Liz Truss’ humiliating U-turn on her proposal to cut regional public sector pay proved the ultimate example of how big policy deals can quickly unravel on contact. As part of a package to cut civil service spending dubbed the “war on waste”, Mr Truss claimed up to £8.8bn could be saved by creating regional pay …
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Live News Updates: OPEC+ Agrees Minimal Oil Production Increase To Appease West Financial Times OPEC+ agrees to small increase in oil production in rejection of Biden – Business Live The Guardian Saudi Arabia rejects Biden’s request to produce more oil The Telegraph Russia unlikely to let OPEC help lower world oil prices | Mint Mint …
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The United States has blacklisted the tycoon who owns London’s second-largest estate and Vladimir Putin’s alleged girlfriend in the latest round of sanctions over the invasion of Ukraine. Also affected by the U.S. trade bans were several other oligarchs believed to be close to the Russian president, four officials Russia has appointed to administer the …
Rebekah Vardy has said she feels “let down by the legal system” and has again denied leaking stories about Coleen Rooney to the tabloids, after she lost a high court defamation battle. Vardy said he believed he was suffering from PTSD after losing the case and now had a full-time head of security at his …
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Good morning. Sir Nick Clegg is partially relocating to the UK, becoming the latest Meta official to leave Silicon Valley. The former deputy prime minister turned social media executive will split his time between homes in London and California, according to the Financial Times. It comes after Instagram boss Adam Mosseri said he would be …
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Inflation will rise to “astronomical” levels over the next year, forcing the Bank of England to raise interest rates and for longer than expected, according to a leading think tank. The National Institute for Economic and Social Research also predicted a long recession that would stretch into next year and affect millions of more vulnerable …
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As Nancy Pelosi begins tour of Asia, China warns against visiting Taiwan Tensions are high in the region as the plane carrying US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi landed in Taiwan on Tuesday, with Chinese warplanes flying close to the middle line of the sensitive Taiwan Strait . Pelosi received rare praise from GOP lawmakers for …
The al-Qaida leader spent the last weeks of his life less than 500 meters from the pool and bar where British diplomats relaxed on their tours of Kabul. The ornate house where Ayman al-Zawahiri was killed by a drone strike while on his balcony is in the very heart of the Afghan capital. By Tuesday …
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Ronaldo and Maguire are the most abused players online Cristiano Ronaldo tops the list of the most abused footballers in the Premier League, with EIGHT of Manchester United’s top ten stars. The 37-year-old Portuguese superstar received 12,520 cruel messages between August 13, 2021 and January 24, 2022. This included a rebound on 27 August, the …
Long-running topical comedy show Mock the Week is to end on BBC Two after 17 years, the corporation has announced. The next eight episodes of the popular show, which will air in the autumn, will be the last and mark the end of the show after 21 series and more than 200 episodes, hosted by …
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