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Head of value for money office to earn £950 a day
The Independent

Head of value for money office to earn £950 a day

The government’s new value for money tsar will be paid a day rate of £950.

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November 01, 2024
Starmer is accused of lying to farmers with 'tractor tax'
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Starmer is accused of lying to farmers with 'tractor tax'

Sir Keir Starmer has been accused of lying to farmers about wanting “a new relationship” with them after the Budget extended inheritance tax to family farms for the first time in history.

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November 01, 2024
Chancellor admits working people will pay for tax hikes
The Independent

Chancellor admits working people will pay for tax hikes

Rachel Reeves has admitted her tax-grabbing Budget will hit the pay packets of working people as the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) accused her of undermining trust in politicians.

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November 01, 2024
Is our anti-ageing obsession now totally out of hand?
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Is our anti-ageing obsession now totally out of hand?

With women opting for botox injections to keep their hands looking youthful, Ellie Muir examines new beauty standards

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October 31, 2024
Reeves takes an extra £2bn in inheritance tax - for now
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Reeves takes an extra £2bn in inheritance tax - for now

Inheritance tax (IHT) is an odd one; many worry about it but only a tiny minority ever end up paying it. After this Budget, the minority will grow and the bills they face will rise.

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October 31, 2024
Manchester United's life is in Amorim's capable hands
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Manchester United's life is in Amorim's capable hands

The manager made a fading Portuguese side into champions. Lawrence Ostlere pinpoints the tactics that may save United

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October 31, 2024
Did the Women's Equality Party achieve its ambition?
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Did the Women's Equality Party achieve its ambition?

Leaders of the Women's Equality Party (WEP) propose to wind up their organisation. A statement issued by its executive committee, endorsed by co-founders Sandi Toksvig and Catherine Mayer, declares: \"The truth is, despite themphenomenal efforts of our team, tireless activists and brilliant members, we can no longer see a way to make this work. Everybody is struggling, particularly women.

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October 31, 2024
New breast cancer therapy drug 'doubles survival time
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New breast cancer therapy drug 'doubles survival time

A new drug therapy for aggressive advanced breast cancer could potentially double the amount of time patients live without the disease progressing, a trial has found.

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October 31, 2024
Northern Rail reveals it is still communicating via fax
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Northern Rail reveals it is still communicating via fax

A Northern Rail official has admitted the operator still uses fax machines to communicate with its train crews in an excruciating exchange about the state of its services.

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October 31, 2024
Abortion clinic protest ban watered down, activists say
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Abortion clinic protest ban watered down, activists say

Campaigners have hit out at the decision not to automatically ban silent prayer outside abortion clinics when new buffer zones are implemented today. Under the new measures, it will now be illegal to influence, harass or provoke those using or delivering abortion services within a 150-metre radius of the abortion provider. Those who infringe the new rules can be hit with an unlimited fine.

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October 31, 2024
First UK case of potentially deadly mpox strain detected
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First UK case of potentially deadly mpox strain detected

The first UK case of a potentially deadly strain of the has been detected in London.

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October 31, 2024
Key figures from day when long-held records tumbled
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Key figures from day when long-held records tumbled

The first Budget by a Labour chancellor in 14 years, and the first to be delivered by a woman, also signalled some major historical milestones for tax and spending.

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October 31, 2024
Sunak showed his anger in his last stand as Tory leader
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Sunak showed his anger in his last stand as Tory leader

The Budget reply was Rishi Sunak's last big gig in the House of Commons despite Keir Starmer's joke during Prime Minister's Questions that the Conservatives change leader so often, \"he may be back here\" soon. In those exchanges, Starmer and Sunak were all courtesy and best behaviour. Starmer paid tribute to his defeated opponent’s “decency”; Sunak was softly spoken and bipartisan.

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October 31, 2024
Rabbits replaced by rabbit punches for working people
The Independent

Rabbits replaced by rabbit punches for working people

The absence of rabbits in Rachel Reeves's Budget box may explain how the chancellor managed to hold it aloft for so long.

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October 31, 2024
A strong performance from Reeves, but it's a big gamble
The Independent

A strong performance from Reeves, but it's a big gamble

Rachel Reeves played a very difficult hand as well as anyone could, in the circumstances.

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October 31, 2024
Labour's future now hangs on delivering its promises
The Independent

Labour's future now hangs on delivering its promises

The short-term politics of Rachel Reeves’s Budget are clear. Taxes that affect most voters’ pay are not increased. Even the duty on petrol remains unchanged, while the much anticipated extension of the freeze of income tax thresholds was notable by its absence.

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October 31, 2024
Business bears the burden of borrow-and-spend tactic
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Business bears the burden of borrow-and-spend tactic

Rachel Reeves hopes her historic rise in tax, coupled with spending on the NHS and other investments, will kickstart the economy and get Britain's debt under control.

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October 31, 2024
Reeves gambles on £40bn tax increase in first Budget
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Reeves gambles on £40bn tax increase in first Budget

Chancellor insists extra borrowing vital to ‘fix broken Britain'

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October 31, 2024
What's The 'Toddler Tax' And Who Will End Up Paying It?
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What's The 'Toddler Tax' And Who Will End Up Paying It?

Parents could face paying VAT on nursery fees if a class contains just one child aged five, according to government guidance recently issued on the controversial new policy.

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October 30, 2024
US Urges Israel To Rethink Palestinian Aid Agency Ban
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US Urges Israel To Rethink Palestinian Aid Agency Ban

UNRWA’s director is not sure there is a plan B’ to its vital services as Hezbollah declares Naim Qassem its new leader

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October 30, 2024
Taliban Bans Women From Hearing Each Other's Voices
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Taliban Bans Women From Hearing Each Other's Voices

The Taliban has implemented a bizarre new edict that will further curb the voices of Afghan women who are already prohibited from speaking in public.

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October 30, 2024
United ‘interested in hiring' Amorim, Sporting confirm
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United ‘interested in hiring' Amorim, Sporting confirm

Manchester United have registered an interest in hiring Ruben Amorim and paying the Sporting Lisbon manager’s release clause, the Portuguese club have confirmed.

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October 30, 2024
Will hungry Trent resist the allure of Real's galacticos?
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Will hungry Trent resist the allure of Real's galacticos?

Trent Alexander-Arnold’s Sunday brought two pre-assists, two illustrations of remarkable ball-striking ability.

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October 30, 2024
'Sloppy' Lionesses squeeze past spirited South Africa
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'Sloppy' Lionesses squeeze past spirited South Africa

Leah Williamson and Grace Clinton scored in the first half to help England edge to a 2-1 victory over South Africa in Coventry.

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October 30, 2024
Harris denounces 'fear and division' stirred by Trump
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Harris denounces 'fear and division' stirred by Trump

Vice-president Kamala Harris delivered her campaign’s closing argument lasty night from the same spot in Washington DC where former president Donald Trump helped to incite a mob that attacked the US Capitol on 6 January, 2021.

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October 30, 2024
Southport murder suspect charged with terror offence
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Southport murder suspect charged with terror offence

A teenager accused of murdering three children in a mass stabbing at a Taylor Swift-themed holiday club in Southport has been charged with a terror offence and making a biological weapon.

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October 30, 2024
Former Tory MP committed 'brazen' sexual misconduct
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Former Tory MP committed 'brazen' sexual misconduct

A former Tory MP inappropriately touched a woman’s bottom in one of parliament’s bars without her consent, according to a damning report by the Commons sleaze watchdog.

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October 30, 2024
Why the sun is setting on Jenrick's bid for Tory leader
The Independent

Why the sun is setting on Jenrick's bid for Tory leader

Overshadowed somewhat by the Budget, the US presidential election, wars in the Middle East and even the national debate on how to keep pets calm on fireworks night, the Conservative Party leadership contest is reaching a crescendo.

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October 30, 2024
Jenrick: Former colonies.owe UK debt of gratitude
The Independent

Jenrick: Former colonies.owe UK debt of gratitude

Robert Jenrick has been accused of an obnoxious distortion of history” after saying former British colonies should be grateful for the legacy of empire.

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October 30, 2024
There's 'peril' in being our first ever female chancellor
The Independent

There's 'peril' in being our first ever female chancellor

Britain has had three female PMs but Rachel Reeves is the first woman to head up the Treasury. Cathy Newman hears her pride at being the one to break the glass ceiling in No 11

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October 30, 2024