Winter fuel payments will extend to everyone over the state pension age with an income of or below £35,000 a year, Chancellor Rachel Reeves has announced. Sky News
Rachel Reeves will turn around the economy the way Steve Jobs turned around Apple, a cabinet minister has suggested ahead of the upcoming spending review. Sky News
Chancellor Rachel Reeves is set to announce how much cash each government department gets over the next few years at the spending review on 11 June. Sky News
Rachel Reeves has confirmed more pensioners will be eligible for winter fuel payments this year - but confusion remains over how the threshold could be changed. Sky News
The government is launching a new £187 million government “TechFirst” programme to bring digital skills and AI learning into classrooms and communities and train up people of all ages and backgrounds for the tech careers of the future. Telecoms minister Chris Bryant said: "We rekcon that by 2030, 10 million jobs in the UK will have some element of AI or computing as part of their responsibility."
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Sir Keir Starmer has praised the advances of AI saying it can be "hugely transformative" for the UK. In a speech delivered at London Tech Week on Monday morning, the prime minister said his government is launching a new skills programme which will allow pupils to get the skills and tools needed to get the AI-powered jobs.
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Israeli troops have intercepted a ship trying to bring humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip and have detained activists onboard, including Greta Thunberg. Ms Thunberg spoke to ITV News before the interception, saying
she anticipated the move from Israeli forces.
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Both Labour and Conservatives have raised red flags over a proposed Chinese super-embassy in London. Shadow Home Secretary Chris Philp said the US was right to be concerned, claiming Labour is “cosying up to China” at the cost of national security. Meanwhile, Technolgy Secretary Peter Kyle says the UK has longstanding, secure processes in place to monitor foreign diplomatic sites, adding the public should feel reassured. Report by Etemadil. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
In a stark address to Congress, Rep. Thomas Massie sounded the alarm over America’s growing national debt, calling a proposed spending measure the “Big Beautiful Bill” — a ticking time bomb...
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