Consumer spending in the UK saw its fastest growth in nearly two years last month, providing a much-needed boost to economic sentiment, according to two key industry surveys. The British Retail Consortium (BRC) reported that retail sales increased by 2.6 per cent year-on-year in January, doubling the 1.2 per cent growth recorded in the same month last year. Meanwhile, Barclaycard ...
In the early hours of the morning, 16-year-old Tom Lucas climbed into his 1970 Massey Ferguson tractor, called in sick to college, and embarked on an eight-hour journey to London—driving at just 16 miles per hour. The young farmer from Cambridgeshire made the journey to join hundreds of farmers and their vehicles—tractors, farm trucks, and even tanks—lining Whitehall in protest ...
FBI records from the Mar-a-Lago classified documents probe will soon be released despite the dismissal of the case against President Donald Trump and his presidential immunity, according to a federal judge’s ruling Monday. In a court filing first obtained by Politico, U.S. District Judge Beryl Howell found that the FBI must disclose more information related to the case by Feb. ...
President Donald Trump said if Hamas does not return all hostages by noon on Saturday, he will call for the ceasefire in the Gaza Strip to be canceled and ‘let all hell break out.’ Trump made the comments after signing executive orders in the Oval Office Monday evening. When asked if he felt the ceasefire deal should be canceled, the ...
President Donald Trump’s nominee to be Director of National Intelligence (DNI), Tulsi Gabbard, cleared her last procedural hurdle on Monday evening, paving the way for a final confirmation vote later this week. The motion passed by a vote of 52-46, along party lines. At one time considered perhaps the most vulnerable of Trump’s picks, the former Democratic congresswoman got past ...
The hard-line conservative House Freedom Caucus has released its own proposal to enact President Donald Trump’s agenda via the budget reconciliation process. The plan would pair a debt ceiling increase and increased border security funding with deep spending cuts through welfare work requirements and rollbacks on progressive Biden administration initiatives. It’s a sign that House GOP leaders have still not ...
The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) reportedly provided ‘full funding’ for al Qaeda terrorist Anwar al-Awlaki to attend college in Colorado, unearthed documents apparently show. Al-Awlaki was an American-born jihadist who was killed in a drone strike in Yemen in 2011, during the Obama administration. He was a central figure of al Qaeda, including having direct contact with Army ...
Judges across the country have taken action to block President Donald Trump’s agenda since he took office in January. Vice President JD Vance triggered a social media frenzy on Sunday by affirming his support for Trump’s executive authority. ‘If a judge tried to tell a general how to conduct a military operation, that would be illegal,’ Vance posted on X. ...
Democratic lawmakers are fuming over the ‘DOGE boys’ and their recent crackdown on federal spending, holding a rally outside the newly formed cost-cutting department’s potential next target: the Social Security Administration (SSA). The Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), led by Elon Musk, has been working with federal agencies to identify and cut wasteful spending. Most recently, the group began probing ...
The Chancellor and the Treasury must reallocate funds to support employment and recruitment market reforms, according to the Association of Professional Staffing Companies (APSCo). In its Spending Review submission, APSCo has urged the Government to focus investment on targeted employment reforms that will drive economic growth, improve regulatory frameworks, and address critical skills shortages across key industries. The organisation is ...