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National Insurance
organizationNational Insurance on employee wages will be cut by 2p in the pound from April 6. The tax will drop from 10% to 8% for employees. The self-employed rate will fall from 8 to six per cent. Average employee will end up with £450 in their pocket.
Dean Phillips
personDemocratic Rep. Dean Phillips, 55, is heir to one of America's largest liquor dynasties. Phillips was the only elected Democrat to challenge Biden for the presidency. Phillips' exit came hours after GOP candidate Nikki Haley announced her own decision to suspend her presidential bid.
Jeremy Hunt
personTUC general secretary Paul Nowak says more austerity is 'baked in' Warns 'zombie' Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has put forward a 'deeply cynical' budget. Nikki Haley has announced the suspension of her presidential campaign.
GOP
organizationThe Kentucky Senate voted overwhelmingly Tuesday to grant a parent the right to collect child support for unborn children. Steve Garvey secured a U.S. Senate showdown with Democratic Rep. Adam Schiff. North Carolina Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson won the GOP primary to become his party's nominee for governor.
Jeremy Hunt
personChild Benefit threshold hiked from £50k to £60k - meaning nobody earning under will pay the charge. Tax credit will be focused on UK independent films with a budget of less than £15 million. Theatre sector received tax relief of 40% for productions and 45% for touring shows.
Donald Trump
personFormer President Donald Trump swept to victory in statewide nominating contests across the country Tuesday. Trump won the Republican votes in 14 of 15 states – including delegate-rich California and Texas – brushing aside former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley. On the Democrat side, President Joe Biden (D) won, grabbing the states’s 495 delegates.
Nikki Haley
personFormer South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley announced Wednesday morning she would be suspending her presidential campaign after a poor showing on Super Tuesday. Former US President Donald Trump has become the presumptive Republican nominee in the 2024 election.
Jeff Bezos
personAmazon founder, 60, has a net worth of $230,000,00,000 (about £158,000,.000,000) This beats Musk, the chief executive of Tesla and SpaceX, by a pitiful £1,600,000. Musk dethroned from the top of the Bloomberg Billionaires Index.
Gary Goldsmith
personGary Goldsmith, 58, is the brother of Carole Middleton and uncle to Kate, Pippa and James. His appearance on the show sparked criticism due to the fact he was fined and given a community order in 2017 for assaulting his wife. Charity Women's Aid says he should not be allowed to appear on show.
Tesla
organizationElon Musk dethroned from the top of the Bloomberg Billionaires Index after Tesla shares dropped by 7.2 per cent on Monday. Musk now has a net worth of $US197.7 billion ($303.8 billion); Bezos’ fortune is $US200.3 billion. US stocks closed lower on Tuesday, led by the tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite.
Elon Musk
personElon Musk lost his position atop the Bloomberg Billionaires Index to Jeff Bezos after shares in Tesla tumbled 7.2 per cent. Musk now has a net worth of $US197.7 billion ($303.8 billion); Bezos’ fortune is $US200.3 billion. Bezos, Musk, and Bernard Arnault have been jostling for the top spot for years.
Meta
organizationOutage began around 10am ET, hitting hundreds of thousands of users worldwide. Outage comes after global Meta crash sends company's stock price tumbling. Mark Zuckerberg lost approximately $100 million in revenue Tuesday morning.
Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp all experiencing issues this afternoon. Over 50,000 people have complained of issues according to Downdetector. Issues lasted around one-and-a-half hours, but now said to be fixed.
Outage started around 3 p.m. and is ongoing, with no word on when it will be fixed. Users were unable to load apps, deliver messages and refresh their search feeds. More than 300,000 reports of outages on Facebook.
Sam Kerr
personSam Kerr has been charged with racially aggravated harassment of a police officer. Alleged incident occurred before last year's FIFA World Cup in Australia and New Zealand. Football Australia CEO James Johnson said there is no place for racism in sport.
The U.S. Supreme Court
organizationThe Justices unanimously reversed a December 19 decision by Colorado's top court to kick Mr. Trump off the State's Republican primary ballot. Trump's eligibility had been challenged in court by a group of six voters in Colorado.
Gunners
organizationArsenal beat Sheffield United 6-0 at Bramall Lane on Monday night. Gunners scored five goals in the first-half thanks to Martin Odegaard, a Jayden Bogle own goal, Gabriel Martinelli, Kai Havertz and Declan Rice. Chris Wilder's side have been getting unceremoniously battered at home - losing both their last 2 league games 5-0.
The Supreme Court
organizationJustices heard oral arguments about the case on February 8 and were not expected to issue a decision until March. The decision by the conservative-majority court means the Republican front-runner's name will appear on voting slips in the Colorado primary.
Donald Trump
personThe US Supreme Court ruled unanimously on Monday that Donald Trump is eligible to run for president again. Justices heard oral arguments about the case on February 8 and were not expected to issue a decision until March. The outcome ends efforts in Colorado, Illinois, Maine and elsewhere to kick Trump off the ballot because of his attempts to undo his 2020 election loss.
Spotify
organizationEuropean Commission said that Apple had abused its dominant position in the market for distributing music streaming apps. Apple hit back at both the commission and Spotify, saying it would appeal the penalty. Apple has vehemently denied the allegations and plans to appeal the decision.