Rachel Reeves has announced an extra £29bn per year for the NHS in England, along with funding boosts for defence and housing, as she set out the government’s spending plans until the end of the decade. The chancellor also promised more money for artificial intelligence and transport projects, saying “renewing Britain” was at the heart of her plans. But the ...

The government has set out plans to end the use of hotels to hold asylum seekers by 2029, a move Rachel Reeves says will save £1bn a year. Unveiling her Spending Review on Wednesday, the chancellor pledged £200m to “cut the asylum backlog, hear more appeal cases and return people who have no right to be here”. Ministers say hotels ...

The UK has agreed a deal with the European Union over Gibraltar’s status after Brexit. Talks on rules governing the border between Spain and the British Overseas Territory have been ongoing since the UK left the EU in 2020. The UK said the agreement would avoid the need for checks on people and goods crossing the Gibraltar-Spain border. For travellers ...

All the talk of departmental budgets and fiscal rules may feel somewhat distant from the cost of food shopping and your finances. The Spending Review is not a Budget in which taxes are changed or a host of new policies announced. But, don’t be fooled, it will have an impact on you and your money. Here are seven ways you ...

Sir Keir Starmer has defended the UK’s £3.4bn deal to hand over sovereignty of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius, while retaining control of a UK-US military base on Diego Garcia. At prime minister’s questions, Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch called it a “terrible” deal and asked “why on earth” British taxpayers should be paying for tax cuts in Mauritius. Last week, ...

At a time when everyone is obsessing over croissants and avocado toast as the best breakfast options, flavorful Indian breakfasts are finally getting their moment in the global sun. In its latest edition of the 50 Best Breakfasts in the World, food guide TasteAtlas has named three Indian staples among the top contenders: Misal, Chole Bhature, and Paratha. A Maharashtra ...

The Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) has announced that testing will resume at selected public hospitals across the country on a limited scale within the next 10 days. Professor Dr. Halimur Rashid, Director of the DGHS’s Infectious Diseases Control Wing, confirmed on Tuesday that testing will initially begin at hospitals equipped with RT-PCR laboratories. “We are preparing to restart ...

BNP Standing Committee member Amir Khasru Mahmud Chowdhury has left for London to attend a pivotal meeting between Chief Adviser Muhammad Yunus and BNP Acting Chairman Tarique Rahman, set for Friday (June 13). Khasru departed from Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport on Tuesday night, confirmed Chattogram Metropolitan BNP Convener Ershad Ullah during a briefing with journalists in the port city. The ...

A man died after being electrocuted at Kulaura upazila in Moulvibazar district on Monday afternoon. The deceased was identified as Raju Pashi, 27, son of Uma Pashi of Joichondi union under the upazila. According to locals, he was electrocuted when trying to install power cutouts in a tea garden in the upazila. Kulaura Police Station officer-in-charge (OC) Md Golam Afsar ...

Chief Adviser (CA) Professor Muhammad Yunus on Wednesday dismissed any speculation about his participation in Bangladesh’s future elected government, saying neither he nor any of his cabinet colleagues have any such intention. “No way, no way,” Prof Yunus responded firmly when asked if he might seek a role in the next democratically elected government. “Our job is to ensure a ...