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Scottish Government to continue its 'fairer approach' to tax, says minister: The Scottish Government will continue to pursue a “fairer and more progressive ...
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Growth Plan mini-budget: Why the risks are huge and luck is needed with bold tax cuts plan
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Scottish Government to continue its 'fairer approach' to tax, says minister: The Scottish Government will continue to pursue a “fairer and more progressive ...
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Growth Plan mini-budget: Why the risks are huge and luck is needed with bold tax cuts plan
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Croatian president cannot become prime minister, says Constitutional Court: Croatia's top Constitutional Court announced that it had warned President Zoran ...
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U.K. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak Sparks Debate Over Plan to End ‘Sick Note Culture’
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Enrico Letta: Europe's economy is falling behind, 'we can't wait any longer': In an interview with Le Monde, the former Italian prime minister suggests using ...
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Quick Glance: Europe's Economy Falling Behind: Enrico Letta Urges Action
- Former Italian Prime Minister Enrico Letta suggests using European savings for the green and digital transition, pooling 10% of state aid, and initiating a new recovery plan to help the European economy catch up with the US.
- Letta presented his report on the internal market to the EU-27 in Brussels, highlighting that only a minority of companies and citizens in Europe fully benefit from the internal market, leading to the EU lagging behind the US and China.
- European companies underutilize economies of scale in sectors like energy, telecoms, and financial markets within the internal market. The market fragmentation hinders growth and competitiveness against global counterparts.
- Letta advocates for creating a fifth freedom for research, innovation, and skills within the internal market and updating competition rules in strategic sectors to promote European champions and ensure consumer protection.
Liz Truss sheds tear as she reveals impact on her teenage daughters of short-lived premiership
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Senate passes reauthorization of key US surveillance program after midnight deadline
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British ex-soldiers will not be prosecuted over Bloody Sunday perjury: Fifteen former British soldiers and a civilian who was an alleged member of the IRA will ...
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US State Dept expects to finalize AUKUS trade exemptions in next 120 days: The U.S. State Department said on Friday it expects to finalize trade exemptions for ...
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UK’s Sunak to Visit Poland Soon to Discuss Security, Tusk Says: UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak will visit Poland “soon” to discuss security topics ...
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Rishi Sunak 'rejects post-Brexit youth mobility scheme' : Downing St said it wants to make deals with individual EU member states
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PIP payment to be overhauled as Sunak shakes up the benefits system: Rishi Sunak has announced a major review of how Britain's disability benefits system ...
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Polish PM calls on farmers to stop blockade of Ukraine's border: Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk has called on Polish farmers to stop blocking the border with ...
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Antisemitic false Rothschild quote cut from Liz Truss memoir: The ex-PM's publishers apologise and agree to remove a fake quote tied to an antisemitic conspiracy ...
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UK Spurs Intelligence Sharing With Allies on Vote Manipulation: The UK is spearheading a drive to expand intelligence-sharing on electoral interference beyond ...
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Liz Truss: ‘I don’t believe in guardrails’: Britain’s shortest-serving prime minister on being ejected from office, the need for radical economic remedies — and ...
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Slow growth, high debt - troubled UK economy awaits election winners: Britain's national election, expected later this year, will take place against a backdrop ...
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Irish budget: Government ran €8.3bn surplus last year: The Irish government ran a budget surplus of €8.3bn (£7.1bn) last year.
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Modi Urges Strong Government Amid Global Unrest: India Votes: Each day, Bloomberg journalists take you across a selection of towns and cities as they gear up for ...
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UK PM Sunak to consult on tougher rules to combat 'sick note culture': British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak will look at tightening the rules for long-term sick ...
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Can AI help solve Japan’s labour shortages?: Japan is seeing if artificial intelligence can tackle its increasing shortfall of workers.
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Sunak to cite Britain’s ‘sicknote culture’ in bid to overhaul fit note system: Prime minister to express concern about ‘over-medicalising’ normal worries with ...
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Jeremy Hunt targets further 2p cut in national insurance: Tories aim for pre-election announcement despite warnings from IMF about UK’s fragile finances
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Scotland ditches 2030 climate target to cut emissions by 75%: Scotland on Thursday scrapped its target of cutting climate-damaging greenhouse gas emissions by ...
reuters.com/sustainability/climate-energy/scotland-ditches-climate-pledge-cut-emissions-by-75-by-2030-2024-04-18/
A smoking ban is pointless and illiberal: Why is Britain poised to ban cigarette smoking, when the habit is already dying out anyway? Smoking is seen by the ...
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Quick Glance: UK Lawmakers Support Groundbreaking 'Smoke-Free Generation' Bill
- The British government's plan for a landmark smoking ban to prevent young people from ever smoking passed its first hurdle in Parliament despite opposition from within Prime Minister Rishi Sunak's Conservative Party.
- The bill, announced by Sunak, would make it illegal to sell tobacco products to anyone born after January 1, 2009, creating one of the toughest anti-smoking measures in the world to establish the 'first smoke-free generation' in modern Britain.
- The bill also includes measures to crack down on youth vaping, such as banning the sale of cheap disposable vapes and restricting their flavors to prevent children from becoming addicted to nicotine.
- The number of people who smoke in the U.K. has declined by two-thirds since the 1970s, but approximately 6.4 million people in the country still smoke, accounting for about 13% of the population. Smoking remains the number one preventable cause of death, disability, and poor health.
French PM on consequences of Russia's victory: Ukrainians will hold if we support them
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Ten Hag reveals Garnacho apology after forward supported critical tweets: LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) -- Erik ten Hag claimed Manchester United's squad is not ...
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Sunak Expected to Announce New UK Warship Program, FT Reports: UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is preparing to announce a new warship program ...
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Cameron tells Netanyahu UK will not ban IRGC: Report: LONDON: The UK will not proscribe Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps as a terrorist organization ...
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US and UK impose fresh Iran sanctions in wake of Israel attack: Most of the sanctions are linked to Iranian drone production
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What to know about the U.N. vote on whether to admit Palestinians as full members
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Quick Glance: US Blocks UN Resolution for Palestinian Full Membership
- In the Security Council, 12 countries voted for a UN resolution recommending full Palestinian membership, with the US opposing and two countries abstaining.
- The US argued that Palestinian membership should result from negotiations between Israel and Palestinians to enable a two-state solution.
- The Palestinian delegation emphasized that UN membership is a crucial step for peace in the region and criticized the Israeli government for its rejection.
- Israel rejected the resolution and warned of its potential impact on future dialogues, especially in light of the recent escalation of violence in Gaza.
UK proposes crackdown on foreign security risks to university sector: Deputy PM says government will examine new curbs around technology sharing and call in ...
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Britain decided not to list genomics as critical infrastructure, deputy PM says
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Rishi Sunak Plans UK Sick Note Review in Push to Tackle Inactivity in Britain: Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is planning to review the UK’s sick note system ...
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Ukraine air defences, Iran-Israel conflict top agenda at G7 meeting: Foreign ministers from the Group of Seven (G7) wealthy industrialized democracies gathered ...
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‘Five-year-old on acid’: Liz Truss’s Ten Years to Save the West, digested by John Crace
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Labour warns Scotland facing two-tier dentistry system: Anas Sarwar said the Scottish Government’s ‘broken’ NHS funding model was forcing dentists to take on ...
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Biden imposes new sanctions on Iran after drone and missile attack on Israel: The Biden administration announced new sanctions on Iran targeting its missile and ...
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US and UK issue new sanctions on Iran in response to Tehran's weekend attack on Israel
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Quick Glance: US imposes new sanctions on Iran's drone program
- The United States imposed new sanctions Thursday on sixteen people and two entities associated with Iran’s drone program to punish Tehran for the weekend's attack on Israel.
- The sanctions target executives of an engine manufacturer supplying Iran’s Shahad-131 drones, companies servicing the engines, and individuals providing the drones to Iranian proxy forces in the Middle East.
- Coordinated with European allies, the new sanctions aim to disrupt Iran's missile and drone program and isolate the country globally.
- President Joe Biden emphasized the US commitment to holding Iran accountable, utilizing economic tools to counter Iran's activities, as stated by Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen.
UK's prime minister Sunak to visit Poland soon to discuss security, Polish PM says
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Is India’s BJP the world’s most ruthlessly efficient political party?: Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s party has built one of the most formidable electoral ...
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The SNP’s net zero hypocrisy: The Scottish nationalists are no stranger to hypocrisy, as their latest U-turn shows. For on Thursday afternoon the Yousaf regime — ...
spectator.co.uk/article/the-snps-net-zero-hypocrisy/
Young people to have free movement across UK in new European Commission plans: Under the current plans, the scheme would allow participants to stay in their host ...
itv.com/news/2024-04-18/young-people-to-have-free-movement-across-uk-in-new-european-commission-plans
UK refuses to say if Israel sought help against Iran drones: The UK government has declined to comment on whether Israel requested British military assistance in ...
ukdefencejournal.org.uk/uk-refuses-to-say-if-israel-sought-help-against-iran-drones/
I was quoted over £7,000 for details of my rapist's trial: Juliana Terlizzi was raped by her boyfriend. She brought him to justice – but a copy of the court ...
metro.co.uk/2024/04/19/quoted-7-000-details-rapists-trial-20678651/
Only one man can stop the world plunging into full-scale war: Benjamin Netanyahu’s popularity in Israel is at an all-time low. Yet, we are waiting, helplessly ...
theage.com.au/world/middle-east/only-one-man-can-stop-the-world-plunging-into-a-full-scale-war-20240419-p5fl2i.html
Britain would rather rot from the inside than treat immigrants with respect: The anti-immigration issue cannot be relegated to simply being a matter of a ...
inews.co.uk/opinion/britain-rather-rot-immigrants-respect-3013581
Version of Churchill’s hated portrait immortalized in ‘The Crown’ goes up for auction
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US to reduce licensing by 80% for UK, Australia to boost AUKUS: The U.S. Commerce Department is scaling back export control requirements for Australia and the ...
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Something blue: British kits for Paris 2024 stripped back and traditional: Team GB and ParalympicsGB official kits have been unveiled by adidas with no sign of ...
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UK's Rwanda asylum plan to be debated on April 22: Britain's plan to send asylum seekers to Rwanda will be debated on Monday April 22 in the House of Commons ...
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'I started saving at 6': Dubai expat on learning to value money as a child - News | Khaleej Times
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UK and US hit Iran with new sanctions in wake of attack on Israel: The Foreign Office sanctioned seven individuals and six entities involved in Tehran’s drone ...
itv.com/news/2024-04-18/uk-and-us-hit-iran-with-new-sanctions-in-wake-of-attack-on-israel
Penny Mordaunt gets into a Commons spat over comments about changes to England's football shirt
portsmouth.co.uk/news/politics/mp-gets-into-a-commons-spat-after-changes-to-football-shirt-4595985
Trains are ‘cheaper than planes’ on UK domestic routes. Really?: A new piece of industry research makes sense - until you scrutinise the prices
inews.co.uk/inews-lifestyle/travel/trains-cheaper-planes-uk-domestic-routes-3016006
UK politicians urge Rishi Sunak to ban Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps
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UK imam's alleged input in school prayer ban case denied by mosque: London Central Mosque has denied that one of it's imams said it was permissible for Muslim ...
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CAF issues Jamaican dollar bond on international market: The Development Bank of Latin America and the Caribbean (CAF) has issued its first-ever bond denominated ...
jamaicaobserver.com/2024/04/18/caf-issues-jamaican-dollar-bond-international-market/
China is a national security threat to UK health data, leaked letter reveals: Minister reveals 'significant work related to national security' after MP ...
inews.co.uk/news/politics/china-security-uk-data-3014031
Portrait of the Week: the war on smoking, Trump’s trial and O.J.’s death: Home Rishi Sunak, the Prime Minister, said that British fighter jets had shot down ‘a ...
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As India votes, women and youth could put Modi and his BJP over the top: Unlike in most democracies, women and young people tend to be relatively conservative in ...
washingtonpost.com/world/2024/04/18/india-election-modi-women-youth/
Warning to middle class women aged under 45: The study did not find the same results for men or working class women
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Trump's eclectic London inner circle: from Nigel Farage to Liz Truss: Liz Truss, Arron Banks and Andy Wigmore were among those cheering when Trump gave a speech ...
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Sunak Faces Election With Second Lowest Growth in G-7, IMF Warns
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Quick Glance: IMF upgrades global growth forecast despite risks
- The International Monetary Fund slightly raised its global growth forecast on Tuesday, noting that the economy had proven 'surprisingly resilient' despite inflationary pressures and monetary policy shifts.
- IMF's chief economist, Pierre-Olivier Gourinchas, indicated that the global economy is heading for a 'soft landing,' with risks to the outlook now broadly balanced.
- While advanced economies are expected to lead the growth, dim prospects in China and other major emerging markets could impact global trade partners, according to the report.
- Despite Tuesday's brighter outlook, global growth remains low compared to historical standards, partly due to weak productivity growth and increasing geopolitical fragmentation.
Who is Count Binface? 2024 London mayor candidate and 'space warrior': Meet London mayoral candidate Count Binface. Who is he, what is his 2024 manifesto ...
metro.co.uk/2024/04/18/count-binface-2024-london-mayor-candidate-space-warrior-20673265/
Minister says 'there must be justice' in WASPI compensation update: Scotland's First Minister Humza Yousaf said it must be 'urgently put right'
lancs.live/news/uk-world-news/leader-says-there-must-justice-29021455
South Korean retailer CJ Olive Young offers real-time translators for foreign visitors
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Ministers accused of Cabinet Manual breach with threats to Waitangi Tribunal: Shane Jones said he was looking forward to reforming the tribunal while David ...
newsroom.co.nz/2024/04/19/ministers-accused-of-cabinet-manual-breach-with-threats-to-waitangi-tribunal/
News Podcast: The Biggest Election in the World: In India, more than 900 million people are allowed to vote. Prime Minister Narendra Modi is hoping for a third ...
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Inside Indian polls: Modi’s lies, fake news and media that does not question: Modi has been on a spree of ‘interviews’ with no interruptions, follow-ups ...
newslaundry.com/2024/04/18/inside-indian-polls-modis-lies-fake-news-and-media-that-does-not-question
Paris Hilton Shares First Pic of Daughter London: The post comes nearly three weeks after husband Carter Reum shared the couple was 'not quite ready' to share ...
etonline.com/paris-hilton-shares-first-pic-of-daughter-london-223789
'What price your sneer': Shanmugam hits backs at Economist commentary on Singapore's leadership transition
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'The risk with Narendra Modi is a form of impunity for power, a growing authoritarianism'
lemonde.fr/en/international/article/2024/04/19/the-risk-with-narendra-modi-is-a-form-of-impunity-for-power-a-growing-authoritarianism_6668944_4.html
Voting begins in India's elections with Modi looking for likely third term: Nearly a billion voters – or over 10% of the world's population – are set to vote ...
lemonde.fr/en/international/article/2024/04/19/voting-begins-in-india-s-elections-with-modi-looking-for-likely-third-term_6668928_4.html
'I am happy NatCon was able to go ahead,' says Belgian Prime Minister De Croo: De Croo addressed parliament over the controversial events surrounding the ...
brusselstimes.com/belgium/1013241/i-am-happy-natcon-was-able-to-go-ahead-says-belgian-prime-minister-de-croo
Paris 2024: French PM wants to increase secret service surveillance by 20% during the Olympics
lemonde.fr/en/france/article/2024/04/20/paris-2024-french-pm-wants-to-increase-secret-service-surveillance-by-20-during-the-olympics_6668955_7.html
The battle over Adivasi identity: In southern Rajasthan, the Bharat Adivasi Party challenges the BJP's narrative on Adivasi identity and history.
thehindu.com/news/national/the-battle-over-adivasi-identity/article68084355.ece
Today in Politics: PM Modi to campaign in Karnataka; Rahul and Akhilesh will address Amroha rally
indianexpress.com/article/political-pulse/today-in-politics-pm-modi-campaign-karnataka-rahul-akhilesh-amroha-rally-9280612/
What Maryam spoke about: Punjabiyat, cultural bonds that tie India, Pak Punjabs: The shared Punjabi identity has been invoked on several occasions by politicians ...
indianexpress.com/article/explained/explained-culture/what-maryam-spoke-about-punjabiyat-cultural-bonds-that-tie-india-pak-punjabs-9280346/
Israel’s muted Iran retaliation raises hope war in Middle East may be avoided: Western allies are urging restraint amid fears of a regional conflict
inews.co.uk/news/politics/israels-muted-iran-retaliation-raises-hope-war-in-middle-east-may-be-avoided-3015889
Olympic chief Bach says AI can be a game changer for athletes: LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) — IOC president Thomas Bach said artificial intelligence can help ...
jamaicaobserver.com/2024/04/19/olympic-chief-bach-says-ai-can-game-changer-athletes/
India polls open with Modi heavily favoured - World News: India began voting Friday in a six-week election with an all but assured victory for Hindu nationalist ...
hurriyetdailynews.com/india-polls-open-with-modi-heavily-favoured-192643
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