The government has pledged to halve violence against women and girls (Picture: In Pictures via Getty Images) More investment will be needed if the government wants to achieve its promise to cut violence against women and girls in half, Keir Starmer has been warned. A major spending review set to be announced by Chancellor Rachel
It’s easy to tap and pay (Picture: Getty Images) When Covid forced the high street to go digital and turned handling physical money into a health risk, some businesses decided to stop accepting cash altogether. As a result, cash use fell by 35% in 2020 alone, the steepest drop in a years-long downward trajectory. Just
Washington faces a budget battle to raise the debt ceiling and avoid default. The Treasury is using extraordinary measures to maintain payments, with funds depleting rapidly. But Treasurys with maturities nearing the date when the cash runs out are trading cheaply. It’s that time again when Washington braces itself to go to battle over the
The Government may reportedly cut the allowance on cash ISAs to encourage more people to invest their savings The number of cash ISAs on offer has risen to the highest figure on record – at the same time the Treasury mulls the possibility of axeing them at the next Budget. At the start of February
I have to confess to something. I grew up completely vegetarian in India. When I came to the US at the age of 18, I was a good tennis player, but had almost no strength, the kind required for the power tennis played in college here. After getting demolished in a division 3 tennis match