Conservative leadership contender Kemi Badenoch has declared she will mirror Argentina’s austerity-focused president by slashing state spending, reducing taxes and scaling back regulations, arguing that such a free-market stance is essential to counter anticipated Labour tax rises and revive growth.
Alarmed by protests around migrant accommodation, the PM is weighing enhanced policing, community support and immigration reform amid warnings from across the Commons that a failure to act could trigger wider unrest and erode public confidence.
Rock icon Ozzy Osbourne has died aged 76, with tributes pouring in from across the music world celebrating his pioneering role in Black Sabbath and his enduring influence on heavy metal.
Ozzy Osbourne has died aged 76 following his recent farewell gig, with Sir Elton John and other leading musicians paying tribute to the Black Sabbath legend as a trailblazing rock icon whose cultural impact will endure.
International criticism is mounting over Israel’s military actions in Gaza, with senior UN officials and humanitarian groups warning that the rising civilian death toll and severe restrictions on aid access are untenable and urging immediate measures to protect non-combatants.
Ministers are exploring a scheme that would let employees access a capped emergency pot drawn directly from their pension contributions, aiming to boost regular saving while providing a safety net for unexpected costs.
Bereaved relatives of Britons killed in the recent Air India disaster have suffered fresh distress after officials misidentified remains and sent the wrong bodies home, sparking demands for an immediate overhaul of repatriation protocols.
Essex Police have come under scrutiny after escorting pro-migrant campaigners to a Clacton hotel housing asylum seekers, as ministers and local officials question whether the decision compromised impartiality and put officers on one side of a heated community dispute.
After the High Court ordered the late entrepreneur Mike Lynch’s estate to pay Hewlett-Packard about £740m for allegedly overstating Autonomy’s finances during its 2011 sale, administrators warn the estate may have to declare bankruptcy, imperilling creditor recoveries and sparking further legal wrangling on both sides of the Atlantic.
A large UK study suggests the psychological and social stresses of the Covid pandemic accelerated brain ageing by roughly five months in adults, even among those who were never infected.