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Clarke: No Conservative government should have made a mistake like this

KWASI KWARTENG'S mini-budget was slammed today by former chancellor Ken Clarke as a "mistake" which no other Conservative government in his lifetime would have made.

Cher bedlam as 10,000 acclaim singer at Paris fashion show

THERE are very few fashion shows Cher would get out of bed for, but the Balmain Festival in Paris, which the songstress closed last night, is not any old fashion show.

Tisci quits Burberry days after unveiling new collection

Final flourish: Riccardo Tisci backstage with models at the spring/summer 2023 runway show in Bermondsey

Richarlison condemns racist attack on him

RICHARLISON says racism will continue to happen "every day and everywhere" unless the game's authorities take action against the perpetrators, after a banana was thrown at him during Brazil's 5-1 win over Tunisia in Paris last night.

This saucy chess scandal is keeping me going right now

ANYONE else got that bleak autumn vibe? The days are getting darker and colder, rent and mortgages are spiralling, Britain is an international basket case, and soon no doubt we'll be battered by the season's first storm (to be named Antoni- the indignity goes on).

Shepherd Neame back in profit after Covid

BRITAIN'S oldest brewer Shepherd Neame said it was back in the black today after two years of losses but warned sales at the firm's London pubs had lagged well behind the rest of the country.

Supermarkets spooked by food inflation figures

ALARM bells rang over some of the London market's best-known high street names today, with retailers and banks hit hard by fresh inflation worries and the outlook for UK interest rates.

Lego is steaming ahead with Potter

LEGO has built on its lockdown momentum with Harry Potter and Star Wars sets driving sales.

So how would you pay for it, Labour leader asked on his spending plans

LABOUR leader Sir Keir Starmer came under pressure today to explain how his party would pay for plans to revitalise the economy and public services if they win the next general election.

'Superficial' jibe at Chancellor racist and wrong, says Starmer

"Heartfelt apologies": Labour MP Rupa Huq contacted Kwasi Kwarteng to say sorry for her remarks

Here for half term! Bond St on Elizabeth Line

Jewel in the crown' to open in time for festive shopping in the West End

PARIS RETURN FOR FASHION QUEEN CARA

Cara unveils her new collection in Paris (with some old friends)

EU vows 'strongest response to Nord Stream pipeline sabotage'

THE European Union today threatened "the strongest possible response" after claiming that the Nord Stream gas pipeline had been deliberately sabotaged.

KWARTENG STRUGGLES TO CALM THE CITY AS CRISIS DEEPENS

HE MEETS TOP BANKERS AS MARKETS FALL AGAIN

£1.3bn swoop for Biffa raises deal-making hopes

A £1.3 BILLION swoop for Biffa, the London-listed waste management company, whetted City appetites today, on hopes of a wider return to deal-making.

Balfour Beatty is named sole contractor for £4bn of public sector projects over four years

BALFOUR Beatty has won the right to act as sole contractor on two public sector civil engineering frameworks worth a combined total of £4 billion.

Domino's hires Diaz Sese as new interim chief executive

DOMINO'S Pizza Group has hired one of its non-executive directors to be its new interim chief executive after current boss Dominic Paul announced his departure.

'Tougher action needed after Arcuri affair'

POLITICIANS who breach the City Hall code of conduct should face sanctions under tougher rules needed after the Jennifer Arcuri affair, a report said today.

Kremlin 'faces daunting task to calm panic'

Satellite images show 10-mile queue at border to escape mobilisation drive

No excuse for not having enough women working in tech, says Apple chief

APPLE'S chief executive today said there were "no good excuses" for the lack of women at the world's tech firms.

Royals back to work and flags at full-mast as mourning ends

THE royals and their households were today returning to official duties as the period of royal mourning in memory of the Queen ends.

Chancellor and Bank of England are urged to prop up the pound after mortgage deals are pulled

KWASI KWARTENG and the Bank of England came under growing pressure today to take more dramatic action to prop up the pound, as homeowners faced a steep hike in borrowing rates.

Bosses will carry the can over corporate fraud, says Thornberry

COMPANIES would be held liable for corporate crime committed by their employees under a Labour government, the shadow attorney general announced today.

Humanity 1, Asteroid 0! Deflector craft scores direct hit on 560ft rock

NASA has successfully crashed a spacecraft into an asteroid in a test mission to see whether space rocks that threaten earth can be nudged safely out of the way.

STARMER SERVES UP VISION FOR BRITAIN

PITCHES FOR CENTRE GROUND WITH PLEDGE FOR 'HOPE, ASPIRATION AND HOMEOWNERSHIP'

POUND HITS ALL-TIME LOW IN BACKLASH AT KWASI TAX CUTS

LOWEST LEVEL AGAINST DOLLAR SINCE 1971 | Think again before you cut more tax, former minister tells Kwarteng

Pay what you can afford to see that Lucian Freud picture of the Queen

THE National Gallery is launching its first "pay what you can afford" scheme for its landmark new show in response to the cost of living crisis.

'We'll bring back 45p top rate to fund more nurses'

Thousands more NHS jobs pledged after Labour promise to end Kwarteng's tax cut

EU fears as far-Right claims Italy poll victory

First female PM from party with links to Mussolini set to lead coalition

Five date disasters that put me off apps forever

This month marks Tinder's 10th anniversary, but the dating revolution it triggered hasn't all been love and romance. And after eight years of dodgy swiping, Abha Shah has had enough