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The Daily Telegraph leads with the breakdown of talks between Russian President Vladimir Putin and US President Donald Trump over Ukraine. It says they were called off because Russia refused to accept America's terms for a ceasefire, external. It is, the Times says, a "tax raid" on the middle class which could yield £2bn for the Treasury. A number of papers continue to explore Prince Andrew's living arrangements at Royal Lodge on the Windsor Estate. But the Daily Telegraph says Prince Andrew's future at Royal Lodge is in doubt, external after the collapse of a business deal.

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However, plenty of UK unis aren’t all that great for getting you a job. The Times and The Sunday Times Good University Guide 2026 includes plenty of info about which the worst unis for grad jobs are. The absolute worst UK uni for getting you a grad job in 2026 is apparently the University for the Creative Arts. None of the famous Russell Group unis made it into the bottom 25 worst UK unis for grad jobs. So, here are the 25 worst UK unis for grad jobs, according to The Times and The Sunday Times Good University Guide 2026:25.

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Having started cycling 10 years ago, Diane Maciver, 52, has since co-founded She Pedals Scotland and Get on a Bike to champion greater inclusion in the sport. Her efforts have been rewarded by British Cycling, who have recognised her efforts to use cycling to bring people together and make a positive difference. The British Cycling Awards are an annual opportunity to recognise and reward the contributions of our members, volunteers, clubs, and riders. “There's always been a stigma that cycling has been a more male-dominated sport with the phrase ‘men in lycra’,” said Maciver. Get involved with British Cycling volunteering opportunities at https://www.britishcycling.org.uk/volunteering

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Acknowledgment that the U.S.-China nuclear deterrence relationship is one of mutually assured destruction could, in theory, eliminate a major driver of not just the Chinese but also a U.S. nuclear buildup. At best, Golden Dome will represent a slight upgrade to existing U.S. ICBM defenses, which China can already easily surmount. It should be uncontroversial for U.S. officials to explain this point in U.S.-China dialogue, as it is evident from the history of U.S. ICBM defenses and current administration practices. However, without sustained, high-level strategic dialogue, U.S.-China nuclear planning is more likely to be based on worst-case assumptions about rival intentions rather than on accurate understandings of threat drivers and how to address them. Moreover, the absence of unconditional nuclear strategic dialogue is not just confined to the U.S.-China rivalry, and afflicts other nuclear-armed states.

Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Get our free View from Westminster email Email * SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our Privacy noticeLawyers, GPs and accountants will reportedly face higher taxes as Rachel Reeves looks to top up the Treasury’s coffers by targeting the wealthy. But Ms Reeves is preparing to announce changes to the system in her Budget, as reported by The Times. But the charge is expected to be levied at a slightly lower rate than the employers’ rate of national insurance. Ms Reeves is also expected to announce a “mansion tax”, imposing capital gains tax on the sale of the most expensive homes.

Brogan Stewart liked to refer to himself as the “Führer” in his group chat with fellow neo-Nazis. At his home in Tingley, a village in northern England, a swastika flag hung on his bedroom wall. On Jan. 23 last year, Mr. Stewart, then 24, wrote in a private Telegram chat: “The time for talk is now over. Unknown to him, three of the seven people on that call on Feb. 5, 2024, were undercover operatives deployed by counterterrorism police and MI5, the British security service. All these details were recounted at a two-month trial at Sheffield Crown Court, where last week Mr. Stewart and two co-conspirators, Christopher Ringrose, 35, and Marco Pitzettu, 26, were sentenced to between eight and 11 years in prison for “preparing acts of terrorism.” All three men had denied the charge, and told the trial that they were not in reality planning violence, but instead engaging in edgy “banter” that aimed to shock.

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Tomorrow (Thursday), the wet and windy conditions may cause travel disruption, flooding, power cuts and damage to buildings within the alert areas, according to the Met Office. A yellow weather warning for rain covers most of southern England, the east Midlands, parts of Wales and Yorkshire and is in place all of Thursday until 9pm. Some areas, particularly North Devon, Cornwall and in the east of England, could exceed this amount of rain, the Met Office added. For the majority of the yellow alert area, gusts of up to 55mph are expected with 65mph possible near coasts, the Met Office said. In an online forecast, Met Office meteorologist Aidan McGivern said some “very unsettled weather” caused by low pressure was expected from tonight into Thursday.

The current situation – the doctorsWhen someone is employed, their employer applies employer national insurance to their pay packet. So, for example, if a hospital has £118k to pay its doctors, about £16k comes out immediately as employer national insurance. The doctor only ever sees the remaining £100k – and of course pays income tax and employee national insurance on it. Someone earning (say) £6m would pay £414k more tax if employer national insurance applied to their pay. This becomes quite hard to fix unless employer national insurance (or something equivalent) is applied to all the self-employed (and see further below).

Economists at Pantheon Macroeconomics predicted that higher motor fuel and airfare prices would help drive inflation to 4% in September. (PA Graphics)September’s predicted jump in inflation could represent a peak in the rising cost of living for UK households. However, the increase is based on either this inflation rate, average earnings growth between May and July, or 2.5%. Given earnings growth was confirmed as 4.8%, the inflation rate will only be used if there is a shock acceleration beyond this level. However, higher inflation would also contribute to a higher tax take, with the September rate also typically used to calculate some annual tax increases such as for business rates.