PA Media Liz Truss would seek to immediately reverse the rise in National Insurance contributions if she were to become prime minister, her campaign team says. Ms Truss has already promised an emergency budget to stop the increase brought in by Rishi Sunak – her Tory leadership rival – when chancellor. Her team thought the
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This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Archie Battersbee, the 12-year-old who had been at the centre of a legal battle between his parents and doctors, has died. His mother, Hollie Dance, said: “Such a beautiful little boy, and he fought right until the
This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Tensions remain high after a night of heavy weapons fire between the Gaza Strip and Israel. Dozens of rockets fired from Gaza lit up the sky, following the killing of at least 10 people in Israeli air
Hollie Dance The family of Archie Battersbee were “devastated” that all legal routes have been exhausted, campaign group Christian Concern has said. The 12-year-old must spend his final days in hospital after the High Court ruled he could not move to a hospice. The family requested the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) intervene, but
This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The governor of the Bank of England has defended its decision to raise interest rates, saying there is a “real risk” of soaring prices becoming “embedded”. Interest rates rose to 1.75% – the biggest rise in 27
This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Tory leadership rivals Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss have set out competing plans to deal with the economic recession forecast by the Bank of England in their latest TV clash. Mr Sunak said Ms Truss’s “unfunded” tax
The Bank of England has warned that the UK will fall into recession this year as it raised interest rates from 1.25% 1.75% in a bid to curb soaring prices. It expects the economy to shrink in the final three months of this year and keep shrinking until the end of 2023. This would make
Reuters China is gearing up for military exercises in the seas around Taiwan following top US politician Nancy Pelosi’s trip to the island. Ms Pelosi left on Wednesday after a brief but controversial visit to Taiwan, which China regards as a breakaway province. In response, China announced five days of “necessary and just” military drills,
This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. US Speaker Nancy Pelosi has left Taiwan after a brief but controversial visit. Ms Pelosi – the most senior US politician to visit in 25 years – departed on Wednesday after meeting leaders in the capital Taipei.
This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. China has branded a landmark visit to Taiwan by US Speaker Nancy Pelosi as “extremely dangerous”. It accused Ms Pelosi, the most senior US politician in 25 years to visit the island China claims as its own,
Reuters Liz Truss has scrapped a plan to link public sector pay to local living costs. The Conservative leadership candidate had said she wanted to introduce regional pay boards, in a bid to save a potential £8.8bn. However, there was a fierce backlash to the policy from several senior Tories, with one arguing it was
AFP The US has killed the leader of al-Qaeda, Ayman al-Zawahiri, in a counter-terrorism operation in Afghanistan, President Joe Biden has confirmed. He was killed in a drone strike carried out by the CIA in the Afghan capital, Kabul, on Sunday. Mr Biden said Zawahiri had “carved a trail of murder and violence against American
Getty Images The first ship carrying grain has left a Ukrainian port under a landmark deal with Russia. Turkish and Ukrainian officials say the ship left the southern port of Odesa early on Monday morning local time. Russia has been blockading Ukrainian ports since February, but the two sides made a deal to resume shipments.