The UK labour market continued to cool over the summer, with job vacancies falling 5.8% to 718,000 between May and July, according to the Office for National Statistics (ONS). It marks the 37th consecutive monthly decline in vacancies, taking openings well below pre-pandemic levels. The ONS said almost every sector saw a drop, with some employers opting not to recruit ...
The Treasury is examining reforms to inheritance tax (IHT) and capital gains tax (CGT) as part of efforts to raise billions of pounds ahead of the autumn budget, with officials tasked with finding ways to address a deficit estimated at more than £40bn. According to Whitehall sources, one focus is on tightening rules around lifetime gifting – a common method ...
The UK Government has set out a sweeping plan to make Britain “the best place in the world to start, grow and invest” in advanced manufacturing by 2035—aiming to near‑double annual business investment in the sector from £21 billion to £39 billion while sharpening the country’s edge in six frontier industries. The plan couples cheaper energy for factories with fresh ...
The Government has put electric vehicles and batteries at the heart of its Modern Industrial Strategy, with an explicit aim to lift UK output to more than 1.3 million cars and commercial vehicles by 2035 and to anchor gigafactories and their supply chains on British soil. The Advanced Manufacturing Sector Plan, published as part of the strategy, couples long‑term funding ...
Former first daughter Ashley Biden this week filed for divorce from her husband of 13 years, according to reports. The 44-year-old also posted an Instagram story on the same day with the song ‘Freedom’ by Beyonce. In her post, Biden walks through a park giving a thumbs up while the song plays, according to the Philadelphia Inquirer, which reported the ...
Matthew Cavedon If you blinked, you probably missed it: In the same press conference where he announced a federal takeover of DC policing, President Trump also mentioned that he is considering rescheduling marijuana. This small but positive move would build on efforts started under President Biden. For half a century now, marijuana has been classified under Schedule I of the ...
U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro on Tuesday announced an indictment in Washington, D.C., accusing Jimmy ‘Barbecue’ Chérizier and Bazile Richardson, a naturalized U.S. citizen, of conspiring to send U.S. funds to finance Chérizier’s Haitian gang. The Department of Justice (DOJ) said Chérizier is a fugitive and is believed to be in Haiti. His co-defendant, Richardson, who also goes by ‘Fredo,’ ‘Fred ...
The White House criticized a judge’s decision not to unseal grand jury materials related to the sex trafficking case against Jeffrey Epstein associate Ghislaine Maxwell, calling the ruling ‘unfortunate.’ White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt made the remark after U.S. District Judge Paul Engelmayer on Monday shot down the motion filed by the Justice Department, finding the documents do not ...
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has been sidelined from peace talks between President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin Friday because the Russian leader extended the invitation to meet, according to the White House. ‘The president is agreeing to this meeting, at the request of President Putin,’ White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt told reporters Tuesday. ‘And the goal of ...
The U.S. State Department found that the human rights situation in South Africa has ‘significantly worsened’ over the past year, citing reports of ‘extrajudicial killings’ and repression against racial minorities. The State Department conducts an annual review of the human rights situations in countries across the globe, and it targeted South Africa with new criticism in the 2025 report released ...