HS2's demise may feel like a predictable betrayal as Sunak cancels the trains of the future

Appropriately, the railways weren’t working in Manchester on the day Rishi Sunak cancelled the trains of the long run. A strike left Manchester Piccadilly quiet whereas up the highway, within the convention centre that occupies the Victorian grandeur of the previous Manchester Central station, the prime minister tried to make sure high-speed rail won’t ever…

Massachusetts pay disclosure bill clears House as advocates, businesses cheer move

The Massachusetts House handed laws Wednesday that will require companies with a minimum of 25 workers to listing a wage or wage vary on a job posting, teeing it up for potential motion within the Senate earlier than formal periods finish for the yr in mid-November. Lawmakers need Massachusetts to fall according to 10 different…

Will mortgage rates change in October? Experts weigh in

By Holden Lewis | NerdWallet October mortgage charges forecast Die-hard dwelling patrons, pushed by life circumstances, will press ahead in October. Everyone else will be predisposed to attend for mortgage charges to fall, making houses extra reasonably priced. They’ll should bide their time for months, not for weeks. In September, mortgage charges reached their highest…

Buying cigarettes to become illegal at all ages eventually under PM plan

Rishi Sunak has pledged to lift the authorized age for purchasing cigarettes in England by one 12 months yearly in a crackdown on smoking. The prime minister stated the proposed laws would imply a “14-year-old today will never legally be sold a cigarette and that they and their generation can grow up smoke-free”. He stated…

Income too high for Medicaid? ‘Spend down’ to qualify

By Alex Rosenberg | NerdWallet More than 1.4 million folks have misplaced Medicaid protection in 2023 as a result of they now not meet the eligibility necessities, in keeping with August monitoring knowledge from KFF, a well being coverage nonprofit. After a pause on disenrollments through the COVID-19 public well being emergency, beneficiaries now should…

HS2 leg to Manchester axed – with 'Network North' pitched to voters instead

Rishi Sunak has confirmed the long-rumoured choice to scrap the northern leg of HS2. Reports the deliberate excessive velocity rail line would finish in Birmingham – fairly than persevering with as much as Manchester – have been circling for weeks, with sources telling Sky News on Monday the choice had been made. But the prime…

Consortium in pursuit of Ascential's Cannes Lions arm

A consortium of strategic and monetary buyers has approached Ascential, the FTSE 250 information and know-how group, with a bid to take over its Cannes Lions and different occasions operations. Sky News has learnt that Hyve, a non-public equity-backed exhibitions firm, and MediaLink, a media and advertising advisory agency owned by United Talent Agency, tabled…

Manchester City streaming partner bought by founder after insolvency

The founding father of a sports activities streaming service whose clients embrace Manchester City Football Club, the Premier League champions, has regained management of it days after the agency collapsed into administration. Sky News understands that Andy Meikle, who based Recast Sports in 2018, has engineered its buy from Interpath Advisory, which was appointed to…

Train strikes: Full list and how lines will be affected as Tube workers cancel industrial action

Thousands of rail employees and prepare drivers are occurring strike this month – with an extra time ban which began on Monday and mass disruption anticipated in the present day. But deliberate industrial motion by London Underground employees has been cancelled, it was introduced on Tuesday. RMT (the Rail, Maritime and Transport union) and ASLEF…

Tesco's price pledge as profits surge on higher sales

Tesco has stated that it’ll proceed to decrease grocery costs “wherever we can” whereas revealing a leap in gross sales and income. The UK’s greatest retailer stated it anticipated the outlook for meals inflation to proceed to ease within the run as much as Christmas regardless of upwards pressures remaining on procuring payments. Experts have…