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Rishi Sunak is said to be targeting business tax rises to pay for the massive level of public spending during the pandemic – amid warnings that the economy could take a decade to recover. The Chancellor is mulling increases to capital gains tax – paid on shares and other asset sales to bring it into … Read more
It is an issue troubling some of the greatest minds in the world at the moment, from Bill Gates to Elon Musk. SpaceX and Tesla CEO Elon Musk described AI as our ‘biggest existential threat’ and likened its development as ‘summoning the demon’. He believes super intelligent machines could use humans as pets. Professor Stephen … Read more
Today was supposed to be the day on which political history would be made — with the debut of the Government’s first ‘West Wing-style’ Press secretary. The appointment of Allegra Stratton, an experienced print and broadcast journalist, as the face and voice of No 10 who would front weeknight TV briefings to a live audience … Read more
Devon Windsor is a bikini pinup on the beach as she continues to pose for shoots that use only her family members as crew amid COVID-19 By Heidi Parker For Dailymail.com Published: 19:53 GMT, 30 December 2020 | Updated: 19:53 GMT, 30 December 2020 Advertisement Vogue supermodel Devon Windsor has shared several images for her … Read more
London’s two oil majors racked up a day of heavy losses as traders nervously eyed the oil market. Oil prices tumbled after the biggest organisation of crude-producing countries, Opec+, failed on Sunday to reach a consensus about whether to extend the deep output cuts that have helped to buoy the market. Prices crashed at the … Read more
Former President Barack Obama recalled some of his early interactions with now President Donald Trump, before Trump started floating the so-called ‘birther’ conspiracy theory about Obama in the run-up to the 2012 election. In his new book, ‘A Promised Land,’ Obama writes that during the 2010 Deepwater Horizon crisis, Trump called up White House adviser … Read more
Former President Barack Obama recalled some of his early interactions with now President Donald Trump, before Trump started floating the so-called ‘birther’ conspiracy theory about Obama in the run-up to the 2012 election. In his new book, ‘A Promised Land,’ Obama writes that during the 2010 Deepwater Horizon crisis, Trump called up White House adviser … Read more
Welcome to the electric car revolution. In case you hadn’t realised, it’s already underway. This challenging year is proving to be a pivotal one in the fundamental shift away from petrol and diesel towards cleaner, greener battery power, from hybrid to fully electric (see Jargon Buster, below). Sales figures for the new ‘70’ plate in … Read more
Jaguar has added a new plug-in hybrid option to its compact E-Pace sports utility vehicle as part of its mid-life upgrade. The new P300e PHEV powertrain combines a sprightly new 200 horsepower 1.5-litre three-cylinder Ingenium petrol engine, 15kWh lithium-ion battery and a 109 horsepower (80kW) electric motor that combine to emit just 44 gram per kilometre … Read more
Instagram will prompt users to say if they have been paid to plug products before they post in bid to stop hidden adverts appearing on social networking site Instagram ‘influencers’ have been criticised for not flagging advertising posts The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) is clamping down on the adverts The issue of paid-for endorsements … Read more