4 h. ago Ban AI ‘nudification’ apps enabling sexual abuse, Children’s Commissioner says

Dame Rachel de Souza has called for the Government to ban ‘nudification’ apps.

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17 h. ago As we're banned from bringing meat and cheese home from EU... How to savour Britain's best deli delights

British holidaymakers hoping for a tasty supermarket haul this summer are in for a shock, due to a government ban on importing meat and dairy products from the EU.

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27 h. ago Government will ban trans employees from toilets that reflect their gender, minister says

Pat McFadden said preventing trans people from using the changing rooms and bathrooms of their choosing is the ‘logical consequence’ of the Supreme Court ruling on biological sex

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55 h. ago Hundreds of CCTV cameras in operation across Greater Manchester are feared to be a 'security threat'

The cameras were banned from 'sensitive sites' within government departments in 2022

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57 h. ago Government bank holiday update with eight more before end of 2025

The government has confirmed when and where the rest of this year's bank holidays will take place, but there are no plans to introduce any extra bank holidays in 2025

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3 d. ago UK Government confirms eight more bank holidays before the end of 2025

The recent Easter weekend saw England, Wales and Northern Ireland enjoy two bank holidays falling on Good Friday (April 18) and Easter Monday (April 21) but Scotland only one

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3 d. ago Reeves reveals plan to rip up banking regulations brought in after financial crash

Chancellor indicates she wants to hand market freedoms it had almost two decades ago, before major banks were bailed out by government

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3 d. ago Inmates at Forest Bank prison involved in 'passive protest' as government decides its future

The drama was 'peacefully resolved', according to a spokesperson for the troubled jail

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3 d. ago Children under 16 could be banned from using social media at certain times

Ofcom have set out new rules to force tech firms to protect children online

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4 d. ago IMF warns that trade tensions could test stability of world economy; Reeves ‘confident’ about US trade deal – business live

Rolling coverage of the latest economic and financial newsDonald Trump’s tariffs will make it harder for Sir Jim Ratcliffe’s car division, Ineos Automotive, to reach its first profit.Ineos Automotive’s CEO, Lynn Calder, told Bloomberg that the US president’s 25% tariff on foreign cars will make it harder to hit the earnings target.“For sure, this last week has put a dent in that and, for sure, delayed it,”“We’re stubborn as mules. We’re not easy to knock down.”“With fieldwork completed just days after Donald Trump’s “Liberation Day” tariffs, it is unsurprising that consumer expectations for the economy plummeted to a record low. The original tariff schedule, since reduced for most countries, was expected to reduce growth in the UK and elsewhere. Yet despite this economic pessimism, expectations of retail spending rose slightly as the prospect of Easter shopping drew closer.The state of the economy dropped significantly to -48 in April, down from -35 in March.Their personal financial...

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4 d. ago US trade war fears drive UK consumer confidence down to record low; Tesla’s European sales fall again – business live

Rolling coverage of the latest economic and financial newsDonald Trump’s tariffs will make it harder for Sir Jim Ratcliffe’s car division, Ineos Automotive, to reach its first profit.Ineos Automotive’s CEO, Lynn Calder, told Bloomberg that the US president’s 25% tariff on foreign cars will make it harder to hit the earnings target.“For sure, this last week has put a dent in that and, for sure, delayed it,”“We’re stubborn as mules. We’re not easy to knock down.”“With fieldwork completed just days after Donald Trump’s “Liberation Day” tariffs, it is unsurprising that consumer expectations for the economy plummeted to a record low. The original tariff schedule, since reduced for most countries, was expected to reduce growth in the UK and elsewhere. Yet despite this economic pessimism, expectations of retail spending rose slightly as the prospect of Easter shopping drew closer.The state of the economy dropped significantly to -48 in April, down from -35 in March.Their personal financial...

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4 d. ago US trade war will hurt UK growth, Bank of England governor warns; Tesla’s European sales fall again – business live

Rolling coverage of the latest economic and financial newsACEA’s latest European car sales report shows a continued decline in demand for fossil fuel-powered vehicles.While new battery-electric car sales grew by 23.9% in the first three months of 2025, to 412,997 units, petrol car registrations saw a significant decline of 20.6%, with all major markets showing decreases. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago SIM farms: Fraud minister Lord Hanson outlines plans to ban devices used by scammers to con the public

Fraud minister Lord Hanson writes exclusively for the NationalWorld network to explain the government’s plans to ban SIM farms - used by scammers to con the public

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4 d. ago London town halls on edge of bankruptcy after overspending £330m on homelessness services

Boroughs plea for financial lifeline due to ‘growing mismatch’ between temporary accommodation costs and Government funding

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4 d. ago Bailey says BoE must ‘take seriously’ risk to growth from Trump tariffs

Bank of England governor signals that central bank is likely to cut UK interest rates next month in response to uncertainty

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4 d. ago UK must take impact of trade wars ‘very seriously’, says Bank governor

Andrew Bailey said the central bank is currently ‘working through’ the implications of US President Donald Trump’s tariff plans.

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5 d. ago NatWest ‘grateful’ to UK taxpayers as Government prepares to offload stake

NatWest’s chairman, Rick Haythornthwaite, said it would be a symbolic moment when the Government no longer has shares in the bank.

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8 d. ago Another crisis, another IMF summit: but unlike 2008, the delegates are disunited

Where once the world came together to fight the credit crunch, Trump’s tariffs will set a more divisive testWhen the world’s finance ministers and central bank governors gather at the International Monetary Fund in Washington this week, it may kindle memories of another meeting, also held against the backdrop of a global economic crisis, in autumn 2008.Then, as the aftershocks from the collapse of Lehman Brothers ripped through financial markets, central banks coordinated drastic emergency rate cuts, and the UK chancellor, Alistair Darling, urged his G7 counterparts to emulate the UK’s approach and shore up stricken banks. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Bangladesh, Pakistan officials resume bilateral talks after 15 years' gap

Foreign ministry officials from Bangladesh’s interim government and Pakistan have resumed talks after a 15-year gap, as the two South Asian Muslim-majority nations attempted to ease strained relations

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1 week ago Yellow fever: Health emergency declared as 17th century disease kills 34 and warning issued

People who are not vaccinated against the disease will be banned from travelling to certain areas of Colombia after the government declared a national health emergency for yellow fever

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