The Bank of England is set to stop its government bond-buying scheme today after attempting to reassure the UK’s financial markets. The Bank launched the unprecedented intervention after the chancellor’s mini-budget caused chaos within the markets, as well as a potential pension pots crisis. It promised to buy up to £65bn in government bonds –
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Consumer champion Martin Lewis has called on “somebody to get a grip on the economy” amid the cost of living crisis as he won the expert award at the National Television Awards. Mr Lewis admitted he was surprised to win the prize after he was nominated against veteran broadcaster Sir David Attenborough and praised the
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Retired Air Force Col. Cedric Leighton discusses the aftermath of the Kerch bridge explosion in Russian-annexed Crimea and why it marks “one of the biggest humiliations that Putin could experience.”
The congressional panel investigating the deadly attack on the US Capitol last year has voted to subpoena Donald Trump. It was a unanimous vote and the former president will now be compelled to give evidence to the committee about the events of 6 January 2021 which saw five people killed and more than 140 police
Oct 12, 2022 Associated Press CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Alex Bowman said Wednesday he will miss the next three NASCAR races with a concussion he suffered last month in a crash in NASCAR’s new Next Gen car. Bowman, who sat out the past two races, will miss this weekend at Las Vegas, then sit out at
Deep in the Buloburde bush in the Hiiraan region of central Somalia, there’s a ragtag regiment gathering around a missile launcher. Huddled tightly with their ears pressed against a small black phone, they receive intelligence and feed it back to the troops positioning the launcher. The Ma’awisley militia is made up of farmers turned fighters
A Florida jury has recommended a sentence of life in prison for gunman Nikolas Cruz who killed 17 people at a Parkland school in 2018. Jurors could not unanimously agree he should be given the death penalty, despite the prosecution requesting he be executed and arguing the deadly attack was cold, calculated and meticulously planned.
Oct 13, 2022 One of the most tiresome things about the NHL awards is that we spend as much time debating their subjective parameters as we do which players and coaches should win them. Should the Norris Trophy rely so heavily on a defenseman’s offensive output? How much should team success factor into the Vezina
The chancellor has insisted he is “not going anywhere” amid the economic turmoil – and when asked if he was about to do a U-turn on corporation tax he said: “Let’s see”. Speaking earlier in the US where he is attending IMF meetings, Kwasi Kwarteng told reporters that he remains “totally focused” on delivering the
The government is set to raise corporation tax despite promising not to do so in the mini-budget, Sky News understands. Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng promised during last month’s mini-budget to keep corporation tax at 19% instead of increasing it to 25%, as was planned. The change in direction is the second major tax cut U-turn in
The head of the International Monetary Fund has delivered a blunt condemnation of the UK government’s mini-budget – pointing out government and Bank of England policies should not be working against each other. Kristalina Georgieva was speaking at a news conference in Washington after the government’s mini-budget unleashed chaos in the markets when it was
In this article BTC.CB= Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Salvadoran President, Nayib Bukele speaks during an event in May 2021. El Salvador become the first country to adopt bitcoin as legal tender in June. Camilo Freedman | SOPA Images | LightRocket | Getty Images It has been more than a year since El Salvador
An investigation into Tesla using special code marked for crash-testing vehicles hasn’t found any evidence that the automaker cheated on its crash tests. Tesla has an incredible record when it comes to crash safety. Its electric vehicles have consistently achieved top safety ratings with auto safety agencies around the world. The latest safety accolade came
US President Joe Biden and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman arrive for the family photo during the Jeddah Security and Development Summit (GCC+3) at a hotel in Saudi Arabia’s Red Sea coastal city of Jeddah on July 16, 2022. Mandel Ngan | Afp | Getty Images President Joe Biden is angry at Saudi Arabia
Queen has released a lost song recorded with late frontman Freddie Mercury more than 30 years ago. Originally taped in 1988 during the British band’s sessions for their 13th album The Miracle, Face It Alone did not make the final cut and was later forgotten. The song was rediscovered when Queen’s production and archive team
The mood in the Conservative Party is moving really fast. Asked where Tory MPs’ heads are now in relation to Liz Truss, one replied: “In their hands”. Her meeting with Tory MPs on Wednesday evening was described as delusional, trying to pin everything on Vladimir Putin and saying people should be giving her government more
A senior Iranian official has questioned excessive state enforcement of the country’s compulsory hijab laws – following the death of Mahsa Amini in custody. Ali Larijani, 65, an adviser to Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, and a former parliamentary speaker, warned in an interview with Iranian daily Ettela’at that a “rigid response” to the widespread
The foreign secretary has refused to commit to the government seeing through all the tax cuts proposed in the chancellor’s contentious mini-budget. James Cleverly told Sky News “the package the chancellor put forward is pro-growth and is the right answer”. He refused to rule out further changes, however, dodging multiple questions on whether the government