Author: James Carter

John Longworth, chairman of the Independent Business Network, says Labour’s “anti-growth” policies threaten family firms. Mr Burnham has not committed the UK to rejoining the EU. Britain faces “economic disaster” and the demise of family businesses if Labour keeps pursuing “anti-growth” policies, the chairman of the Independent Business Network (IBN) has warned. John Longworth made the claim in a Budget submission to the Treasury. He said rejoining the European Union, a long-term possibility floated by Prime Minister Andy Burnham, would be “insanity”. The IBN, which champions family-owned businesses, urges a radical change of course. What the IBN says Mr Longworth…

Depute leader Keith Brown says “every single penny” of the new energy wealth fund should be spent on Scotland’s renewables future. The UK Government has been contacted for comment. The SNP has demanded that the UK Labour Government rule out using revenue from Scotland’s oil and gas industry to pay for nuclear energy in England. Depute leader Keith Brown said “every single penny” of the Government’s new energy wealth fund should be spent on Scotland’s renewables future. The fund was announced alongside approval of the Jackdaw gas field near Aberdeen earlier this week. The Chancellor is to establish it with…

Big investors fear a Democratic-controlled Congress could bring years of hearings and investigations into AI firms, according to the New York Post’s On The Money column. Anthropic is reportedly preparing to list before Thanksgiving, while OpenAI says it will not go public this year. Wall Street advisers are telling Anthropic and OpenAI to launch their blockbuster stock market flotations sooner rather than later, according to the New York Post’s On The Money column. The concern, it reports, goes beyond the risk of an AI bubble. Investors fear that if Democrats win control of Congress in November, executives could face hostile…

New rules for bookings made from 20 November 2026 stop hosts requiring guests to do time-consuming cleaning, though light tidying can still be requested. Airbnb has announced a global change that will stop hosts from making guests carry out time-consuming checkout chores. The policy applies to new bookings made from 20 November 2026. Hosts will no longer be able to require guests to wash and put away dishes, strip bed linen, do laundry or take rubbish away as a condition of checking out. The platform says the rules are meant to end expectations that guests will do work normally done…

Lucas Miles calls the parliamentary questioning of church leader Bruce Hales a “canary in the coal mine” for American religious freedom. The committee is examining alleged coordinated campaigning at Australia’s 2025 federal election, which the church denies. A faith leader at Turning Point USA has asked President Donald Trump to intervene after Australian MPs questioned the leader of the Plymouth Brethren Christian Church about his beliefs. Lucas Miles, the group’s vice president of faith, told Fox News Digital he has contacted the White House Faith Office and several administration officials. He wants diplomatic pressure applied to Prime Minister Anthony Albanese…

The National Education Union says adopting the IHRA definition in schools is the “wrong approach” and would have a “chilling” effect, while the Conservatives say the review does not go far enough on unions. Labour is facing criticism from Britain’s largest teaching union over a review of antisemitism in schools and colleges in England. The National Education Union (NEU) says the Government is taking the “wrong approach” by asking all schools to adopt the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) definition of antisemitism. The proposal is one of 27 recommendations in an independent review by Sir David Bell, which Education Secretary…

The Democratic House nominee says he was held by the Israeli military while helping with an olive harvest. Israel says he entered a restricted area without coordination. Lander disputes this and says he was released after about three hours. Israel’s Foreign Ministry has criticised Brad Lander, the Democratic nominee for a New York House seat, after he said he was detained by the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) on Wednesday while taking part in an olive harvest in the West Bank. Mr Lander, a former New York City comptroller, filmed himself on a bus saying he had been held with a…

Mr Moon says he referred himself to the party over a £50,000 loan taken out by a business he co-owns, and insists the application was made “in good faith”. He is the second Labour MP to lose the whip over pandemic loans. Perran Moon, the Labour MP for Camborne and Redruth, is understood to have lost the Labour whip while the party investigates a Covid-era loan taken out by a company he co-owns. Mr Moon referred himself to party officials so that questions about the emergency finance could be examined. Companies House records show he co-owns Autoswot Limited, an online…

US prosecutors say Abdulrahman Alfozan was in frequent contact with a Saudi royal and that a Saudi military official paid for his family’s flight home after his arrest. They have not alleged that the Saudi government ordered the surveillance. Federal prosecutors say a former OpenAI engineer accused of planting a recording device in an executive conference room appears to have received considerable support from the Saudi government. A court filing, made public late on Sunday, says Abdulrahman Alfozan, 35, was in frequent contact with an unnamed member of the Saudi royal family. It also says a Saudi military official paid…

The vice president told a CBS News town hall that his wife and four young children could influence his decision, but that he has not made up his mind. Vice President JD Vance has said there is “a chance” he will not run for president in 2028, even though he is widely seen as the frontrunner to succeed Donald Trump as the Republican nominee. He made the remark at a CBS News town hall in Michigan. He said his family, including his wife Usha and their four young children, would help shape the decision. Mr Vance has not announced a…