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‘I was promoted on merit’: Tory MP’s fury after Harriet Harman says it was ‘woke’ to give her key shadow cabinet job during maternity leave
Conservative MP Claire Coutinho hit back at Harriet Harman after the former Labour deputy leader called it “woke” of Kemi Badenoch to appoint her shadow business secretary while on maternity leave. The exchange highlights ongoing political sparring over women’s representation and workplace rights, with Coutinho arguing she was promoted purely on merit rather than as…
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Putin issues new threat over Russian attacks on UK sites
Vladimir Putin has issued an ominous warning that whether Russia might strike British military sites is a “military secret”, following the UK’s decision to give Ukraine blueprints for the Scalp missile, a variant of the Storm Shadow that can strike deeper into Russian territory. The remarks escalate tensions between Moscow and London after Russia had…
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Transfer window verdict: how every Premier League club fared
The Guardian assesses how every Premier League club fared in the summer 2026 transfer window, in which the British transfer record was equalled and one club signed as many as 18 players. Arsenal strengthened but were criticised for missing out on a marquee attacker after failed pursuits of Morgan Rogers, Vinícius Júnior and Julián Álvarez,…
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Football transfer rumours: Jamie Vardy to São Paulo or Sheffield Wednesday?
The Premier League summer transfer window closed at 11pm, with several high-profile deals collapsing at the last moment. Everton’s attempt to sign USA international Folarin Balogun from Monaco fell through after a medical issue and renegotiation, leaving the club having lost both Beto and Iliman Ndiaye during the window without replacing them. The Balogun collapse…
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Middle earners face further tax squeeze as gilt market rout blows £6 billion hole in fiscal headroom
UK gilt yields surged to their highest levels in decades on renewed market turmoil, threatening to add around £6 billion to Britain’s debt interest bill and complicating Chancellor John Healey’s Budget arithmetic. The sell-off makes it harder to fund defence spending increases and other commitments championed by Andy Burnham, fuelling expectations that middle earners will…
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Global Bond Markets Slide on Inflation Fears as UK Borrowing Costs Hit 28-Year High
A global bond market selloff pushed UK borrowing costs to their highest level since 2008 this week, as investors grew increasingly anxious over inflation, interest rates and government debt. The rout, which also hit US, German and Japanese bonds, was largely triggered by a hawkish speech from new US Federal Reserve chairman Kevin Warsh, which…
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Why the UK pays more interest on its debt than rival countries… and it’s not just the ‘moron premium’: ALEX BRUMMER
Chancellor Rachel Reeves faces a significant challenge with the UK’s high government borrowing costs, which at roughly £135billion a year on £3trillion of national debt exceed those of every other G7 nation. Columnist Alex Brummer argues this is not simply a legacy of the 2022 “moron premium” blamed on Liz Truss, but stems from deeper…
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Government shutdown averted, City land Ndiaye as Premier League smashes £3.46bn deadline day record
MPs passed a stopgap funding bill averting a shutdown ahead of the midterms, while Manchester City’s £65m Iliman Ndiaye deal capped a record-breaking Premier League summer; also: Tupac’s killer convicted, Netflix’s GTA VI preview soars, and Dick Van Dyke, 100, still working out.
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Gilt yields spike amid global bond market rout sending UK long-term borrowing costs to a 28-year high
Global bond markets sold off sharply, pushing UK government borrowing costs to their highest levels in decades as investors grow increasingly anxious about inflation, interest rates and mounting public debt. The rout is a worldwide phenomenon rather than a purely British problem, with yields also surging in the US, Germany and Japan, though analysts note…
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Nice day for a wet wedding! Bride walks down the aisle in waist-deep water after church floods
A couple in the Philippines went ahead with their wedding inside a Catholic church despite it being submerged in waist-deep floodwater, after refusing advice from parish officials to postpone. Leian Lieza Galang and Gilbert Chico were married by a priest at Saint John the Baptist Church in Hagonoy on Tuesday, with the bride wading down…