Talbot plant does not meet US rules to get steel tariff exemption

Negotiations are ongoing to secure the outstanding tariff agreements.

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6 d. ago Meet Harry and Meghan's new 'divisive' PR chief who rules with an 'iron fist' and spent years trying to smear the Royal Family

The general public doesn't often realise the extent to which royals and celebrities are run by their private behind-the-scenes staff.

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1 week ago Has Starmer caved to Trump on trade AGAIN? PM and US president parade deal

Keir Starmer and Donald Trump put on an old pals act at the G7 in Canada as they showed off a text implementing the broad agreement struck last month.

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1 week ago Starmer in desperate bid to finalise trade deal with Trump as steel tariff deadline looms

Sir Keir Starmer knows that he needs to leave the G7 in Canada with his US/ UK trade deal fully implemented as he prepares to meet Trump

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1 week ago Reeves braced for OBR forecasts to blow £20bn hole in tax and spending plans

Downgrades by Treasury watchdog could force chancellor to raise taxes or cut spending at budget to meet fiscal rulesRachel Reeves is braced for revised forecasts by the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) to blow a £20bn hole in her tax and spending plans before the autumn budget.Even without changing the totals the chancellor set out in her spending review on Wednesday, a weaker forecast from the the Treasury’s independent watchdog could force her to find significantly more money at the budget to meet her “non-negotiable” fiscal rules. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago ‘Painful’ budget measures likely, say economists as Chancellor lifts spending

On Wednesday, Rachel Reeves said it was non-negotiable to meet her fiscal rules.

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3 w. ago PMQs: Keir Starmer trumpets UK as 'only country in world' spared Donald Trump's 50% steel tariff

Gareth Stace, the director general of UK Steel, said that Donald Trump’s decision is a ‘welcome pause’

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4 w. ago Trade Secretary to meet US counterpart in bid to secure steel tariff exemption

The UK struck a deal with Washington for import taxes on its steel to be removed weeks ago, but its implementation has not been finalised.

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4 w. ago Starmer in race against time to stop Trump’s shock 50% steel tariffs hitting UK

US President has announced a huge extra levy on a critical industry, while his trade deal with the Labour prime minister is still not implemented

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4 w. ago Trump announces 25 percent steel tariff increase to 50 percent as he celebrates US Steel deal

President headed to Pennsylvania to mark U.S. Steel’s ‘partnership’ with Nippon Steel

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4 w. ago Trump announces 25 percent steel tariff increase to 50 percent as he celebrates US Steel deal: Live

President heads to Pennsylvania to mark U.S. Steel’s ‘partnership’ with Nippon Steel

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4 w. ago Trump says he is doubling tariffs on imported steel to 50% – US politics live

President makes announcement that he is raising tariff from 25% at Pennsylvania rally celebrating US Steel and Nippon Steel ‘partnership’Trump warms to Nippon Steel, backing ‘partnership’ with US SteelThe Republican nominee for governor of Virginia has recently tried to distance herself from her longstanding, hardline anti-abortion record, declining recently to state whether she would support any restrictions on abortion access if she is elected to lead the state this fall. But her record reveals a candidate staunchly opposed to the procedure.Winsome Earle-Sears, now the state’s lieutenant governor, supported a 15-week abortion ban and has previously said she wants to make abortion illegal in almost all cases. In audio obtained by the Guardian, Earle-Sears also suggested an equivalence between consenting to sex and consenting to pregnancy. Continue reading...

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