33 h. ago Keir Starmer is one of Labour’s most rightwing prime ministers. And one of its most leftwing, too | Andy Beckett

The PM offers a political hybrid designed for a fickle electorate. There are short-term electoral gains to be won, but risks in the long termFor more than eight months now, since shortly after Labour won power, more and more people have been outraged by the government’s moves to the right. Starting with its decision to keep the Conservatives’ cruel two-child benefit cap last July, the government has regularly given these critics reasons to feel shocked, betrayed or just disappointed.From deportation videos to Keir Starmer’s declaration that “I like and respect” Donald Trump, from repeated public sector cuts to the chancellor Rachel Reeves’s talk of “tearing down regulatory barriers” in this week’s spring statement, Labour has often behaved as if the boundaries between its supposedly centre-left politics and the politics of the right or even the far right have simply melted away. Continue reading...

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46 h. ago CoreWeave to scale back IPO in latest sign of AI worries on Wall Street

New Jersey-based cloud computing provider expected to seek $1.5bn, down from initial target of $4bn

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2 d. ago US tech stocks drop as fresh jolt of volatility hits Wall Street

Chipmaker Nvidia and Elon Musk’s Tesla slide, pushing Nasdaq lower for first time in four days

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4 d. ago ITV Emmerdale spoilers as fans given unexpected update on past character in tragic scenes

Former Emmerdale regular Pete Barton is set to make a shock return to the ITV soap.

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4 d. ago Retail traders plough $67bn into US stocks while investment giants flee

Have-a-go investors ‘buy the dip’ this year in Wall Street equities

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4 d. ago Stock market today: Asian shares are mixed, Chinese markets decline, after rally on Wall St

Shares are mixed in Asia, with Chinese markets retreating, following a broad rally on Wall Street

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4 d. ago Rocket engine CEO accused of spending investor cash on ‘clandestine weekends’ with ‘call girls’

Exclusive: RocketStar CEO Christopher Craddock is accused of brazen financial wrongdoing, but his attorney told The Independent that the company “denies the allegations and looks forward to vindicating itself in court.”

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4 d. ago Startup CEO accused of spending investor cash on ‘call girls’ after financial regulators barred him from Wall Street

Exclusive: RocketStar CEO Christopher Craddock is accused of brazen financial wrongdoing, but his attorney told The Independent that the company “denies the allegations and looks forward to vindicating itself in court.”

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5 d. ago Stock market today: Asian shares are mostly lower after tech

Asian shares are mostly lower after gains in technology stocks snapped Wall Street’s four-week losing streak

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5 d. ago Trump’s policies shatter Wall Street’s ‘US exceptionalism’ trade

Stocks and dollar fall in tandem as tariffs dent outlook for American economy

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6 d. ago ‘I’ve been getting 100 messages a day’: Church of Scientology accused of intimidating UK critics

Campaigners face online attacks, claims of criminality and complaints to employers. The Church says it’s the victimAlex Barnes-Ross, a marketing director from east London, regularly posts YouTube videos criticising Scientology. In some of them, the former Scientologist, 29, describes his experience of joining aged 15 and becoming its London director of book sales. In others, he talks about his mental health struggles after signing a “billion-year” contract devoting himself to the organisation – only to be kicked out a few years later, labelled a “potential trouble source”.Other videos scrutinise its finances and ask questions about alleged mistreatment at Narconon UK, a Scientology-linked rehab facility investigated by the Observer last year. Continue reading...

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6 d. ago Barclays warns 'we regularly carry out reviews' after credit limit complaint

It comes after a customer asked the bank about their credit limit

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7 d. ago Airlines Battle to Recover After London Heathrow’s Day in the Dark

Airlines Battle to Recover After London Heathrow’s Day in the Dark  The Wall Street Journal

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7 d. ago StubHub plans IPO in new test of Wall Street appetite for tech stocks

Online ticket vendor aims to raise $1bn at a value of $16.5bn

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8 d. ago Heathrow Airport Shut Down by Power Outage, Snarling International Travel

Heathrow Airport Shut Down by Power Outage, Snarling International Travel  The Wall Street Journal

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9 d. ago Stock market today: Asian shares are mostly higher after advance on Wall Street

Asian shares are mostly higher following an advance on Wall Street after the Federal Reserve said the economy still looks healthy enough to keep interest rates where they are

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9 d. ago ‘Livid’ Rupert Murdoch reportedly ‘berated’ Wall Street Journal editor for article promoting former CNN reporter’s newsletter

Rupert Murdoch was apparently outraged that the newspaper he owns published a piece that touted the success of a newsletter recently launched by former CNN media reporter Oliver Darcy, a longtime critic of Murdoch and Fox News

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1 week ago Pentagon reportedly planning to cut workforce by at least 50,000 – US politics live

Cuts are expected to come from hiring freezes, dismissing some probationary workers and by people taking up an offer to resignDonald Trump’s zeal to roll back environmental regulations could have real impacts on health in the United States, reports the Guardian’s Oliver Milman, Dharna Noor and Aliya Uteuova:A push by Donald Trump’s administration to repeal a barrage of clean air and water regulations may deal a severe blow to US public health, with a Guardian analysis finding that the targeted rules were set to save the lives of nearly 200,000 people in the years ahead. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Stock market today: Asian shares are mixed after Wall Street falls back ahead of Fed rate decision

Asian shares are mixed ahead of a decision on interest rates by the U.S. Federal Reserve

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1 week ago Stock market today: Asian shares mostly rise, cheered by another Wall Street rally

Asian shares have advanced as investor sentiment was buoyed by another rally on Wall Street

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