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Increase in minimum wage rates announced
For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Minimum wage rates are to increase next year, giving a pay rise for millions ofContinue Reading
Budget 2025: Rachel Reeves plans stamp duty holiday for investors
Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Get our free View from Westminster email Chancellor Rachel Reeves is reportedly poised to announce a three-year stamp duty holiday for new UK stock market listings in Wednesday’sContinue Reading
Budget 2025: What rumours are doing to the FTSE 100
Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Get our free View from Westminster email Banking stocks gave the FTSE 100 a lift on Tuesday amid rumours that the sector will be spared a tax hitContinue Reading
Arthur Conan Doyle explored men’s mental health through his Sherlock Holmes stories
Conan Doyle in 1914. Wiki Commons/Canva, CC BY-SA Arthur Conan Doyle was not just one of the world’s best crime fiction writers. He was a progressive wordsmith who brought light to controversial and taboo subjects. One of those taboo subjects was male vulnerability and mental health problems – a topicContinue Reading
The countries where melting Antarctic ice could raise sea levels by up to 10ft
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 When polar ice sheets melt, the effects ripple across the world. The melting ice raises average global sea level, alters oceanContinue Reading
Newcastle and Marseille fans clash in street as tear gas thrown in scary scenes
Newcastle and Marseille fans clashed on the streets of France ahead of the two teams’ Champions League match tonight. The Ligue 1 side will host the Premier League giants in a European league phase showdown this evening (Tuesday). Newcastle will take to the pitch at the Orange Velodrome stadium inContinue Reading
Labour announces ‘tourist tax’ to boost England’s cities
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Milkshakes and lattes to be included in UK sugar tax in bid to tackle obesity
For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Pre-packaged milkshakes and lattes are set to be included in the existing sugar tax, theContinue Reading
Collapsing HIV prevention across the world to drive millions of new infections
On The Ground newsletter: Get a weekly dispatch from our international correspondents Get a weekly dispatch from our international correspondents Get a weekly international news dispatch The UN’s Aids agency (UNAIDS) is forecasting millions more HIV infections globally by 2030 because of funding cuts, just at the moment new drugsContinue Reading
Ethiopia eruption: Why the world’s least-known volcanoes pose the greatest risk
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 The next global volcanic disaster is more likely to come from volcanoes that appear dormant and are barely monitored than fromContinue Reading