Higher earners in Scotland to pay more income tax
Meanwhile, the basic rate of business rates, which is also called the poundage, will be frozen at 49.8p. The intermediate...
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Smart motorways: Warning safety tech must improve ‘urgently’
It said it was committed to making sure SVD works as it should do within the next six months, but...
Fed hikes rates again and warns of more rises
"The Fed still remains coy about the possibility of recession, but with most Fed officials considering risks to be tilted...
Northern England’s poor rail services caused by toxic mix, MPs told
Richard Scott, director at Avanti's parent company West Coast Partnership, told the MPs the new timetables represented a "40% uplift...
HSBC to end funding for new oil and gas fields
Jeanne Martin, head of the banking programme at ShareAction, a charity that campaigns for reducing investment for fossil fuels like...
Cost of living: ‘I want to be prepared for any eventuality’
The UK is in the grip of a spell of severe cold weather, with snow, ice and fog warnings in...
From Bitcoin to blockchain: Key cryptocurrency terms and what they mean
Bitcoin is a type of digital currency (cryptocurrency). Similar to traditional currencies, like the dollar, pound or euro, there are...
US inflation rate slows as fuel costs fall
The rent on his girlfriend's one bedroom apartment jumped from $2,100 a month to nearly $3,000, forcing the couple to...
Sam Bankman-Fried: FTX founder arrested in Bahamas
"Earlier this evening, Bahamian authorities arrested Samuel Bankman-Fried at the request of the US Government, based on a sealed indictment...
Mick Lynch: Union leader who’s in the national spotlight
With the RMT riven by factionalism, Mr Lynch's predecessor as general secretary, Mick Cash, retired in 2020 after six years...
Tropical vineyards put India on the wine map
"Wineries in India don't stick to rules or traditions as strictly as older wine-making countries do. Instead, India follows the...
Train strikes: Widespread delays expected as latest walkouts begin
The RMT is involved in two negotiating battles, one with Network Rail, where it represents around 20,000 signallers and maintenance...
Ministers hold emergency Cobra meeting amid wave of strikes
"I think the government's stubborn refusal to engage in serious negotiations shows they are spoiling for a fight and they...
Train strikes: RMT members reject latest Network Rail pay offer
The RMT is involved in two negotiating battles, one with Network Rail, where it represents around 20,000 signallers and maintenance...
National Grid: Coal plants stood down to supply electricity
The UK receives electricity via subsea cables from other European countries including France, Norway, Belgium and the Netherlands, but higher...
UK economy will get worse before it gets better, warns chancellor
But it's the three-month figures that are more reliable and show us the real picture. With activity down 0.3%, the...
Twitter’s paid blue tick re-launches after pause
He has laid-off around half its workforce, introduced bedrooms at Twitter HQ in San Francisco for the remaining staff working...
Would you switch your dog to eating lab-grown meat?
Owen Ensor, chief executive of Good Dog Food, says lab-grown meat uses significantly less land, water, and electricity, and reduces...
