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Number of UK top rate taxpayers set to surpass 1mn for the first time
Estimate by HM Revenue & Customs highlights the beneficial impact of ‘fiscal drag’ on state coffers
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Badenoch compares Labour equal pay plans to apartheid South Africa
Business secretary attacks ‘morally repellent’ proposal by main opposition party
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Biden vs Trump: tracking the 2024 US presidential ad battle
Live charts and maps of spending across the country as White House race heats up
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Biden and Trump launch rival ad blitzes ahead of presidential debate
President’s campaign pledges ‘show of force’ while Republican rival focuses on economy
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US in talks to send Israel’s Patriot systems to Ukraine
Transfer of up to eight batteries would mark shift in Israel’s relations with Moscow
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‘Let’s not go overboard’ on worries about AI energy use, Bill Gates says
Microsoft co-founder argues Big Tech’s investment in power-hungry artificial intelligence systems is spurring a boom in clean electricity
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What the Dutch central bank tells us about Bidenomics
Opinion polls suggest the US economy is imploding but hard data shows something else
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A safe space at the eye of the storm: onboard Rishi Sunak’s battle bus
UK prime minister kicks off final week of election campaigning with Tories still far behind in the polls




