Police continue to make arrests in Trafalgar Square as protesters chant: “Met Police, you decide: justice or genocide.” Activists supporting Palestine Action are being carried to fenced-off areas, where they lie on the ground waiting for officers to process them and search their belongings. Times man’s stint as synagogue security It was at the insistence…
Labour would have made fewer mistakes if it had listened to its MPs, the health secretary has said. Wes Streeting told a fringe event at the Labour Party conference: “We would have avoided some of the mistakes of the past year if we’d listened to our MPs. “We’ve got to have the humility to listen.”…
Key moments Sign up for our daily business newsletter here Co-op cyberattack cost company £80 million The Co-operative Group has revealed that a cyberattack in April cost it £80 million, dragging it to a first-half loss. The food-to-funerals group reported an underlying loss before tax of £75 million, versus a profit of £3 million in…
The decision by the Bank to hold the base rate at 4 per cent was widely expected, but economists are divided over when they will next be cut. Yael Selfin, at KPMG UK: “The labour market has continued to cool, but evidence of deterioration has become less apparent, weakening the case for further policy easing….
Our readers have been sharing their views on Trump’s visit to Britain and the royal welcome he received in the comments on Times articles. We have a wonderful King, who did great service to his country by courting Trump last night. Thank you Sir. Mike Hannah It’s not the King’s job to have opinions, but…
Chris Curtis, the co-chair of the Labour Growth Group, hailed Steve Reed’s appointment as housing secretary as “fantastic news”. Citing the former environment secretary’s “brilliant” record straightening out the running of Lambeth council before entering parliament, Curtis thought Reed more than capable of building on Rayner’s work. As a council leader, Reed “saw front and…
As Farage left the chamber, the US congressman Jamie Raskin tried to ask him another question, speculating again that he was on his way to lunch with President Trump. “One more,” Raskin said as Farage left the chamber. “Blame it on me.” The Centre for Countering Digital Hate, a British-American non-profit group, said the comparison…
US retailer Macy’s forecast annual net sales will be between $21.15 billion and $21.45 billion, up on previous expectations and said it would increase prices selectively to soften the tariff hit from its reliance on manufacturing in China. Its new sales forecast was up from previous expectations of annual sales coming in between $21 billion…
What you need to know Migrants granted asylum in the UK will be forced to wait several years before bringing their family to the UK under a fresh crackdown to be announced by the home secretary Yvette Cooper will announce changes that will bring Britain in line with other European countries such as Germany, Switzerland,…
The prime minister’s reshuffle, which sees Darren Jones, chief secretary to the Treasury, moved to No 10 to oversee day-to-day delivery of the PM’s priorities, and Minouche Shafik, former deputy governor of the Bank of England, become economic adviser to the prime minister, has not gone down well with the market. Bond yield spreads between…