A Liz Truss’s key ally has accused her Tory MPs of a “coup” against the new prime minister after a backbench rebellion over plans to scrap the top rate of tax on income The Prime Minister and her chancellor were forced into a humiliating U-turn on Monday and it has made major waves at the …
Ukraine’s military is steadily pushing back Russian forces across two heavily fortified fronts in the east and south of the country as it reclaims territory claimed by Vladimir Putin as part of Russia. In a map released as part of its daily briefing on Tuesday, Russia’s defense ministry showed its forces had retreated about 30 …
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Governments should tax energy companies to help poorer people cope with rising bills, but should not step in to cap gas prices, according to Shell’s boss. Speaking at an energy conference in London, Ben van Beurden said: “One way or another, there needs to be government intervention. “To protect the poorest, that may probably mean …
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Damian Green, the former work and pensions secretary, said Liz Truss “probably won’t” get support in the House of Commons to avoid an inflation-linked benefit rise. He told BBC Radio 4’s Today programme: “If people are already struggling, and many of these people will be, then making them struggle more is not a sensible response …
Usually, when it comes to writing about House of the Dragon, the agreed-upon etiquette is to place a spoiler warning near the top of a piece, to ensure that no important details of the plot for no one a few episodes back. But there’s no need to do that here, because I’ve seen the most …
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Liz Truss refuses to say whether benefits will rise in line with inflation Good morning from the Conservative art conference on the day the focus is on a new battle between Liz Truss and the Tory rebels, this time over the level of benefits. It comes just a day after the government was forced to …
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South Korea echoed Japan’s anger in the latest release, with Yoon Suk-yeol, the president, warning of a “determined” response and calling an emergency meeting of the National Security Council. “North Korea again launched an intermediate-range ballistic missile about 4,000 km over the Japanese archipelago,” he said. “These reckless nuclear provocations will be met with a …
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Volodymyr Zelensky rules out talks with Russia if lands are annexed Volodymyr Zelenskiy’s troops broke through Russian defenses in southern Ukraine and retook several villages along the Dnipro River on Monday, Ukrainian officials and Moscow’s leaders in the area said. This represents the biggest advance by Kyiv in the south in the seven months of …
North Korea has reportedly fired an intermediate-range ballistic missile over northern Japan for the first time in five years, prompting the government to urge people to protect themselves from falling debris, in an apparent escalation of recent weapons tests by the Kim Jong-un regime. Japan’s Kyodo news agency said the government had activated its J …
A man accused of murdering Olivia Pratt-Korbel appeared in court yesterday and confronted the nine-year-old girl’s family for the first time. Thomas Cashman, 34, appeared at Liverpool Crown Court after his case was referred from magistrates’ court in the morning. He has now been remanded in custody. Cashman is alleged to have killed the schoolboy, …