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Bank tips economy to shrink 1% in downgraded forecast, but also predicts lower inflation and interest rates The UK is likely to enter a deeper recession than previously expected next year, while interest rates and inflation will be lower than forecast, according to revised analysis from Goldman Sachs. The US investment bank downgraded its outlook for Britain, in analysis released on Sunday, forecasting the UK economy would shrink by 1% next year, down from its previous estimate for a 0.4% contraction. Continue reading… ​Bank tips economy to shrink 1% in downgraded forecast, but also predicts lower inflation and interest ratesThe…

US-led project examines fraction of a second after big bang and ‘how all the structures in the night sky started’ Researchers from the UK are joining an international effort to uncover what the universe looked like a fraction of a second after it burst into existence, and how the cosmic order we see today emerged from primordial chaos. Six UK universities are to crunch data and build new instrumentation for the Simons Observatory, a group of telescopes that scan the heavens from a vantage point on Cerro Toco, 5,300 metres above the Atacama desert in Chile. Continue reading… ​US-led project…

Average price of a property coming to market up 0.9%, says Rightmove, but first-time buyer demand has dropped Asking prices for houses in the UK edged higher in October, although demand from first-time buyers has dropped as mortgage rates surge. Despite the economic turmoil since the government’s mini-budget last month, there has been little immediate sign of the housing market slipping, according to Rightmove. Continue reading… ​Average price of a property coming to market up 0.9%, says Rightmove, but first-time buyer demand has droppedAsking prices for houses in the UK edged higher in October, although demand from first-time buyers has…

Government urged to develop cross-Whitehall strategy to warn world of potential crimes against humanity The UK can take a lead in trying to forecast and avert mass atrocity crimes, MPs suggest in a report published on Monday. Calling on the government to develop a cross-Whitehall mass atrocity strategy, the international development select committee says Britain could deploy its diplomatic network to warn the world if conflicts are threatening to spill into greater crimes against humanity. Continue reading… ​Government urged to develop cross-Whitehall strategy to warn world of potential crimes against humanityThe UK can take a lead in trying to forecast…

Casey report uncovers major internal failings that let racist, corrupt and misogynist officers remain in their jobs Metropolitan police officers suspected of serious criminal offences including sexual assault and domestic abuse have been allowed to escape justice, a damning review has found, with the force’s leader admitting that hundreds of racist, women-hating and corrupt officers have been left in the ranks. Massive failings in how Britain’s biggest force roots out wrongdoing were exposed in a report by Louise Casey, which found “systemic” racism in the Met, and misogyny. Continue reading… ​Casey report uncovers major internal failings that let racist, corrupt…

Unison’s Christina McAnea says winter strikes ‘inevitable’ as only way for workers to get message across Endemic low pay represents a threat to the very future of the NHS, the head of the biggest union representing health staff has warned ahead of an expected wave of strike action this winter. Strike action over pay seemed “inevitable”, said Christina McAnea, the general secretary of Unison, even though a formal ballot of staff in England, Wales and Northern Ireland only opens later this month, while the process is ongoing in Scotland. Continue reading… ​Unison’s Christina McAnea says winter strikes ‘inevitable’ as only…

Hundreds of thousands of NHS staff including doctors and nurses could all go on strike before some of the busiest times of the year.

This party cruise has a naughty twist.

Aries, this may be a time of adjustment.

 The First Minister is to set out the economic case for an independent Scotland on Monday in the latest independence paper. The First Minister is to set out the economic case for an independent Scotland on Monday in the latest independence paper.