Labour’s unpopularity has hit astonishing new depths, barely a year after Sir Keir Starmer swept to power. We were assured the grown-ups were back in charge but that illusion evaporated within...
French PM fights for survival as rivals refuse to support confidence vote24 minutes agoPaul KirbyEurope digital editorAFP via Getty ImagesFrench opposition parties have said they will not back Prime...
Our Labour Chancellor is piling up debt, draining growth with punitive taxes, and running down the nation’s wealth. In the last financial year the UK borrowed a staggering £148billion as the...
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Rachel Reeves was dealt another hammer blow as the economic gloom hanging over the UK and spiralling employment costs hit jobs. Hospitality firms have been “taxed out” from hiring this Summer,...
Russia’s federal budget deficit is continuing to grow rapidly, already surpassing the target set for the entire year. In July alone, the deficit rose by 1.2 trillion rubles (£11.2 billion),...
A fresh Channel 4 documentary witnesses actor and comedian Johnny Vegas frankly discussing his professional uncertainties, even confessing to feeling "like a fraud" at times.The Benidorm performer...
The Chancellor likes to blame the Tories for everything, and that so-called “black hole” has been her favourite stick to beat them with. She’s railed against it 34 times in Parliament. But her...
A train company has blamed dry weather for cancelling half of its services. South Western Railway (SWR) announced that services from London Waterloo to Exeter St Davids will run every two hours...
Ed Miliband promised his net zero crusade would deliver on all three. Instead, it’s failed on every front, and we’re all paying the price. Shadow energy secretary Claire Coutinho called his...
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Confusion and anger in Switzerland - hit by highest tariffs in Europe11 hours agoImogen FoulkesGeneva correspondent, BBC NewsGetty Images39%? For Switzerland, this is a huge shock, and worse than the...
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