Independent Front Page 20th of November 2024
Ukraine has launched US-supplied long-range missiles into Russia for the first time, following President Biden’s approval and prompting Moscow to assert it may consider a nuclear response to such attacks.
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An independent Scotland would inherit a fiscal hole because of lower than expected tax revenues, according to an analysis by the Financial Times. The FT says Brexit and coronavirus have increased the nation’s budget deficit and would have an impact if Scotland left the UK by the middle of the decade. But the paper says the SNP is reiterating its calculations from 2018 that show pre-Covid tax revenues would cover all devolved spending on day-to-day public services and says independence would allow Scotland to make the best economic choices.
Independent Front Page 17th of November 2024
William Hague has criticised Peter Mandelson for attempting to become the UK’s new envoy in the US while also seeking to be chancellor of the University of Oxford, arguing that holding both positions would be incompatible.
Independent Front Page 16th of November 2024
Lords have called for the resentencing of 2,700 prisoners trapped under abolished Imprisonment for Public Protection orders, highlighting the wider issue of indefinite jail terms and comparing it to past justice scandals.
Independent Front Page 15th of November 2024
Chancellor Rachel Reeves, speaking at Mansion House, announced plans to ease banking regulations in an effort to regain the trust of the financial sector and promote economic growth.