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Big retail will cope – but Reeves’ NICs raid is too much, too soon for part-timers | Nils Pratley
If one looked solely at this week’s trading reports from the world of big retail – the likes of Marks & Spencer, Next and Tesco – you might wonder why Rachel Reeves’ increase in employers’ national insurance contributions (NICs) has caused such a fuss. It is obvious from the trio’s …
What the bond market turmoil means for your mortgage, pension and savings
Mortgages
Rates on …
Google and Microsoft donate $1m each to Trump’s inaugural fund
Google and Microsoft have donated $1m each to Donald Trump’s inauguration fund, following in the footsteps of other major companies including Amazon, Meta, OpenAI and Uber.
“Google is pleased to support the 2025 inauguration, with a livestream on YouTube and a direct link on our homepage. We’re also donating to …
British politics are not Elon Musk’s to toy with | Letters
Elon Musk turns on Nigel Farage and calls for new leader of Reform, 5 January
) raises fascinating insights as to how international interests play an ever more direct role in the British political system. Discretion is not assured. What is becoming clear is that the …‘We took too long’: Jeremy Hunt offers apology to families of Letby’s victims
Collaborative research on AI safety is vital | Letters
Muskmania couldn’t save Steve Reed from the farmers, or himself | John Crace
It’s an ill wind, and all that. For most of the last week, the political agenda has been hijacked by a billionaire coming down from a ketamine high who had just discovered a child sexual abuse case that had been widely reported in this country for the past 12 years. …
Birkenstock sues ‘copycat’ rivals claiming its sandals are applied art
Stephen Colbert on Los Angelenos: ‘Doing everything they can to help one another’
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opened Wednesday’s Late Show with a message to the people of Los Angeles …
Stuart Hogg was a world class Scottish rugby player who now has to relocate his moral compass | Robert Kitson
Scotland has not always been blessed with rugby players of genuine world class but prime-time Stuart Hogg was a rare exception. At the height of his powers he was the Six Nations Player of the Year in successive seasons in 2016 and 2017, mixing acceleration and attacking intent with a …