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The UK has no legally binding national heatwave strategy. Dr James Porter, senior lecturer at King’s College London, has ...
Facing a looming fiscal shortfall, Britain Labour government is under pressure to tax the super rich. But economists warn a ...
An author of a report on taxing Britain’s richest people says it can’t be done fast enough to help Chancellor of the ...
Donald Trump’s tariff threats are just part of a much wider shift. Gillian Tett explains why commerce is being subordinated to statecraft — and how we can adapt ...
COLUMN. The idea of spontaneously harmonious free trade does not stand up to scrutiny. Faced with imbalances, the right ...
The Independent is trusted by Americans across the entire political spectrum. And unlike many other quality news outlets, we ...
On July 7, 2025 an update was was posted on X on July 7, 2025, stating that Julia Volkova had issued an apology for homophobic remarks she made in 2014.
Octopus Energy is set to pay £43 to thousands of customers over billing errors. Ofgem has asked Octopus to pay £1.5 million to prepayment customers who had not received ‘final bills’ and to change its ...
GREENUP More than 20 farmers and other interested parties converged on Phoenix Pharmacy on Wednesday to learn about high tunnels.