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Flat tax rate is an ‘attractive idea’, Kemi Badenoch says
A flat tax rate is an “attractive idea”, which the Conservatives would aim for if in power, Kemi Badenoch has said.
The leader of the opposition made the comments on Monday while standing on a Robin Hood pantomime set at the London Palladium, which owner Andrew Lloyd Webber had lent …
German chancellor Olaf Scholz loses confidence vote, triggering early elections
Olaf Scholz has lost a historic vote of confidence in the German parliament, paving the way for early national elections following the collapse of his government.
The German chancellor had called the vote in order to deliberately lose it, urging the Bundestag, or lower house of parliament, to declare its …
EU launches €10bn space programme to rival Musk’s Starlink
The EU has launched an ambitious €10bn (£8.3bn) space programme with a constellation of 290 satellites to rival Elon Musk’s Starlink, further widening the post-Brexit security gap with the UK.
The constellation is intended to secure the bloc’s security for governments and armies, amid increasing global concerns over cybersecurity.
Officials …
Who is Daniel Křetínský, the new boss of Royal Mail?
The UK government has waved through the historic takeover of Royal Mail’s owner by the Czech billionaire Daniel Křetínský.
Here is what you need to know about the businessman and the takeover.
Who is Křetínský?
Křetínský, the son of a computing professor and a senior judge, studied political science and …
Athletics the biggest loser in funding cut of nearly £1.75m for LA 2028 Olympics
Alleged Chinese spy linked to Prince Andrew named as Yang Tengbo
The alleged Chinese spy who got close to Prince Andrew as a way to gain access to the UK establishment has been named as Yang Tengbo, a businessman also known as Chris Yang.
Yang, whose identity was previously protected by an anonymity order, can be named after judge lifted the …
ABC to receive $83m boost in funding amid Labor’s midyear economic update
The Australian Broadcasting Corporation will receive a two-year $83m funding boost in Labor’s midyear economic update, which will bank $14.6bn of additional savings and rack up $8.8bn of “unavoidable spending”.
The update, to be delivered on Wednesday, will also reveal an increase of $16.3bn in payments and programs, with billions …
Assad uncle used Guernsey adviser to secretly manage vast wealth
An uncle of the recently ousted Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad used an adviser in Guernsey to secretly manage his wealth, which included a vast European property empire worth hundreds of millions of euros that prosecutors claim was acquired with funds looted from the wartorn state.
Rifaat al-Assad, known as the …
Everything you need to know about Mayotte, the cyclone-hit French territory
Winds of at least 140mph from Cyclone Chido have
devastated the French overseas département of Mayotte
, leaving an estimated 100,000 people without shelter or water and hundreds, possibly thousands, dead.Here is a brief look at the small archipelago – and why it is so ill-equipped to …
Syria’s Captagon trade: inside a Damascus amphetamine factory
It was no secret, everyone seemed to know where it was. When asked for directions, the coffee vendor pointed up the hill. “The Captagon factory? Straight ahead.”
On the outskirts of Damascus, just a 20 minute drive away from the centre of the Syrian capital, lay a sprawling industrial complex. …