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Britons face 40% tax band unless spending curbed, OBR warns
The Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR), the Treasury’s independent fiscal watchdog, has warned that nearly 50 million Britons — including minimum wage workers — could be dragged into the 40 per cent higher rate of income tax unless the Government brings public spending under control. The alert, contained in the OBR’s assessment of long-term “fiscal…
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Divine Lunga escapes Johannesburg shooting after being mistaken for police officer
South African police say they are investigating a case of attempted murder but that no arrests have been made so far.
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Bank of England moves to relax bank capital rules amid AI stability concerns
Bank of England financial policy committee members voice concern on trimming lenders’ financial buffersBusiness live – latest updatesThe Bank of England is planning to loosen capital requirements for major UK lenders, even as policymakers expressed concern about the threat to financial stability from rapid AI developments and debt-fuelled stock investments.The central bank said on Tuesday…
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BTS thrill 62,000 at Tottenham stadium on first UK show in seven years
Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, LondonFans and cynics are putty in the boyband’s hands as the lads lark their way through a catalogue of tracks that ricochet from hard rap to buttery popThe 2001 film Josie and the Pussycats is about America’s conflation of art and consumerism at the turn of the millennium. But it could just…
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Russia unmoved by Burnham or Farage as PM, says Badenoch
Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch launched a sharp attack on Labour’s handling of defence as an outgoing Sir Keir Starmer travelled to a NATO summit in Ankara, Turkey, carrying what critics have called an unfunded defence plan. She accused the Prime Minister of leaving a £5billion “black hole” in the Government’s Defence Investment Plan for his…
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University of Melbourne physics job open only to women draws criticism
The University of Melbourne has advertised a senior lecturer post in mathematical physics that is open only to women, whether cisgender or transgender. The role is a full-time, tenured position paying a maximum of around $206,000 a year including superannuation, and the restriction has drawn attention because it explicitly bars male applicants from a highly…
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BTS take credit for England football win in first UK show since 2019
The pop group claim they’re a good luck charm for the England team, as they return to London.
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Nothing debuts Phone 4B budget tier, again bypassing the US market
Nothing is shaking up the branding of its cheapest phones, following up last year’s Phone 3A Lite with a new Phone 4B. Combining design elements of the 4A and 4A Pro, it follows Nothing’s previous cheaper handsets in skipping the US market. The company already uses the “A” branding to market its cheaper tier of…
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Mamdani’s New York
Sneako declared Islam would take over New York City while livestreaming on Kick, prompting Elon Musk and Alex Jones to call for his deportation.
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China gains competitive advantage from United States climate advocacy policies