Friday, 6 November 2026
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The government has signalled that it will not invest taxpayers’ money to limit job losses at Jaguar Land Rover (JLR), after it emerged that the UK’s biggest carmaker is planning up to 4,000 redundancies .
Robert Jenrick says party has followed legal protocol ‘at all times’ as Met police consider launching investigation
Bond market volatility means John Healey will have to take tough decisions, soon, if he wants to meet spending pledges
Most gambling websites nudge users towards accepting tracking data and harvest it before consent is given, study shows
As the US and Israel systematically assassinate Iranian officials and bomb schools, hospitals, and residential areas, Tehran has defended its sovereignty by engaging in a campaign of asymmetric economic warfare, not onl…
Sources indicate some members states will not enforce EES biometric controls after 6 September deadline
Investors in Emblehope Moor will get their financial returns – and then it will be given to community or charity owners
The amount of paperwork businesses are required to regularly carry out could be slashed, the business secretary has announced.
Thousands of workers at Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) will be offered redundancies after Britain’s largest car manufacturer had its revenues slashed by falling sales, a cyber-attack and Donald Trump’s tariffs.
Hundreds of passengers were evacuated from a train, and services to Heathrow airport were cancelled, after a fire near tracks in the London Paddington area caused major disruptions to London’s rail network.
The chancellor has indicated that the UK will face a tough budget next month due to Trump’s war in the Middle East.
Dozens of people dressed in black and wearing balaclavas blocked the road at the port of Dover in Kent, forcing closures in both directions on Saturday morning.
Whether it’s the closing down sale that goes on for years, or the crossed-out original price that you can’t remember ever paying, some retailers try all kinds of ways to convince us we are getting a bargain.
This week M&S launched a bodysuit that features exaggerated padding at the hip allowing the wearer to create an hourglass shape, or at least the illusion of one.
Picture humanity in a boat being swept down a raging river, praying there is no Niagara Falls ahead. Or imagine standing with the pioneering physicists in 1942 before they triggered the first self-sustaining nuclear fis…
Gig economy workers are urging delivery platforms to open up the “black box” of computer-driven algorithms that determine the jobs they are offered and how much they are paid, blaming increased use of AI for lowering wa…
When the central bank of the Netherlands confirmed this week that it had moved tonnes of the country's gold out of North America, it said the relocation would make it "better prepared for severe crises".
Insurers in England and Wales tell of busy August with one reporting near-140% jump in claims
In 2025, it emerged that Farage had not – as he had claimed – bought a property in his parliamentary constituency of Clacton, in Essex: it had in fact been bought by his girlfriend, Laure Ferrari.
When Donald Trump was asked recently about the threat of rising interest rates on US government debt, he told baffled reporters: “The ultimate intervention is our military. And if we have to use that, we will.”
Reform UK’s conference was to open showcasing a party ready for government. It did so with two top aides removed after an investigation aired on Channel 4 , its finances under police scrutiny and seven in 10 voters, pol…
A boost in hospitality and education employment drove the US economy to create tens of thousands more jobs than expected last month, latest figures suggest.
The Federal Reserve Board on Friday announced the termination of the enforcement actions listed below:
The governor of the Bank of England has said the rise of populist politicians presents a serious challenge to independent central banks.