By Ben Chu , Policy and analysis correspondent  and  Anthony Reuben , BBC Verify Published 13 minutes ago While the UK government has announced it will cut VAT on domestic electricity this October from 5% to zero in an attempt to help with the cost of living, British households are still paying …
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The Meliá Cohiba in Havana, one of 34 hotels where the Spanish hotel chain is to cease operations. Photograph: Adalberto Roque/AFP/Getty Images View image in fullscreen The Meliá Cohiba in Havana, one of 34 hotels where the Spanish hotel chain is to cease operations. Photograph: Adalberto Roque/AFP/…
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Thames Water’s hosepipe ban will cover more than 10 million customers across London and the Thames valley. Photograph: Yui Mok/PA View image in fullscreen Thames Water’s hosepipe ban will cover more than 10 million customers across London and the Thames valley. Photograph: Yui Mok/PA Thames Water jo…
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Workers at the New York stock exchange during morning trading last week. Photograph: Michael M Santiago/Getty Images View image in fullscreen Workers at the New York stock exchange during morning trading last week. Photograph: Michael M Santiago/Getty Images Two in five Americans believe stock marke…
A young woman looking at the Bundestag building in Berlin. Talks about the youth mobility agreement have been deadlocked. Photograph: Halyna Kavun/Alamy View image in fullscreen A young woman looking at the Bundestag building in Berlin. Talks about the youth mobility agreement have been deadlocked. …
Image source, MáirtÃn Mac Gabhann Image caption, Dáithà Mac Gabhann received a heart transplant after an eight year wait By Finn Purdy BBC News NI Published 21 July 2026, 08:42 BST Updated 46 minutes ago A nine-year-old boy who inspired changes to Northern Ireland's organ donation laws has recei…
Harrisburg is home to one of the nation's largest communities of Nepali-speaking Bhutanese refugees and their families. Through soccer, generations have found connection, belonging and a way to carry forward a shared history.
A protester holding a portrait of Abderrahim Fakir during a demonstration in Bologna on Monday night. Photograph: Michele Lapini/Reuters View image in fullscreen A protester holding a portrait of Abderrahim Fakir during a demonstration in Bologna on Monday night. Photograph: Michele Lapini/Reuters P…
Only about 1 in 8 nurses are men, but their share is growing. A strong job market for nurses and sustained efforts to recruit men into the field have made a difference, including in the South.
Image source, Getty Image Image caption, Thames Water's lenders want to let local authorities have more involvement By Simon Jack , Business editor  and  Emer Moreau , Business reporter Published 8 minutes ago Thames Water's main lenders are offering the government a "golden share" and more cont…
John Healey walks in Downing Street after being appointed chancellor Photograph: WIktor Szymanowicz/NurPhoto/Shutterstock View image in fullscreen John Healey walks in Downing Street after being appointed chancellor Photograph: WIktor Szymanowicz/NurPhoto/Shutterstock Defence shares rise after Andy …
Mitie was founded in 1987 and employs 84,000 staff. Photograph: Ceri Breeze/Alamy View image in fullscreen Mitie was founded in 1987 and employs 84,000 staff. Photograph: Ceri Breeze/Alamy Mitie agrees £3.1bn takeover by OCS in blow to London stock market Board of UK government contractor recommends…
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Thames Water serves 16 million customers in London and the Thames Valley. Photograph: Vuk Valcic/Zuma Press Wire/Shutterstock View image in fullscreen Thames Water serves 16 million customers in London and the Thames Valley. Photograph: Vuk Valcic/Zuma Press Wire/Shutterstock Thames Water investors …
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JP Morgan’s Jamie Dimon has a track record of criticising the UK’s bank tax surcharge. Photograph: Richard Drew/AP View image in fullscreen JP Morgan’s Jamie Dimon has a track record of criticising the UK’s bank tax surcharge. Photograph: Richard Drew/AP JP Morgan boss warns of ‘consequences’ if Bur…
Image source, EPA/Shutterstock By Paul Seddon Political reporter Published 20 July 2026 Louise Haigh had enjoyed a stratospheric political rise before her ministerial career came to a juddering halt shortly after Labour's return to power. She became the youngest-ever female cabinet minister at the a…
The removal of VAT from electricity bills is positive but it does not address the scale of the problem that British households are facing, campaigners at the End Fuel Poverty Coalition have said. Simon Francis , coordinator of the group, said: double quotation mark Removing VAT from electricity bill…
