3 m. ago The British and Irish Lions squad announcement LIVE: Full team revealed as Andy Farrell makes decision for Australia with Maro Itoje named as captain

Follow Mail Sport's live blog for the latest score, team news and updates as Andy Farrell is set to name his full squad for the  2025 British and Lions tour of Australia.

Politics

29 m. ago Disability benefit cuts impossible to support, 42 Labour MPs tell Starmer

Exclusive: backbenchers sign letter calling for change in direction on plans expected to be put to vote next month UK politics live – latest updatesMore than 40 Labour MPs have warned the prime minister that planned disability cuts are “impossible to support” and have called for a pause and change in direction.The letter from parliamentarians spanning the new intake and veterans, and from the left and right of the party, sets Keir Starmer up for the biggest rebellion of his premiership when the House of Commons votes on the measures next month. Continue reading...

Politics

64 m. ago BlackRock to order senior managers back to office five days a week – reports

New-York based asset management company about to issue new guidance, according to FTBusiness live – latest updatesBlackRock, the world’s biggest asset management company, is reportedly preparing to order its senior managers to work from the office five days a week.The New-York based company is expected to tell its staff as early as Thursday that about 1,000 managing directors around the world should work in the office full-time, the Financial Times has reported. Continue reading...

Society

65 m. ago Interest rates live updates: Bank of England slashes interest rates to 4.25% in boost to homeowners

It marks lowest level for two years as central bank warns escalating global trade war will drag on growth over next three years

Society

1 hour ago UK interest rates fall to 4.25% as Bank of England announces a quarter

Move follows run of downbeat economic data and looks to cushion UK from Trump’s trade war falloutExplainer: what does it mean for mortgages and savings?Analysis: mood-boosting rate cut is a fillip for Reeves but leaves future uncertainBusiness live – latest updatesBank of England policymakers have cut interest rates by a quarter point to 4.25% to cushion the UK economy against the impact of Donald Trump’s trade war.The widely expected move from the Bank’s monetary policy committee (MPC), its fourth cut since last August, also carried a warning that the UK economy would slow by a further 0.3% over the next two years in addition to dramatic cuts to its forecasts earlier this year. Continue reading...

Politics

2 h. ago Interest rates live updates: Bank of England slashes interest rates to 4.25% in boost to home owners

Comes as the US and UK are poised to announce a major trade deal

Society

3 h. ago Conclave live: Wait for new pope goes on as black smoke blows out from Sistine Chapel for second time with cardinals deadlocked on who will succeed Francis

MAILONLINE BLOG: Follow live coverage from the Vatican on the second day of conclave as cardinals return to the Sistine Chapel to vote for a new pope.

Events

3 h. ago Not 'back of the queue' any more! Tories credit Brexit for allowing the UK to become the first big nation to strike a trade deal with Donald Trump

They spoke out ahead of an announcement Donald Trump is expected to make at the White House this afternoon that would ease his protectionist tariffs.

Politics

4 h. ago Interest rates LIVE: Bank of England updates as base rate announcement delayed today

The Bank of England's base rate dictates how much interest you pay when you borrow money, so mortgages and credit card rates usually get more expensive when it goes up

Politics

5 h. ago Live updates as UK and US to announce deal to reduce tariffs

The US President has teased a 'major trade deal'

Economics

5 h. ago VE day UPDATES: Britain marks 80th anniversary of WW2's end in Europe

At 3pm eighty years ago on May 8, 1945, then Prime Minister Winston Churchill took to the airwaves to announce that Nazi Germany had unconditionally surrendered - and that the cruelty of World War II was finally at an end

Politics

5 h. ago Sycamore Gap trial live: Prosecutor mocks suspects’ defence and calls men ‘rather pathetic’

Daniel Graham and Adam Carruthers are on trial at Newcastle Crown Court, accused of felling Sycamore Gap tree

Events

5 h. ago Britain and US 'strike' trade deal to ease damage of Donald Trump's tariffs economic carnage

The US president teases a ‘major trade deal’ announcement at 3pm BST today

Economics

6 h. ago Conclave live: Cardinals return to vote in Sistine Chapel as election for new pope enters second day

MAILONLINE BLOG: Follow live coverage from the Vatican on the second day of conclave as cardinals return to the Sistine Chapel to vote for a new pope.

Politics

6 h. ago UK to win race to strike first trade deal with US, hints Trump as Starmer to give update ‘today’

Donald Trump teases a ‘major trade deal’ announcement at 3pm BST today

Politics

6 h. ago Erin Patterson mushroom murder trial LIVE updates: Accused killer tears up in dock as her nine

Follow Daily Mail Australia's live coverage of accused mushroom chef Erin Patterson's murder trial here.

Events

7 h. ago UK strikes trade deal with US as Trump touts ‘big announcement’: Live updates

The announcement comes after lengthy negotiations between both countries amid Trump’s global tariff war

Politics

7 h. ago Interest rates live updates: Bank of England poised to cut interest rates in boost to mortgage holders

Economists expect Bank of England to cut rates to 4.25 per cent – with some anticipating push for even larger reduction

Economics

7 h. ago Erin Patterson trial live: mushroom cook’s daughter gives pre

Erin Patterson has pleaded not guilty to charges of murder and attempted murder relating to a lunch she served at her Leongatha home in 2023. Follow live updates Erin Patterson ‘didn’t look unwell’ like other mushroom lunch attendees, hospital nurse tells murder trialWho are Erin Patterson and the other key figures in Australia’s mushroom murders trial?Erin Patterson’s lawyer Colin Mandy cross-examining Kylie AshtonMandy asks about the previous evidence from medical witnesses that Erin was present at the hospital for five minutes before she discharged herself.I said these could be symptoms of illness and we needed to do further investigation to ensure she was safe. Continue reading...

Society

7 h. ago Relive VE Day as it happened 80 years ago when Britain threw epic party to celebrate Germany's surrender in WWII

LIVE UPDATES: Follow minute by minute details of Britain's VE Day celebrations on May 8, 1945 as the nation celebrated victory over Nazi Germany and the end of the Second World War.

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