Shorouk Express Union Unite calls Bank’s interest rate cut ‘long overdue’ Trade union Unite called the Bank of England’s interest rate cut “long overdue” on Thursday. Unite general secretary Sharon Graham said: “This cut to interest rates is necessary and long overdue. “However, we will need more serious action to reverse over a decade of…
Shorouk Express Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Get our free View from Westminster email Sir Keir Starmer is under growing pressure from his own MPs and political opponents to reverse his decision to strip 10 million pensioners of…
Shorouk Express Pensioners are colder because of Labour says Badenoch in clash with Starmer over winter fuel allowance Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Get our free View from Westminster email Keir Starmer and Kemi Badenoch have clashed at…
Shorouk Express Economy Materials 4 May 2025 09:23 (UTC +04:00) ExxonMobil reported first-quarter 2025 earnings of $7.7 billion, with free cash flow rising 11% from the previous quarter to $8.8 billion. The company highlighted strong operational performance, disciplined capital spending, and continued shareholder returns, despite a year-on-year decline in overall cash flow. …
Shorouk Express Army moving forward with plans for Trump birthday parade: report Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email The White House’s partial budget proposal, set to be released later today, will…
Shorouk Express Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email Republicans seemingly made it official over the weekend: they’re going after Medicaid. Despite assurances from a wide range of party figures, including President…
Shorouk Express This is partly because the OBR has measured Labour’s flagship piece of deregulation — planning reform. The watchdog believes this will add 170,000 homes on its own and lift GDP 0.2 percent (£6.8 billion) in 2029/30. Reeves called it the “biggest positive growth impact” of its kind ever scored by the OBR. But…
Shorouk Express 3m families to be hit by welfare cuts, government admits In a dating revelation, the government’s own impact assessment said 3.2m families would lose on average £1,720 per year compared to inflation in 2029 and 2030 under Reeves’s welfare cuts. Alexander Butler26 March 2025 15:04 Watch: Zarah Sultana challenges Rachel Reeves over child…
Shorouk Express Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Get our free View from Westminster email Thousands of new homes in England will be built as part of the biggest boost in social and affordable housebuilding in a generation, the…
Shorouk Express Inside PIP: The ‘broken’ health benefit Labour could cut even further Ahead of Labour’s crunch Spring Statement, details of the rumoured cuts to welfare have grown rife. Estimates of what the government is hoping to save have continued to grow – now sitting at around £6 billion – with health and disability related…
