Discover

Curated articles from sources across the web

23953 articles from 16 sources
Government vows to make business rate valuations for pubs and hotels fairer
T
The Guardian · World

Government vows to make business rate valuations for pubs and hotels fairer

Review will look at improving system for English and Welsh hospitality venues before next revaluation date in 2029 The government has promised that business rate valuations will be “made fairer” for pubs and hotels in England and Wales, as Andy Burnham faces growing calls to help the UK’s struggling...

Lauren Almeida
Read
Burnham to visit Ukraine with promise of boost for Kyiv’s long-range missiles
T
The Guardian · World

Burnham to visit Ukraine with promise of boost for Kyiv’s long-range missiles

PM will use independence day trip to announce sharing of classified information about Storm Shadow componentsBritain will boost Ukraine’s capacity to make its own long-range missiles, Andy Burnham will announce on Monday, as he travels to Kyiv for the country’s independence day on his first foreign...

Kiran Stacey in London and Dan Sabbagh in Dnipro
Read
UK productivity growing faster than official figures suggest, thinktank finds
T
The Guardian · World

UK productivity growing faster than official figures suggest, thinktank finds

Resolution Foundation suggests economy may finally be emerging from shadow of 2008 financial crisisProductivity in the UK – a vital measure of economic health – is growing more strongly than official figures suggest, according to analysis from the Resolution Foundation.The thinktank suggests the cha...

Heather Stewart Economics editor
Read
Eight-year-old dies after contracting rare brain-eating amoeba in Louisiana
T
The Guardian · World

Eight-year-old dies after contracting rare brain-eating amoeba in Louisiana

Lillian Smart of Ruston infected with fatal Naegleria fowleri, likely after swimming in Lake Claiborne, health officials sayAn eight-year-old Louisiana girl has died after contracting a rare, typically fatal brain-eating amoeba after a swim in Lake Claiborne.Lillian Smart, of Ruston, died on Saturda...

Marina Dunbar
Read
Landslide at waste mound in Guinea capital kills 30, government says
T
The Guardian · World

Landslide at waste mound in Guinea capital kills 30, government says

Dump site in Conakry, which minister had just promised to move, collapsed after heavy rain in west African stateA ⁠landslide at a huge waste dump in Guinea’s capital has killed 30 people, the government said on Sunday, after heavy rains overnight prompted it to ⁠collapse, engulfing nearby tents and...

Reuters
Read
Reform says it would put foreign-born UK citizens lower on social housing list
T
The Guardian · World

Reform says it would put foreign-born UK citizens lower on social housing list

UK-born married couples under 35 with children would get priority under proposals to be outlined by Farage’s partyBritish citizens who were born abroad would be made to wait longer for social housing under proposals to be announced by Reform UK on Monday.Nigel Farage’s party will announce the policy...

Kiran Stacey Policy editor
Read

Reading List