Labour’s original plan to reform the welfare system was a hasty effort to try to make billions of pounds of cuts to a rapidly growing bill in order to help the chancellor meet her self-imposed rules on government borrowing. But this latest U-turn raises significant questions about just how stability and credibility-enhancing it really is...
Support justice-driven, accurate and transparent news — make a quick donation to Truthout today! This story was originally reported by Chabeli Carrazana of The 19th. Meet Chabeli and read more of her reporting on gender, politics and policy. Parents, you’re not imagining it: The cost of child care is rising. By a lot. The average...
Hegseth said the anti-protest crackdown in LA is the beginning of a “new phase” of militarization against Americans. President Donald Trump’s deployment of troops to crack down on protests against neighborhood raids in Los Angeles is going to cost over a hundred million dollars, the Pentagon has said — money that could have instead been...
Theo Leggett International Business Correspondent BBC Theo will be responding to reader comments about this article between 12pm and 1pm today. Go to the comments section at the bottom of this page to share what you think about the rise of these more affordable EVs. In China, they call it the Seagull, and it has...
June 2025 marks the 20th anniversary of the Florida-based Glazer family taking full control of the Premier League club. It was a deeply controversial takeover from the beginning because of the financial implications for United. On 22 June 2005, the Glazer family paid £790m to buy out the club’s exiting shareholders and to remove the...
Miles Davis BBC Devon political reporter BBC More than 100 trees were felled at night in Plymouth’s Armada Way A Devon council’s decision to cut down more than 100 trees at night has cost more than £3.3m, a damning report has found. The “shock to the organisation” of the tree-felling carried out by Plymouth City...
At 10pm on Thursday evening, thousands of Manchester United and Tottenham fans may well find themselves plotting routes to Bilbao. The Premier League teams go into their semi-final second legs – against Athletic Bilbao and Bodo/Glimt respectively – as favourites to progress. Should they complete the job, they will secure a place in the final,...
Steven McIntosh Culture reporter Getty Images The co-chairs of this year’s Met Gala include Lewis Hamilton (pictured), Pharrell Williams and LeBron James The biggest names in entertainment are gearing up to celebrate menswear and black style at Monday’s Met Gala, the fashion industry’s biggest night of the year. Pharrell Williams and Lewis Hamilton are among...
There are some ‘gains’. Without European football, most players would find themselves on lower wages, potentially by as much as 25%, so expenses should go down. The club’s 2023-24 accounts showed wages fell £22m (12%) from £185m to £163m, mainly due to lower performance bonuses – and that was a season ending in an eighth-placed...
Nadine Yousif BBC News Reporting fromVancouver, British Columbia Eloise Alanna/BBC Vancouver has been labelled one of the most “impossibly unaffordable” cities in the world for housing Before Donald Trump imposed tariffs on Canada and threatened its sovereignty, the Canadian psyche was consumed with another major issue: housing affordability. With an election on the horizon, voters...
Liv McMahon Technology reporter Reuters The world’s most popular gadgets – phones, laptops, tablets, smartwatches – could be about to get a lot more expensive in the US. Many of them are made in China, which now faces a 125% tariff on its goods imported to the US, under President Donald Trump’s controversial trade policy....
Match of the Day 2 pundit Shay Given explains how “15 minutes of madness” in the first half cost Liverpool in their Premier League defeat at Fulham. MATCH REPORT: Liverpool’s 26-match unbeaten run ended by Fulham Watch Premier League highlights on Match of the Day 2 on BBC iPlayer. Available to UK users only. Read...
In 2011, I, Deepti Pradhan, was diagnosed with breast cancer. A year of surgeries, chemotherapy and radiation followed, leaving lasting effects. In December 2023, I, Christine Ngaruiya, got a call from my parents — my mother, a two-time breast cancer survivor, had something suspicious on a routine mammogram. My heart sank. As a physician, I...
Nottingham Forest manager Nuno Espirito Santo says a “very bad” start cost his side as they fell two goals down after only 15 minutes of their 2-1 defeat at Aston Villa. Read full article at source...
Pavé: Whatever The Cost Self Released DL | Stream Out Now Pavé are back with another slice of attention-grabbing alternative rock as they follow up their debut EP with their latest release, Whatever The Cost. The Manchester band constantly strive to keep things fresh, examining all facets of the human psyche to dramatic effect, and...