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.

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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 ...

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 ...

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

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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 ...

Russian president insists any peace talks with Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelenskyy must be held in Moscow ...

Tom McTague’s history of the drift towards Brexit takes in Eurosceptic voices from Enoch Powell to Farage, via Thatcher and Cummings ...

Musk’s 2018 Tesla pay deal was struck down by a Delaware judge after a protracted court battle. He has already amassed a $374bn fortune from his stake in Tesla and private holdings in SpaceX, xAI, ...

China has imposed preliminary anti-dumping duties of up to 62 per cent on European pork in a move seen as retaliation for the EU’s tariffs on Chinese electric vehicle imports.