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Bank of England cuts interest rates to 4.5% and halves UK growth forecast
The Bank of England has cut interest rates to 4.5%, but warned UK households face renewed pressure from rising prices and a sluggish economy as it halved its growth forecasts for the year.
With the government under pressure amid the fallout from Labour’s budget and Donald Trump’s trade wars, the …
‘Clear signs of authoritarianism’: Ecuador’s ‘iron fist’ leader seeks re-election
Carlos Javier Vega, 19, asked to switch shifts at his father’s bakery in Guayaquil, Ecuador’s largest city, so he could help his cousin sell a puppy.
A few blocks from the buyer’s location, however, their car was stopped at a checkpoint manned by navy troopers deployed on the streets after …
Civil servants will need to work efficiently or face redundancy under new rules
Senior civil servants must find cuts in their Whitehall budgets or risk losing their jobs under new rules, ministers will announce on Thursday.
Pat McFadden, the Cabinet Office minister, will unveil a set of performance standards intended to ensure value for money in Whitehall.
Under the new policy, senior civil …
Thursday briefing: The outlandish plan to turn Gaza into a ‘riviera of the Middle East’
Tech firms, publishers and Which? raise fears over new boss at competition regulator
Bank of England poised to cut interest rates amid UK economic gloom
Bank of England policymakers are poised to cut interest rates and downgrade forecasts for economic growth, underlining the risks facing Rachel Reeves’s budget plans.
, the nine-member monetary policy committee (MPC) is widely expected to cut rates by a quarter point to 4.5% …NFL heads to Australia with multi-year Melbourne deal confirmed from 2026
The National Football League will stage a regular season game in Australia for the first time, at the Melbourne Cricket Ground, as part of a multi-year commitment to play in the Victorian capital from 2026.
Peter O’Reilly, head of NFL International, said the Los Angeles Rams will be the designated …
Google scraps diversity hiring goals and cites Trump’s DEI orders
Badenoch to push for doubling of time before foreign workers can settle in UK
Foreign workers will have to live in the UK for 10 years without claiming any kind of benefit before being allowed indefinite leave to remain under plans announced by the Conservatives on Wednesday.
Kemi Badenoch, the Tory leader, said she would push for changes to the government’s immigration bill to …
Javier Milei announces Argentina to leave World Health Organization
Javier Milei
, has followedDonald Trump
’s example and announced that Argentina will also leave the World Health Organization (Who).Milei attributed his decision to the Who’s management of the Covid-19 pandemic, which he described as a “caveman quarantine that involved … one of …