No one knows who’s going to win this election. The polls are so tight in the top battleground states, with Donald Trump or Kamala Harris leading by a point or two – a statistical tie – that a small number of voters or even the weather could make the difference. There is a sense that Kamala’s crusade has stalled. She ...
The Labour government is expected to abandon plans for a ‘British Isa,’ a scheme initially proposed by the previous Conservative administration to encourage investment in UK stocks. The move comes amid concerns that the initiative would complicate the individual savings account (Isa) market rather than effectively support UK equities. The ‘British Isa’ was announced by former Chancellor Jeremy Hunt in ...
The proportion of former rental properties entering the sales market has reached a record high, driven by landlords’ concerns over a potential rise in capital gains tax (CGT) in the forthcoming budget, according to property website Rightmove. Currently, 18% of properties for sale were previously rented out, compared to just 8% in 2010. London has emerged as a key hotspot, ...
Labour’s plan to mandate that developers build affordable housing on at least 50% of “grey belt” land could render 80% of small development sites unviable, according to research by tech firm Viability. The study suggests that reducing the requirement to 35% would significantly improve feasibility, making 30% of sites viable for small developers. Viability analysed small-scale grey belt sites within ...
The UK’s private sector economy grew more rapidly than anticipated in August, with businesses expressing concerns over potential tax increases in Chancellor Rachel Reeves’s upcoming first budget. The S&P Global composite purchasing managers’ index (PMI) rose to 53.8 in August from 52.8 in July, surpassing analysts’ predictions of 53.4 and marking a four-month high. A reading above 50 indicates expansion. ...
Fentimans, a renowned maker of traditional soft drinks since 1905, has warned that proposed government plans to introduce a glass tax could threaten the company’s future. The tax, part of an “extended producer responsibility” initiative by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra), is expected to add an estimated £300 per tonne to the cost of recycling glass. ...
Former President Donald Trump said during a Fox News town hall in Pennsylvania Wednesday evening that the U.S. is heading towards ‘World War III territory’ as wars abroad rage under the Biden-Harris administration. ‘We’re heading into World War III territory, and because of the power of weapons, nuclear weapons in particular, but other weapons also, and I know the weapons ...
While videos circulate online of Amazon’s Alexa giving vastly different answers when asked to make a quick argument for voting for Vice President Harris versus voting for former President Trump, federal donor records show the tech giant’s employees have a clear favorite. A review of a Federal Election Commission database shows employees at Jeff Bezos’ companies Amazon and Blue Origin ...
: Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., issued a stern warning to Amazon after its virtual assistant technology, Alexa, was found to be politically biased in favor of Vice President Kamala Harris over former President Trump. Graham, the ranking member of the Senate Committee on the Judiciary, told Amazon president and CEO Andrew Jassy in a letter he was putting him ‘on ...
House Republicans sent a subpoena to Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, Vice President Kamala Harris’ 2024 running mate, over his administration’s handling of taxpayer funds during the COVID-19 pandemic. The subpoenas, sent by the House Education and Workforce Committee, center on a $250 million fraud scheme by a Minnesota-based nonprofit called Feeding Our Future, which the Department of Justice (DOJ) previously ...