Tax cuts for the rich don’t help the rest. Don’t take my word for it, ask the IMF | Greg Jericho

A new study by the IMF examining the impacts of tax cuts has found that while lowering tax rates for the rich will stimulate the economy, it does so at the great cost of increased inequality. Most damningly, it finds the benefits of tax cuts targeted at the wealthiest...

NHS cuts and public sector pay: will there be a ‘winter of discontent’?

In the weeks that followed their disastrous election result, a delegation of Tory MPs marched to Downing Street with a clear message for the prime minister and her team. After years of austerity, voters’ patience was running out, and some positivity was needed....

Irma’s Fearsome Winds Reach Florida Shores, With Full Strike Yet to Come

By MARC SANTORA, HENRY FOUNTAIN and VIVIAN YEE September 9, 2017 MIAMI — After carving a path of destruction through the Caribbean and forcing hundreds of thousands in its path to flee in one of the largest evacuations in American...