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Catch the latest Financial News EventsGovernments controlling prices? It has long been unthinkable – but may now be inevitable | Andy Beckett
In Mexico and Spain, leaders who have capped public costs have been rewarded at the ballot box. As another cost of living surge arrives, it may be a policy our leaders are unable to resist Politicians are not supposed to meddle with prices. Even though much of...
Social media has led to a ‘complete rewiring of childhood’, says minister– UK politics live
The government has published new guidance for parents that says under-fives should be limited to one hour of screen time a dayJosh MacAlister, the minister for children and families, said there has been “a complete rewiring of childhood” over the last decade due to...
Starmer vows to ‘fight’ social media firms to protect children from addiction
Prime minister says government needs to show it is on families’ side as new screen-time guidance launched• UK politics live – latest updatesKeir Starmer has promised a “fight” with social media firms amid efforts to limit children’s use of mobile phones, tablets and...
A war of regression: how Trump bombed the US into a worse position with Iran
Analysts fear Iran has played a weak hand well and the US has blundered into a defining strategic failureMiddle East crisis – live updatesFour weeks into a war that was going to take four days, and that has so far cost the US about $30-40bn and Israel $300m a day,...