2+ hour, 48+ min ago  (1026+ words) Week 99 arrived not with a bang but with the exhausted wheeze of a fairground generator held together by duct tape, Treasury spreadsheets, and increasingly desperate Labour spin doctors sweating beneath industrial strength makeup. The atmosphere beneath Westminster's Big Top now…...

16+ hour, 9+ min ago  (481+ words) No, what Denyer's announcement really reveals is how detached Britain's political elite have become from the country they claim to represent. The Green MP for Bristol Central, who earns nearly "100, 000 a year before expenses, staffing budgets and parliamentary perks are…...

17+ hour, 15+ min ago  (434+ words) Landing in such unforgiving conditions is no simple task. Aircraft must operate from a semi prepared strip of compacted snow and gravel, far shorter than a standard runway, while crews contend with rapidly changing weather and extreme cold. To keep…...

17+ hour, 24+ min ago  (810+ words) Inside abandoned Tube tunnels once used by commuters, the British Army transformed a forgotten part of the capital into a modern war fighting headquarters. The exercise, known as Arrcade Strike, brought together senior military planners, intelligence specialists and NATO personnel…...

1+ day, 8+ hour ago  (490+ words) The programme tested a new approach where universities shared Technology Transfer Offices, known as TTOs, allowing institutions to pool expertise, legal support, investor contacts, and commercial knowledge. The goal was simple, to help more British research make the leap from…...

2+ day, 10+ hour ago  (418+ words) Morrisons said government policy had made it increasingly difficult for struggling stores to return to profitability. In a sharply worded statement, the retailer pointed to "significant cost increases resulting from government policy choices, echoing earlier warnings from chief executive Rami…...

2+ day, 7+ hour ago  (739+ words) Last year, Burnham was openly talking about Britain eventually rejoining the European Union. The language was warm, flirtatious, wistful. The old romance with Brussels was alive and well. But then reality intruded. Makerfield, the constituency he now desperately needs to…...

2+ day, 15+ hour ago  (255+ words) Retailers have warned for months that households were becoming markedly more cautious. Separate figures from the British Retail Consortium earlier this month showed UK retail sales falling 3 per cent year on year in April, with both food and non food…...

4+ day, 15+ hour ago  (296+ words) The Gulf Cooperation Council, comprising Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Kuwait, Bahrain and Oman, confirmed that negotiations had successfully concluded following a series of intensive talks and high level meetings between both sides. GCC Secretary General Jasem Albudaiwi…...

5+ day, 15+ hour ago  (587+ words) Preliminary tax data showed payroll employment dropped by 100, 000 in a single month, the steepest decline since the first Covid lockdown in May 2020. The number of vacancies also continued to fall, reaching a five-year low of 705, 000. Employers in hospitality and retail,…...