Mortgage holders have avoided another rate rise with the RBA opting to keep rates steady. Follow the day’s news liveReserve Bank leaves interest rate on hold at 4.35% despite higher than expected inflationVictorian state budget 2024: airport train delayed and sick leave for casuals scrapped in bid to rein in debtGet our morning and afternoon news emails,...

Mortgage holders have avoided another rate rise with the RBA opting to keep rates steady for the fourth consecutive meeting• Get our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastBorrowers have been spared a 14th interest rate from the Reserve Bank and further increases are not certain as the central bank says it avoided a “tightening...

Die Linke party is among those calling for a Dönerpreisbremse or price cap on the hugely popular street foodThe soaring cost of doner kebabs has led to growing calls in Germany for a government subsidy programme to keep the inflation-hit dish, one of the country’s favourites, affordable as politicians report it is frequently cited as a concern in doorstep...

Fish welfare campaigners say Defra decision facilitates greenwashing and will mislead consumersAnimal welfare campaigners are challenging the decision to allow producers of Scottish salmon to drop the word “farmed” from labelling.An application by the industry body claimed changing the protected name wording on the front of packaging from “Scottish...

With the world’s humanitarian system in crisis, many NGOs now recognise that local charities can deliver much more at far less costBefore civil war engulfed her Ethiopian home region of Tigray in 2020, Tsega Girma was a prosperous trader who sold stationery and other goods. But when hungry children displaced by the conflict started appearing in the...

Commuter routes in and out of London hit as train drivers begin three days of rolling strikes amid six-day overtime banMost trains will not run in south-east England on Tuesday – including on key commuter routes in and out of London – after train drivers embarked on three days of rolling strikes at national rail operators.Drivers in the Aslef union...