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Europe’s supermarkets hit by new wave of cyberattacks targeting fridges

A spokesperson for the company said it is aware of an “IT incident affecting the refrigeration systems in a number of Delhaize stores.” A spokesperson for Colruyt, which operates Spar stores in Belgium, said in a…

Is the NHS still safe enough – and if not, what needs to change?

Waiting lists came down, we were offered a greater choice of providers through a new Choose and Book scheme and walk-in centres were set up, meaning patients could be seen on the day in the community for urgent health…

Government making up China policy as it goes along, say MPs

The committee said in its report that decision-making had been characterised by "inconsistency" and was heightening national security risks. It called on ministers to block the transfer of sensitive data to China, give…

Calum Davies: The failed experiment – the case for the abolition of National devolution in Wales

Calum’s pamphlet The Failed Experiment can be read here and is linked in the text When it comes to Scottish independence, Brexit, and second referendums we usually get an answer – even from opponents of another poll –…

King mulls De Wever’s resignation as Belgian budget talks fail

Budget talks have been ongoing for weeks, with tensions emerging mostly between the Flemish socialists of Forward and the Francophone center-right Reformist Movement. The former asked for more contributions from the…

Has Shabana Mahmood won her immigration tussle?

A year after the plans were first proposed, Sam Coates and Anne McElvoy look at whether Labour has quashed the internal rebellion and how much influence Angela Rayner has had on the PM’s position. Plus, as the…

Why does Reform want the government to bailout Poundland?

In an interview with Fraser Nelson on Sky News yesterday, Mr Jenrick was asked about his comments pertaining to the highstreet chain Poundland. Poundland needs no introduction. An idea to be marvelled at rather than a…

Matthew Jeffery: Why the Hell aren’t Britain’s parents angry about their children’s future?

Britain’s parents have no shortage of things to get angry about. Taxes. Crime. NHS waiting lists. Potholes. Petrol prices. Even the ending of The Traitors . Yet when it comes to something that should have us absolutely…

Richard Fuller: You can’t tax your way to growth

Last week’s Budget was the third tax raising budget from a Labour government addicted to borrowing. Healey has failed to address the fundamental problems facing Britain. Taxes are rising again, borrowing continues to…

Peter Crossen: Labour are leaving community infrastructure to wither

There is a crisis developing across Britain that is receiving remarkably little attention in Westminster. You will not yet find it dominating the headlines or captured neatly in the monthly economic statistics. You can…