Struggling households, new homebuyers and small shops stand to gain, while banks and online marketplaces could face higher levies John Healey will present his first budget on Wednesday, which will set the tone for Andy Burnham’s premiership.Despite the chancellor’s promises in the summer that the tax and spending event would not be beset by the…
Mair Godley claims Essex councillor Carl Johnson told her she was ‘facilitating the invasion’ by giving language lessonsA 78-year-old volunteer has claimed a Reform UK councillor accused her of “facilitating the invasion” and being akin to a Nazi collaborator during the second world war because she has helped asylum seekers learn English.Mair Godley and her…
As next week’s all-but certain rate rise looms, there is one thing we can all agree on: the end of war in the Middle East can’t come soon enoughJim Chalmers is blaming the latest shocking inflation figures on the worsening Middle East conflict, and he has a point.The trouble is, voters aren’t buying what the…
Latest collision comes nine months after another deadly train crash on the same line that killed 46 people
National trust of Victoria award celebrates much-loved arboreal icons while calling for protection of green spacesFollow our Australia politics live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastFor more than 160 years, a humble ginkgo tree raised from seed in Geelong’s botanic gardens has been the backdrop to “countless…
Labor government under pressure to create social media watchdog as new online safety standards bill passes lower houseFollow our Australia politics live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe federal government wants to ban AI chatbots which seek to create “emotional intimacy” after prime minister Anthony Albanese raised…
Talks are aimed at reopening strait of Hormuz and lifting sanctions on Iran, and for Houthis to withdraw in YemenA multipronged peace deal to reopen the strait of Hormuz within four days of sanctions being lifted and for the Houthis to withdraw substantial forces inside Yemen are at the heart of Gulf states’ plans to…
The King is on a nine-day tour that will take him to three countries, including the Bahamas, Guyana and Antigua and Barbuda.
Cyclone Arnab strengthened into a “very severe” cyclonic storm late Tuesday with gusting winds and heavy rain reported in several coastal areas.
MADRID — Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez on Wednesday announced three days of national mourning following a collision between two high-speed trains in central Spain that killed at least 68 people, pledging a thorough investigation into the cause of the tragedy. Speaking at an emergency command post near the accident site in Toledo province, Sanchez…