The chancellor is under pressure to increase benefit payments to more than two million vulnerable people who missed out on last year’s £20 per week boost to Universal Credit, with one Conservative MP saying it was “vital we don’t forget
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Meghan Markle ‘planning to write novel’ in latest venture following royal split
Meghan Markle is reportedly adding yet another string to her bow after stepping back from the Royal Family at the beginning of the year. The Suits actress and Prince Harry have already signed an exclusive multi-year partnership with Spotify to
A New Way to Invest for the Vengeful and the High-Minded
Imagine a 401(k) where there’s no investment menu of stock funds. Instead, you get to make one that aligns with your values. You could begin by knocking out oil drillers or gun manufacturers, or subtracting companies one by one depending
COVID vaccine roll-out turns page on tiers rebellion – but ‘deeper mistrust’ growing around PM
Almost a year living with COVID, finally on Wednesday came a genuinely brilliant breakthrough: the UK regulator became the first in the world to approve the Pzifer-BioNTech vaccine, with the roll-out of jabs to the most vulnerable in our society
Donald Trump supporter and Happy Days star in blunt US election civil war claim
We will use your email address only for sending you newsletters. Please see our Privacy Notice for details of your data protection rights. The incumbent US leader claimed the Democrats are “never going to catch us” in a statement today,
Hong Kong buyers rush for UK properties after security law
HONG KONG/LONDON (Reuters) – Hong Konger Winnie Tong aims to move to Britain with her family in two years, but is stalling on plans to buy a house there after prices jumped almost 15% since April. The 40-year-old who used
Immigration judges challenge policy gagging them from free speech
The policy bans judges from speaking publicly, even when not representing the US Justice Department. US immigration judges plan to ask a federal court on Wednesday to strike down a new Justice Department policy barring them from speaking publicly about
Mexico's president says relatives of his have died from coronavirus
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said on Thursday he had lost some relatives to the novel coronavirus, which has so far claimed more lives in Mexico than in all but three other countries worldwide. Lopez
Wall Street banks see trading-revenue renaissance ending soon
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Big swings in stock and bond markets since March have helped big Wall Street banks weather the coronavirus downturn better than they otherwise might have, but their trading-revenue gains are unlikely to last. On Tuesday, JPMorgan
LATAM Airlines adds $1.3 billion to bankruptcy financing proposal, Brazil unit seeks protection
SANTIAGO (Reuters) – LATAM Airlines, the largest airline group in Latin America, said Thursday it had secured an additional $1.3 billion for its financing proposal before a New York bankruptcy court, while adding its unit in Brazil to the debt