
Andy Burnham cuts VAT on electricity bills in first cabinet meeting as PM
His new government starts cost-of-living relief, while EU leaders push for closer UK cooperation on energy and security.

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His new government starts cost-of-living relief, while EU leaders push for closer UK cooperation on energy and security.
Motivation, persistence, and school climate may be as decisive as academic achievement for whether students earn a degree.

A Florida governor hopeful wants data centers to use private electricity and water, not public systems.

A 221.6p-a-share cash offer and a 46.8% premium force Mitie into the private-equity shuffle, with reputational ripple effects.

His exit leaves the renamed Center for AI Standards and Innovation without permanent leadership during frontier-model oversight.

A $1.2 billion funding round gives Ant International ammunition for international expansion and merchant payments innovation.

From funding to regulation, the city-state is pushing tech-enabled care to meet an unusually fast demographic clock.

A new study links mild sleep deprivation to weight gain, adding another lever to manage downstream cardiometabolic risk.

The public Farnborough demo turns 15+ years of hybrid-electric propulsion research into flight data for fuel-saving aircraft power.

The stock’s first-day surge pushes SpaceX past $2 trillion, reshaping how investors and regulators think about private space risk.

First-day trading for the aerospace and AI company turned an unprecedented IPO into a $2tn-style market reckoning for public-market readiness.

SpaceX moves from rumor to price point: $135 per share signals a new bar for private-market exits and public-market gravity.