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Baggage handlers at Gatwick Airport call off strike action after new pay offer

The baggage screeners will now receive a 7% increase in hourly pay, backdated to April 2025, along with other improved benefits. Source link

Rachel Reeves’ inheritance tax plans branded “daft” as experts warn grandparents could become “overnight tax evaders”

Chancellor Rachel Reeves has come under fire from financial advisers after reports suggested she may target tax-free family gifts in her latest inheritance...

Britain’s top philanthropist Sir Chris Hohn condemns ‘cruel’ foreign aid cuts

Sir Chris Hohn, Britain’s most generous philanthropist, has slammed government cuts to overseas aid as “cruel” after donating an additional $328 million (£243...

Business secretary to meet JCB chief over US tariff chaos

Business Secretary Jonathan Reynolds is set to meet JCB chief executive Graeme Macdonald after the company raised urgent concerns about the impact of...

Poll finds MPs back electricity tax cuts to boost heat pump adoption

Almost half of MPs would support cutting electricity levies to help households switch to heat pumps, according to a new cross-party study that...

Food inflation hits 18-month high as chocolate, butter and egg prices surge

Food inflation has risen to its highest level in 18 months, driven by sharp increases in the cost of chocolate, butter and eggs. The...

Americans embrace Aldi as German discounter becomes fastest-growing supermarket in US

Aldi has become the unlikely star of the US grocery sector, with Americans flocking to the German discounter in record numbers as high...

Starling Bank makes first acquisition in four years with Ember fintech deal

Starling Bank has completed its first acquisition in four years with the purchase of Ember, a London-based fintech specialising in digital tax and...

Entry-level job vacancies slump to five-year low as Reeves’s tax raid hits young workers

The number of entry-level jobs in the UK has slumped to its lowest level in five years, with young workers facing growing barriers...

Reeves tax raid blamed as nightlife ‘deserts’ spread across Britain

Britain’s nightlife is shrinking at an alarming pace, with large parts of the country turning into cultural “deserts” as pubs, clubs and music...

Oxford spin-out OrganOx sold to Japan’s Terumo in $1.5bn deal

Oxford University spin-out OrganOx, the pioneering transplant technology company, has been sold to Japanese medical devices group Terumo in a $1.5 billion (£1.2...

Transfer news LIVE! Arsenal agree Hincapie deal, Rogers bid, Isak twist

Spurs have seen a second bid for Nico Paz rejected and were said to be interested in Hincapie before Arsenal got involved. Morgan...

Epping migrant hotel resident accused of sexual assaults to face trial

The alleged incidents sparked weeks of protests and counter-protests in the Essex town Source link

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