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At a press conference on Monday in which Reform UK announced the Tory police and crime commissioner for Leicestershire and Rutland was joining their ranks, as well as former prison governor Vanessa Frake, I asked Nigel Farage a simple question. But his answer wasn’t what I expected. I asked the Reform UK leader if the…
Asher Bird spends just 12.5% of his earnings on rent and utilities each month. He has an investment portfolio, money goals and a trusty financial planning diary. But he’s not a millionaire – he’s a seven-year-old. “I didn’t grow up with a whole lot of financial education and so going out into the real world,…
NBC News correspondent Jacob Soboroff will join MSNBC full time once the progressive cable channel is spun off into a new company, which will be called Versant. Later this year, MSNBC is heading to Versant, which will be the new stand-alone home for current parent company Comcastβs cable networks. As a result, MSNBC will no…
The prime minister’s spokesman has refused eight times to confirm whether recognition of Palestine could go ahead if Hamas remainΒ in power and the hostages are not released.Β Keir Starmer’s spokesman was questioned by journalists for the first time since the announcement last week that the UK will formally recognise the state in September – unless…
Asda is in talks about a Β£400m deal to offload some of its supermarket real estate assets to a giant investment house as it looks to plough more funding into its turnaround plans. Sky News has learnt that Blue Owl Capital, the New York-listed asset management group, has emerged as the frontrunner to buy roughly…
When William Shakespeare wrote βWhatβs past is prologue,β he wasnβt thinking about television. But the Bardβs wisdom certainly applies to the latest batch of Emmy-nominated series. Here are the spiritual predecessors to eight of this seasonβs most-lauded shows. (All of the older titles are available on DVD and/or streaming.) If you like βThe Pitt,β check…
Tesla’s board has signed off a $29bn (Β£21.8bn) share award to Elon Musk after a court blocked an earlier package worth almost double that sum. The new award, which amounts to 96 million new shares, is not just about keeping the electric vehicle (EV) firm’s founder in the driving seat as chief executive. The new…
Sterling K. Brown is telling me about the underground bunker in his Ladera Heights home, a feature common to houses built during the Cold War, when fears of a nuclear holocaust ran rampant and kids were watching βduck and coverβ films at school. Brown and his wife, Ryan Michelle BathΓ©, sealed the bunker when they…
Scotland’s Deputy First Minister Kate Forbes has announced she will stand down at next year’s Holyrood election. In a letter to First Minister John Swinney, the Skye, Lochaber and Badenoch MSP said she did not “wish to seek re-election and miss any more of the precious early years of family life”. Ms Forbes is expected…
Bank stocks have enjoyed a boost as traders digest the Supreme Court’s ruling on the car finance scandal. Some of the country’s most exposed lenders, including Lloyds and Close Brothers, saw their share prices jump by 7.55% and 21.62% respectively. It came after the court delivered a reprieve from a possible Β£44bn compensation bill. Money…
