Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has cut National Insurance by a third in six months By Jason Groves Published: 7:41 p.m. EDT, April 21, 2024 | Updated: 7:41 p.m. EDT, April 21, 2024 Labor was accused of scaremongering about the future of the state pension last night as it launched a "cynical" campaign against Rishi Sunak's plan to abolish National Insurance.Sir Keir Starmer and Shadow Chancellor Rachel Reeves...
Grange face Watsonians in their play-off semi-final with a place in Europe on the line and coach Stevie Grubb conceded that their city rivals have produced two challenging matches this season. The newly-crowned champions trained well on Tuesday and continued to focus on the final third of the pitch. Thursday was a lighter session to allow bodies to be fully ready for the possibility of two games this weekend. The play-off final is on Sunday. Grubb said: "I am looking for the squad to take the...
Joe Biden's position in this election is already weakened by the fact that Hispanic, black, and young voters are abandoning him. Poll after poll has shown it, and frankly, it poses a major problem for Biden because if Trump siphons off enough support from these groups, Biden doesn't stand a chance in November—at least, not in a fair election. If these groups cease to be reliably Democratic votes, it spells real trouble for the future of the party.
While most unions have already endorsed President Joe Biden, one big fish in the labor movement is spreading the love around and holding out its support. The International Brotherhood of Teamsters turned heads by donating $45,000 to the Republican National Committee earlier this year and has now made further GOP inroads by donating $5,000 to […]
Rain, altered schedules and UC Santa Barbara’s big-inning offense resulted in the Hawaii baseball team’s winless weekend at Caesar Uyesaka Stadium on the UCSB campus.
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Former Treasury Secretary Larry Summers warned Wednesday that a second Trump administration could destroy the U.S. economy, predicting an “inflationary spiral.” “I don't think it would just be massive deregulation,” Summers said at a Semafor event Wednesday. “I think it would be massive regulation in the form of restrictions on the ability to buy products
The Economic Inclusion Advisory Committee warns that unemployment benefits are still too low Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastJobseeker payments should be raised to 90% of the age pension and indexed to prevent people going “without life’s essentials”, the government’s poverty experts say.The Economic Inclusion Advisory Committee released its pre-budget report on Friday, warning that jobseeker and other...
President Joe Biden picked up the endorsement of North America’s Building Trades Unions at a Wednesday event where the president and his allies set out to dismantle Republican Donald Trump's reputation as a successful real estate developer. “Donald Trump is incapable of running anything,” said Sean McGarvey, the organization’s president.
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden picked up the endorsement of North America’s Building Trades Unions at a Wednesday event where the president and his allies set out to dismantle Republican Donald Trump’s reputation as a successful real estate developer. “Donald Trump is incapable of running anything,” said Sean McGarvey, the organization’s president. “God help […]
Apple is having a tough quarter in China, with new research claiming that Apple's iPhone sales are down 19.1% year-over-year. Apple's iPhone 15 All smartphone sales have been in decline in China for some years, but recent reports had said the market was stabilizing. Other reports have said that iPhone sales in the country dropped 56% between January 2024 and February 2024, though this is traditionally when Apple's sales are lowest. Now new figures from Counterpoint Research have...
It's now more likely than ever than ByteDance will have to give up TikTok – or see the app banned in the US.