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The government had hit business too hard when it raised employers’ National Insurance contributions in autumn 2024, followed by bigger than expected rises to minimum wage rates, and new employment rights, which had deterred businesses from hiring, investing and growing, he said.

The manner in which Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was killed by the US and Israel — at work in his office with family members present — evoked for Mikaeel Dayani one of the central stories of Shia Islam: the martyrdom of Imam Hussein, the third imam and grandson of the Prophet Mohammed. Dayani,…

Angie BrownEdinburgh and East reporter BBC There were flight cancellations and delays following the outage Passengers are experiencing delays and cancellations after an air traffic control outage led to the suspension of flights to and from Edinburgh Airport. Services resumed at 10:40 after flights were grounded for about two hours, with some passengers reporting being…

Danielle Kayeand Natalie Sherman Watch: Trump claims “prices are coming down” at a rally in Pennsylvania President Donald Trump has told a campaign-style rally that consumer prices are falling “tremendously”, as he seeks to allay voter anxiety about the cost of living in the US. In a speech at a casino in the battleground state…