Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has dismissed proposals to align Capital Gains Tax rates with income tax, despite pressure from influential Labour figures. Critics cautioned that such a move could prompt high-net-worth individuals to leave the UK.
The Scottish Conservatives have launched their general election manifesto, pledging substantial income tax cuts for low, middle, and high earners, along with pensioners. Leader Russell Findlay outlined a vision focused on economic growth, improved public services, and firmly opposing Scottish independence.
The UK government has retracted its offer of 1,000 additional doctor training posts in England after the British Medical Association (BMA) refused to cancel a six-day resident doctor strike. The BMA has labelled the decision "extremely disappointing", while the Department of Health and Social Care cites operational and financial infeasibility due to the industrial action.
Republican Clay Fuller, endorsed by Donald Trump, has won the Georgia runoff election to replace Marjorie Taylor Greene, maintaining the party's narrow majority in the House of Representatives.
