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  • A family amid the corrugated iron shanty house slums of Nairobi

    Inequality
    World’s billionaires should pay minimum 2% wealth tax, say G20 ministers

    Brazil, Germany, Spain and South Africa sign motion for fairer tax system to deliver £250bn a year extra to fight poverty and climate crisis
    • Car insurance
      Firms agree to crack down on ‘poverty premium’

    • Energy
      Share of electricity generated by fossil fuels in Great Britain drops to record low

    • Tech
      Meta says revenue will be weak as it spends even more on AI

    • Ryanair
      French strike forces airline to cancel more than 300 flights across Europe

    • Fossil fuels
      New rule compels US coal-fired power plants to capture emissions – or shut down

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Opinion & analysis

  • Huddersfield train station

    Analysis
    Labour’s plans for Great British Railways all but set up by Tory government

  • A silver logo on the bonnet of a black Tesla in Los Angeles, California

    Explainer
    How soon can Tesla get its more affordable car to the market?

  • Tourists on Rialto bridge, in Venice, Italy.

    Q&A
    Venice access fee: what is it and how much does it cost?

  • London Stock Exchange logo in front of FTSE 100 index share price information

    FTSE 100 is an international laggard despite its record high

    Nils Pratley
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Spotlight

  • ‘Running tens of thousands in debt from the tour and I’m being told that it’s normal’ … Arooj Aftab performing in Brooklyn in June 2023.

    Music industry
    The shocking truth about the money bands make on tour

    As Taylor Swift tops $1bn in tour revenue, musicians playing smaller venues are facing pitiful fees and frequent losses. Should the state step in to save our live music scene?

Multimedia

  • Post Office inquiry
    Former executive 'truly, truly sorry' over Horizon scandal – video

  • Saga home insurance website promising a good deal on insurance.

    Caring for the elderly? Not with Saga’s 220% price hike

  • Matches Fashion will be put into administration. matchesfashion.com

    Matchesfashion strikes a sour note as my £902 goes missing

    • England childcare scheme may struggle to deliver places, finds ‘damning’ report

    • Leading UK lenders raise fixed-rate mortgage deals amid ‘market uncertainty’

    • Unregulated ‘identity tracers’ harass people for debts they do not owe

    • How to refurnish your garden for free (or at a low, low cost)

    • Counterfeit barcode stamps furore carries echoes of Horizon scandal

    • ‘Every penny has a purpose’: the rise of zero-based budgeting

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