Angela Rayner has resigned as the UK’s deputy prime minister following a scandal over her tax affairs, in a move that plunges Sir Keir Starmer’s administration into political turmoil.

Rambert and (LA)HORDE Ballet National de Marseille have combined forces to present an almost overwhelming array of performances across the complex ...

The US added just 22,000 jobs in August in the latest sign that the labour market is cooling significantly, intensifying pressure on the Federal Reserve to cut interest rates this month. Friday’s ...

Much of the interest in Wang’s book can be explained, I think, by a number of developments which have led some observers to ask if, as a recent article in the Wall Street Journal put it, the US is ...

Sir Keir Starmer’s handwritten letter to Angela Rayner went beyond the normal resignation niceties. He spoke of his “very real sadness” at the “painful” departure of his deputy, a Labour working-class ...

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Angela Rayner has resigned from all three of her senior political positions — UK deputy prime minister, housing secretary and deputy leader of the Labour party — after failing to pay £40,000 in stamp ...

The ‘godfather of artificial intelligence’ on ‘the only hope’ for humanity, why China has an advantage — and when machines will outstrip us ...

Ryanair has been accused of “extortion” and “dishonesty” in an extraordinary public spat with the Spanish authorities that has put a spotlight on the hardball tactics the airline uses to keep a lid on ...

UK regulator raised concerns that exclusive right to install radio equipment at data centre was ‘hindering competition’ ...

On May 21, Tim Eklund rose early, made his coffee, and settled down in his home office. It was a clear summer morning outside Breckenridge, Colorado, and the view over the lake nearby took in the ...

Brazil wants to use its presidency of November’s COP30 summit to change that, through a proposed $125bn international fund it has dubbed the Tropical Forests Forever Facility.