3+ hour, 33+ min ago  (367+ words) German chancellor Friedrich Merz announced sweeping tax, pension and labour reforms today, including that workers will now be required to get a medical certificate saying they're too unwell to work from the first day of sick leave." Workers in Germany…...

1+ hour, 28+ min ago  (412+ words) The NHS will be forced to divert billions of pounds from essential services to pay more for new drugs under the terms of the UK-US trade deal, according to new analysis, after ministers caved to pressure from president Donald Trump…...

1+ day, 1+ hour ago  (325+ words) Independent leftwing media outlet the Canary has said it is unable to pay its staff after Lloyds Bank blocked access to "a substantial amount" of its money and refused to say why." The outlet has accused Lloyds of "debanking" it,…...

23+ hour, 6+ min ago  (81+ words) We speak to a top economist about her vision for moving past economic growth as the bench mark for a country's success. With Michael Walker & Professor Jayati Ghosh. With the two-party system gone, billionaires are pumping obscene amounts of money…...

2+ day, 2+ hour ago  (316+ words) An EU court has said the manufacture of private jets can't be excluded from a list of "activities deemed to be environmentally sustainable, fuelling concerns about the greenwashing of the emissions of the super-rich. The list, intended to provide an…...

2+ day, 5+ hour ago  (440+ words) New York City mayor Zohran Mamdani has announced the closure of a facility on Rikers Island, marking a "milestone" towards meeting his pledge to fully shut the notorious jail complex. On Monday, city and jail officials said the North Infirmary…...

2+ day, 23+ hour ago  (108+ words) Andy Burnham has laid his plan for devolving power away from Westminster over the next decade, pledging a "No 10 for the north" and "growth in every postcode". Plus: Trump has announced new peace talks with Iran, and we discuss the…...

3+ day, 5+ hour ago  (420+ words) Prime minister Keir Starmer is hoping to become secretary general of Nato after he leaves office, according to the Observer." Starmer, who despite being a former human rights lawyer has supported the genocide in Gaza and the illegal war on…...

3+ day, 8+ hour ago  (495+ words) As we all sweltered last week, British politics broke every thermometer. A prime minister resigned, and a pair of eyelashes in a black t-shirt swept in. That description is due to the country's least-likely new national poet, Tory leader Kemi…...

3+ day, 9+ hour ago  (142+ words) We need critical minerals for the green transition, the military and the AI boom. In barely a year, lithium and the rare earths have become some of the most fought-over objects on earth. But the scarcity is manufactured " by refineries,…...