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Pressure eases on Rachel Reeves as UK economy grows by 0.1% in November
The UK economy grew by 0.1% in November, reversing a 0.1% drop in the previous month and easing pressure on embattled chancellor Rachel Reeves.
The expansion in activity will be welcomed by the Treasury, as it shows the economy expanded following the budget at the end of October.
But growth …
Thursday briefing: What we know about the Gaza ceasefire deal
Fall in UK trade with EU should spur rewrite of post-Brexit rules, says IPPR
A slump in trade with the EU should spur ministers to negotiate a fundamental rewrite of post-Brexit rules to more closely align the UK with Brussels, a leading left-of-centre thinktank has said.
Donald Trump’s arrival in the White House next week should also encourage the government to get on the …
Keir Starmer hails ‘closer than ever’ partnership with Ukraine on Kyiv visit
Keir Starmer has travelled to Ukraine to meet Volodymyr Zelenskyy for the first time since he entered Downing Street, hailing a “closer than ever” partnership days before Donald Trump returns to the White House.
The two countries will sign a partnership deal to deepen the existing defence relationship, with further …
‘The ghosts are everywhere’: can the British Museum survive its omni-crisis?
The British Museum is everybody’s idea of a museum, but at the same time, it is hardly like a museum at all. It is more like a little state. The rooms you visit on a day out are the least of it: the museum is not the contents of its …
UK rail firms urged to issue ‘yellow card’ warnings instead of penalty
Train firms have been urged by the rail passenger watchdog to give a “yellow card” to people travelling without the correct ticket rather than rush to fines or prosecution.
Transport Focus said a new system was needed to ensure that passengers who had made an honest mistake were not punished …
See You Again, the hit reality TV series in China helping to destigmatise divorce
The premise of See You Again, a Chinese online reality television series that sends three married couples contemplating divorce away on an 18-day roadtrip, is designed to contrive an emotional spectacle. It is still raw viewing when it delivers.
The show’s key dynamics are universal: power games, family dramas, division …
A ceasefire deal is here. For Gaza, the Middle East and the world, the future remains unknown
Australia’s unemployment rate rises to 4% but uncertainty now lingers over expected RBA cut
The unemployment rate increased in December, while job creation also rose, in a sign of a resilient labour market that creates uncertainty over an expected interest rate cut next month.
Australia’s jobless rate lifted to 4% in December, the Australian Bureau of Statistics data revealed on Thursday. At the same …
Australians should be angry about another year of climate inaction. But don’t let your anger turn into despair | Greg Jericho
2025 has not started well, and you should be bloody angry.
We are less than five months from the federal election and both major parties’ climate change policies are an amalgam of indolence and lies.
Not one politician in either major party is being honest with voters.
The Liberals claim …