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Demonstrators are demanding an increase in the minimum wage and higher salaries for all workers, among other reforms.
Demonstrators are demanding an increase in the minimum wage and higher salaries for all workers, among other reforms.
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<p>Hundreds of first responders worked to control the blaze, and a lithium-ion battery was found at the scene</p><p>Six people died in a fire that roared through a residential home in New York City early on Thursday and seven others were injured, including three firefighters, the city’s fire department said.</p><p>The major fire was reported in the early hours in Brooklyn and brought more than 200 first responders rushing to attend to the blaze and those trapped by it, in the city borough’s Sunset Park neighborhood.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/nov/05/six-people-dead-brooklyn-fire">Continue reading...</a>
<p>Review by ex-Met chief, expected to be published within weeks, calls for reduction from 39 forces to between nine and 18</p><p>The number of police forces in England should be cut from 39 to as few as nine super forces, an official review ordered by the government has concluded.</p><p>The review, carried out by the former Met police commissioner Bernard Hogan-Howe, is yet to be published. Doubts are growing among some chief constables about the radical plans contained in Lord Hogan-Howe’s review.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/nov/05/cut-number-of-police-forces-england-hogan-howe-review">Continue reading...</a>
<p>Bank’s decision goes contrary to analysis from Office for Budget Responsibility that predicts lower inflation and little impetus for wage growth</p><ul><li><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/nov/05/bank-of-england-raises-interest-rates-first-increase-for-more-than-three-years"><strong>Bank of England raises interest rates to 4%</strong></a></p></li><li><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/business/live/2026/nov/05/bank-of-england-interest-rate-decision-pound-inflation-oil-iran-stock-markets-latest-news-updates"><strong>Business live – latest updates</strong></a></p></li></ul><p>An interest rate rise by the Bank of England to 4% is a big call when households are suffering from a second <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/business/cost-of-living-crisis">cost of living crisis</a> in four years.</p><p>Many people will be incredulous when they hear of the decision to increase the cost of borrowing by 0.25 percentage points, looking around their neighbourhood for signs of a booming economy.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/nov/05/interest-rate-rise-in-midst-of-cost-of-living-crisis-will-leave-many-incredulous">Continue reading...</a>
<p>Cohort who were told they could apply for indefinite leave now face ‘distress and uncertainty’ over 30-year ‘earned settlement’ plans</p><p>Shabana Mahmood has been accused of causing “distress and uncertainty” to hundreds of thousands of refugees by quietly introducing plans to force them to wait up to 30 years before being granted the right to settle in the UK.</p><p>The Refugee Council said the home secretary’s hardening of plans came despite her personal reassurances last year that only “illegal entrants who are not refugees will face a 30-year wait for settlement”.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/nov/05/shabana-mahmood-accused-hardening-immigration-plans-200000-successful-asylum-applicants">Continue reading...</a>