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Speaking at the World Economic Forum event at Davos, the Chancellor of the Exchequer said there was a need for some "guard-rails" around generative AI.

Accounting and business advisory firm BDO said it has recorded UK employment at its weakest since August 2013 in its latest employment index report

Tobias Ellwood said that the majority of Taliban members aren't fundamentalists, claiming many join the group for social and tribal reasons

Since 2012 – more than a decade after the Post Office accounting scandal began – the public sector has awarded Fujitsu almost 200 contracts worth £6.8billion in total, analyst says

It’s great that Keir Starmer and Labour want the highest growth in the G7, writes Mirror columnist Keir Mudie, but what does that mean for food prices, for the NHS, for mortgages?

Owners of the Hargreaves Cafe, near one of Mr Sunak's campaign stops in Buxton, Derbyshire, advertised an extra 5% off for customers who say "go home Rishi"

Shadow Chancellor Rachel Reeves said that rather than hike levies on wages such as national insurance and income tax, a Labour government would strive to cut them

As the election year opens, the PM was said to be launching a campaign to reach out to as many voters as possible to brag about the good things the Tories have done

By contrast, Keir Starmer set out a con­­vincing plan for rebuilding the country. The Labour leader pledged to reinvigorate the economy, cut household bills, nurse the NHS back to health, transform England’s schools and put more police on the streets

Despite his best efforts, Rishi Sunak has started to develop an unfortunate reputation for being thin-skinned and tetchy when grilled over Government failings

In a brutal verdict on the Tories' record in office, a majority also believe life has got worse in Britain since 2010, including among more than half of those who voted Conservative in 2019

Judging by the frenzied activity from both Labour and the Tories in the remaining days of 2023, Mirror columnist Keir Mudie reckons an election could be coming in either spring or autumn

Mary Earps, Millie Bright and Lauren Hemp joined diverse figures from Sajid Javid, Tim Martin, Tony Blackburn and the Archbishop of Canterbury on the New Year Honours List

Ministers announced pint size wine will be stocked on Britain’s shelves next year 'thanks to new freedoms from leaving the EU - but it was branded 'swings and roundabouts'

Nicolas Aujula forecasts another stressful year for the Royal Family and a major milestone for Donald Trump, while he believes 'extreme, far-right politics will make a dark comeback' in 2024

It comes as a new poll found two thirds of Brits were making Christmas cutbacks - with 47% saying the cost of living crisis would make this Christmas "worse than previous ones"

Gross domestic product, which is a measure of the size and health of the economy, was downgraded for the three months from July to September, new figures show

The Home Office appears to have issued an embarrassing climbdown on a hike in the threshold for family visas, quietly announcing it will raise it to a lower figure

A Christmas wish list drawn up by a little girl has left people 'infuriated' after it was filled with 'unreasonable' requests. But others say a whole point of a wish list is to dream big

The then-Chancellor Rishi Sunak dropped the idea in June 2020 after Treasury officials found 'substantial challenges and risks' such as the risk of theft, fraud and loss

Appearing before the Commons Liaison Committee, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was asked if lies awake at night thinking about the gulf between the rich and poor in Britain

The Treasury has announced a carbon border adjustment mechanism so UK manufacturing firms, including in the steel industry, are not undercut by imports from foreign firms

A study by he Common Wealth think tank has revealed that 40% of the licences for North Sea oil and gas are owned by firms based abroad, with profits going to overseas companies and investors

Households are expected to spend an average of £279 on Christmas presents this year, but a typical family is likely to be hit with £800 worth of tax hikes as a result of Mr Hunt’s decision to freeze income tax thresholds

After a tough year for retailers, Brits are predicted to spend well over £3billion on last-minute Christmas gift shopping in the coming week - especially on 'Stampede Saturday'