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Thursday’s headlines are made up of a variety of domestic and international stories.
Chancellor Rachel Reeve’s budget continues to be scrutinised as does other Labour plans. There’s further coverage of the assisted dying bill and a handful of reports regarding the NHS and other medical stories.
Images of Donald Trump and Joe Biden meeting at the White House following Trump’s election victory last week feature on some of the front pages. Whilst a handful of newspapers report the latest from the US as their lead story.
There is also some very light coverage of the recent report from the US that says Israel is committing ‘crimes against humanity’ in Gaza.
Showbiz gossip makes up the tabloids with the latest from I’m a Celebrity and the death of actor Timothy West filling up the space.
Several tabloids – and the back pages – report on a shocking new video of David Cootes appearing to sort a white powder. Cootes – a Premier League referee – had already been suspended after a video emerged of his X-rated rant about Liverpool and Jurgen Klopp.
Deloitte cuts 250 underperforming staff in UK Big Four firm Deloitte has cut 250 members of staff in the UK, as the firm embarks on…
Rachel Reeves could borrow £80bn over next five years, lenders say Rachel Reeves could borrow an extra £80bn to fund government spending on infrastructure and…
Market insights for Monday 30th September Japan’s Nikkei 225 tumbled more than 4% on Monday and the Yen weakened against the dollar as traders reacted…
X – aka Twitter – goes down for thousands of users across the UK Social media platform X, formerly known as Twitter, suffered a widespread…
Wage growth slows again as job market stall UK wage growth slowed in the job market, but it’s still higher than the rising prices, says…
UK Homeowners Brace for Mortgage Rate Increases. Forecasts indicate rising mortgage arrears for 2024.
CITY AM – UK growth to slide as stress builds UK growth set to slow as economy experiences ‘renewed signs of stress’, KPMG warns CITY…
Greggs Bakers’ new menu and new shop locations boost sales in 2023. The high street bakery hit £609m in sales as shop openings and new…
King Charles will not appear on new Australia $5 note King Charles will not appear on Australia’s new five-dollar note, the country’s central bank announced. …
Hundreds of thousands paying wrong tax fines Almost 400,000 self-employed Britons on low incomes are being penalised for filing their tax returns late when most…
‘The UK may already be in what has been one of the mostly widely anticipated recessions in living memory.’
Retail sales fall in December as shoppers cut back on spending The Office of National Statistics released new figures showing retail sales fell by 1% in…
Supermarket’s rise to £13.18 on 1 February puts hourly minimum rate 20% ahead of January 2022 Aldi is increasing pay for UK warehouse workers for…
The daily and weekly cap on pay-as-you-go Tube fares will increase by up to 6.7 per cent, depending on how many zones are travelled.
EY is understood to be ready to take control after talks about new funding fail The battery startup Britishvolt is expected to collapse into administration…
‘Just because you need it, it doesn’t mean they’re going to give it to you.’
Figure comes as people began Christmas shopping, while World Cup gave pubs and bars a boost The UK economy grew by 0.1% in November as…
Supermarkets Tesco and Marks & Spencer both saw strong trading over the Christmas period as higher prices boosted their sales, despite the growing cost of living crisis.
Firm said in October it had not paid any UK windfall taxes because of heavy investment in North Sea Shell has revealed it will pay…
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Figure of £281,272 comes as property values drop by 1.5% in December, after 2.4% decline in November The average UK house price fell for the…
UK house prices fall for fourth month in a row The average house price in the UK fells for the fourth month in a row…
Bumper time for early bookings predicted as industry holds out for post-Covid return of foreign trips UK travel firms are preparing for the busiest day…