Ministers step up bid to end ‘exploitative’ zero-hours contracts
Angela Rayner, the deputy prime minister, will hold talks with union bosses and business leaders on Wednesday as the government...
Month: September 2024
Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs abuse allegations: A timeline of key events
Hip-hop mogul Sean "Diddy" Combs has been arrested in New York - after 10 months of facing civil allegations including...
Titan sub owner’s ethos ‘was to make money’, OceanGate ex-director tells hearing
Making money was the driving force of the company behind the doomed Titan submersible and it involved "very little in...
Deadly Hezbollah pager explosions will cause immense embarrassment and sow chaos
It really is like something out of a Hollywood spy movie.The pagers of Hezbollah officials simultaneously exploding in a southern...
Exploding pagers: How Israel is suspected of using technology against its enemies
Israel is accused of carrying out an audacious, high-tech and targeted attack on Hezbollah.The unprecedented mass explosion of handheld pagers...
The risk of all-out war
Sky News' deputy political editor Sam Coates and Politico's Jack Blanchard share their daily guide to the day ahead in...
Liberal Democrat conference: Sir Ed Davey pledges to be champion for carers in emotional speech
Sir Ed Davey has pledged to be a champion for carers - as he put his party forward as the...
What next for interest rates – as central banks try to avoid unnecessary pain
Inflation held steady at 2.2% in August, in line with expectations and confirming that, while prices and interest rates rose...
No change in CPI inflation ahead of interest rate decision – but another measure ticks unexpectedly up
There's been no change in the rate of price rises, official inflation figures showed. The rate of inflation stood at...
Trump describes being dashed off in golf cart after apparent assassination attempt
Donald Trump has described being grabbed by Secret Service agents after "four or five" gunshots were heard during an apparent...