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Andy Burnham urged to change UK’s voting system before it is ‘too late’
Stay on top of the latest political news with our View from Westminster newsletter Get the latest political headlines with our free email Get the latest political headlines with our free email Liberal Democrat leader Sir Ed Davey is poised to urge Andy Burnham to introduce proportional representation before theContinue Reading
Nationwide to unlock £40bn mortgage and business lending with key Mansion House rule change
Sign up to our free money newsletter for investment analysis and expert advice to help you build wealth Sign up to our free money email for help building your wealth Sign up to our free money email for help building your wealth Nationwide Building Society has backed plans to lowerContinue Reading
Argentina ‘request for £4.5m payment’ emerges before England World Cup showdown
This image shows the logo of Argentine Football Association (AFA), at the headquarters entrance in Buenos Aires. (Image: Luis ROBAYO / AFP via Getty Images) This article contains affiliate links, we will receive a commission on any sales we generate from it. Learn more Accusations have surfaced alleging the ArgentinianContinue Reading
Archaeologists racing to protect 3,000-year-old Egyptian tomb from floods
Sign up for our free Health Check email to receive exclusive analysis on the week in health Get our free Health Check email Get our free Health Check email Archaeologists are racing to preserve a 3,000-year-old Egyptian tomb unearthed in Luxor at a site “extremely vulnerable to flash flooding”. ExcavationsContinue Reading
The frog bacterium with secret power to wipe out tumours
Sign up for our free Health Check email to receive exclusive analysis on the week in health Get our free Health Check email Get our free Health Check email A bacterium that lives in the intestines of most amphibians can eliminate bowel cancer in mice, a discovery that may leadContinue Reading
Nine out of 10 elderly dementia sufferers become less agitated after marijuana treatment, study finds
Sign up for our free Health Check email to receive exclusive analysis on the week in health Get our free Health Check email Get our free Health Check email A medical cannabis oil capsule can significantly reduce agitation in older dementia sufferers, according to a first-of-its-kind study that offers aContinue Reading
Questions over ‘alcohol free’ definition as pubs to serve more than 64 million pints this summer
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Scrap national insurance and 45p tax rate, Burnham told
Andy Burnham should abolish national insurance, stamp duty, inheritance tax and the 45p top rate of income tax if he wants to revive Britain’s stalled growth, a right-leaning think tank has urged, in what would amount to the biggest shake-up of the UK tax system in generations. Policy Exchange, inContinue Reading
Monzo founder Tom Blomfield joins Anthropic AI
Tom Blomfield, the entrepreneur who built Monzo into Britain’s best-known digital bank, has been hired by Anthropic, the artificial intelligence group behind the Claude AI models, in the latest sign that the world’s leading AI labs are hoovering up Britain’s most ambitious business talent. Blomfield, 40, said he would takeContinue Reading
Mahmood issues plan to close loophole blocking deportation of Rochdale grooming gang leader
Stay on top of the latest political news with our View from Westminster newsletter Get the latest political headlines with our free email Get the latest political headlines with our free email Home secretary Shabana Mahmood has set out laws that could pave the way to deport the ringleader ofContinue Reading