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Several Republican attorneys general have said that President Joe Biden’s federal mandate for COVID-19 vaccinations hasn’t yet come into effect for private businesses, adding that if it is ordered, they will file lawsuits against it. Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen, a Republican, noted that the White House only last week submitted the text of its emergency rule regarding vaccinations to the Office of Management and Budget, meaning it hasn’t gone into effect. But, Knudsen noted that “no such rule or regulation is currently in effect,” adding (pdf) that there has been a “great deal of confusion” over Biden’s announcement last month. “Further, my office…

Former President Bill Clinton has been admitted to hospital with a non-COVID-related infection but is “on the mend,” according to his spokesman. His spokesman Angel Urena said in a statement late on Tuesday that Clinton, 75, was admitted to the University of California Irvine Medical Center that evening. “He is on the mend, in good spirits, and is incredibly thankful to the doctors, nurses, and staff providing him with excellent care,” Urena said. The former president’s doctors, Alpesh Amin and Lisa Bardack, said in a joint statement that Clinton had been administered IV antibiotics and fluids, and remains hospitalized for “continuous monitoring.” Dr.…

SADIQ KHAN has been attacked by the Conservatives over his new car tax changes, warning poor and disabled Londoners could be caught out. Conservative Assembly Member Susan Hall asked Mr Khan how “poor and disabled” residents in London would manage in the event TfL’s new scrappage scheme runs out of money. It comes after she claimed to have heard the fund was running “very low” with still two weeks to go before the new Ultra Low Emissions Zone (ULEZ) expansion comes into force. The scrappage scheme offers up to £2,000 to scrap a vehicle that does not meet ULEZ standards. Eligible applicants must be…

Steve Bruce is set to remain in charge of Newcastle United for the first match of the club’s Saudi Arabian-led era. Although Bruce had expected to be sacked this week he is poised to preside over his 1,000th game as a club manager when Tottenham visit St James’ Park on Sunday. It is almost certain to be his final substantive act at Newcastle before being dismissed but the owners are still to identify a replacement and have decided a 60-year-old in line for a £7m payoff merits a dignified end to his tenure. The widespread expectation had been that Newcastle’s manager…

Employers’ groups representing more than a quarter of jobs in Britain have called on Rishi Sunak to cut business rates in the budget later this month to unlock billions of pounds of investment in the economy. In a joint statement ahead of the chancellor’s post-lockdown budget, the Confederation of British Industry (CBI) and 41 other leading trade groups are demanding fundamental changes to the system, which taxes companies based on the premises they occupy. Representing more than 260,000 businesses and 9 million employees between them, the trade groups warned failure to take action would weigh on the government’s ambition to create a…

A record number of U.S. workers voluntarily quit their jobs in August, led by bar and restaurant employees as well as retail staff, according to figures released Tuesday by the Department of Labor. The Labor Department’s monthly Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, known as the JOLTS report, showed that 4.3 million left their jobs. The quits rose to 2.9 percent, which is an increase of 242,000 from the previous month, and represents the highest figure in data that goes back to December 2000. An increase of 157,000 quits was recorded in the accommodation and food services industry, while 26,000 more left the wholesale…

ELECTRIC trains are being ditched for diesel alternatives as the price to power them is said to have skyrocketed 200 percent in a worrying step backwards during a global energy crisis. Rail freight operators are now reportedly being forced to halt their electric locomotives and revert back to diesel trains in a move set to increase carbon emissions and journey times. Logistic firms have said soaring wholesale energy prices and a boost to track access charges has made electric, low-carbon trains impossible to run at an affordable cost. The move comes as the COP26 climate summit approaches where world leaders will meet…

Phil Jones is fit for Manchester United’s trip to Leicester in the Premier League. Manchester United have confirmed Phil Jones is fit to return this weekend at Leicester should he be selected by Ole Gunnar Solskjaer. By the time kick-off at the King Power Stadium comes around, it will have been 629 days since his last outing when he featured in United’s 6-0 thrashing of Tranmere in January 2020. A lot has changed since then including the Red Devils’ centre-back options with Jones now way down the pecking order. Yet the defender could still earn the chance to feature as…

Britain’s homes could be worth as much as £9.2tn on the open market – four times the value of the UK economy, and £550bn more than this time last year, it has been claimed. House prices have soared since the restrictions on homebuying started to be eased in the spring of 2020, fuelled by stamp duty breaks and a rush for larger homes. The lowest mortgage rates on record have also passed through to higher prices. The property website Zoopla said the recent boom meant that Britain’s housing stock had risen in value by 20%, or £1.6tn, since 2016, and that the…

GPs in England will be handed £250m to improve their services but only if they increase the number of patients being seen face-to-face under a new government and NHS action plan. The move follows an increasingly heated public war of words between GPs and health secretary, Sajid Javid, who has told family doctors to ramp up in-person consultations. Under the “blueprint” GP practices in England will be able to share in a new £250m “winter access fund” to hire more staff, such as locum GPs, physiotherapists and podiatrists. However, the money will be conditional on increasing the number of patients who get an in-person appointment.…