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The Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) admitted just this week that the survey is too unreliable to measure productivity. “In recent years, falling response rates have significantly affected the quality of the LFS, making it more difficult to estimate reliably the number of workers and the hours they work,” the watchdog said. Gilbert says Healey’s claim that there are “1 million young people out of work” is unlikely to be accurate. The number of NEETs — people not in education, employment or training — is also based on figures from a subset of the LFS, which is particularly susceptible to…
America’s midterm elections are less than one week away. It’s not a presidential election year, but the result could reverberate from the White House to Brussels. On the ballot are all 435 seats in the House of Representatives and 35 seats in the Senate. Republicans currently hold a narrow 219-214 majority in the House and a 53-47 majority in the Senate. For President Trump, the stakes could hardly be higher. And the political winds that carried him back to the White House are now blowing hard in the other direction. The change that brought them to power Two years ago,…
Published on 30 October 2026 – 6:05 GMT+1•Updated 6:34 The company – the world’s largest crypto exchange by daily trading volumes – posted a series of sometimes contradictory messages on X, insisting that “user funds are completely safe” but also saying it would “cover all losses.” The scope of the heist was not immediately known, but blockchain analytics company Chainalysis said its “current estimate on amount stolen is approx $5.912bn (€5.28bn) at time of theft.” That would be almost four times the amount stolen in what has been the biggest-ever cyberattack of its kind to date: $1.5 billion (€1.34bn) taken…
Geleakte Anmerkungen in einer Interview-Freigabe setzen die Berliner Linke weiter unter Druck. Wahlgewinnerin Elif Eralp fürchtet einen Terror-Sympathisanten und Teile der eigenen Reihen. Cedric Looks analysiert, wie der Pro-Palästina-Flügel den anstehenden Parteitag kapern will und ob die Entscheidung über einen Ausschluss der umstrittenen Abgeordneten Vanessa Emde noch kommt oder immer weiter verschoben wird. Der Rückzug von EZB-Chefin Christine Lagarde erwischt Europa auf dem falschen Fuß. Für Kanzler Friedrich Merz bedeutet das eine doppelte Belastungsprobe, weil er sich nun nicht nur mit der Nachfolge für Steinmeier beschäftige, sondern auch mit dem französischen Präsidenten Emmanuel Macron über den wichtigsten Finanzposten einigen muss.…
America is heading to the polls for the midterm elections — and Europe is watching closely. With the outcome set to have consequences far beyond Washington, from trade to defense, we’re bringing you a special episode of The Conversation, hosted by POLITICO’s Dasha Burns. Dasha sits down with two political strategists working behind the scenes in some of America’s most consequential races: Republican T.W. Arrighi and Democrat Lis Smith. They take stock of the race, reveal what goes into running a high-stakes campaign and explore what’s shaping the battle for American voters. If you have a question or comment, don’t…
Diplomatic balance Montreal’s historic Fairmont The Queen Elizabeth hotel was a hub of summit activity on Thursday, beginning with a morning spectacle of von der Leyen heading out of the hotel in runners, taking staff out for a walking meeting. EU commissioners and Canadian Cabinet ministers sailed in and out of the hotel’s perfumed lobby, greeting colleagues. Jet-lagged Europeans, along with Canadian officials and lobbyists, commiserated over what they saw as poor summit organization, spread across multiple locations. The debate over membership semantics became a luncheon laugh line when European Council President António Costa endorsed Von der Leyen’s offer to…
Opposition People’s Party leader Alberto Núñez Feijóo visited the scene, while King Felipe VI travelled to a hospital in Toledo treating survivors of the disaster. The monarch was greeted by hospital staff and other people waiting outside before entering the building. Meanwhile, rescue teams continued searching the wreckage with sniffer dogs, as cranes lifted damaged carriages and emergency workers combed through debris scattered down a gravel embankment. One more body was recovered overnight, bringing the death toll to 69, according to Castilla-La Mancha regional president Emiliano García-Page, who said 50 people remained in hospital. The collision occurred on Wednesday morning…
“Just how many terrorist strikes has Russia carried out against our people since sanctions were lifted on certain Russian oligarchs and the Russian energy sector, rather than de-escalating?” Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said in a Facebook post after the strikes. “This is precisely why Ukraine has always said that just and decisive action by America and Europe is needed in response to Russian escalation … It is time for new, stronger sanctions steps by the EU, the United States, and the G7,” Zelenskyy added. Czech President Petr Pavel condemned the attack as “inexcusable,” while French President Emmanuel Macron said the…
Firefighters rushed to extinguish burning cars and tackle flames and smoke pouring from damaged buildings, while emergency crews attended to victims amid scattered debris. Footage shows rescuers carrying a person into an ambulance and a body lying under a blanket near the scene. The local military administration said the attack involved a Banderol cruise missile, a relatively inexpensive jet-powered weapon capable of loitering before striking its target. Businesses, homes and vehicles were damaged in the attack. The strike came as a separate, US-brokered ceasefire in southern Ukraine was reported to be holding around the Russian-occupied city of Oleshky, in the…
In a video to staff, seen by POLITICO, the outgoing ECB president says her coverings are due to “a little skin cancer that had to go.” Listen AI generated Text-to-speech