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The debt they initially landed on the club has now grown to over £1.15bn, according to their latest accounts. The amount it has cost in interest is £852m, according to respected football finance blogger Swiss Ramble. In the last financial year, the interest payment was £37m, an increase from £34m the previous year.The argument is, that money could have been used far more productively to sign better players.There had been hope Ratcliffe, a boyhood United fan, would change that when he struck a deal with the Glazers to become a minority shareholder on Christmas Eve 2023.Instead, a succession of decisions…
Back in Healey’s time under Gordon Brown, there was no OBR. Back then it was not unknown for late budget maths problems to be settled with an optimistic tweak of a forecast, a date change to the economic cycle, or choosing a stronger rate of long term growth.The OBR’s verdict is crucial now – to what extent it agrees with projected welfare savings or even the importance it places on stronger GDP figures matters now.The bigger point here is that the chancellor must be shocked by the contrast between the sheer power of the Brown Treasury to do what it…
When Antonelli clinches the title, he will become the first Italian to do so since Alberto Ascari in 1953. It’s a remarkable statistic for a country which is so engrained in the sport, and it certainly resonates with his compatriots.McLaren team principal Andrea Stella said: “As an Italian, wow, we need to go back to Ascari, the names that they created the inspiration for all of us. To see an Italian achieving this level of performance and results in Formula 1, that’s particularly thrilling, as an Italian person in motorsport.”Stella’s answer continued into an area that begins to explain the…
It’s been 15 months since Ozzy Osbourne died, at the age of 76, at his home in Buckinghamshire.Although he had suffered from health problems for years, including Parkinson’s disease and a fractured vertebra, his death was a shock.Less than three weeks beforehand, he had been on stage in Birmingham, playing a triumphant farewell concert.After the show, he was on a high.”He was just so, so happy,” recalls his wife Sharon.”He was online, going through the reviews and saying, ‘There’s something terribly wrong’, and I’m like, ‘Why?'”He goes, ‘I didn’t get slagged by anybody. Why are people being nice to me?'”And…
Championship leader Kimi Antonelli sealed his ninth victory of the season with victory at the United States Grand Prix in Austin. Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc was second and Red Bull’s Max Verstappen third. Mercedes’ Antonelli, 20, can become the youngest world champion in Formula 1 history if he finishes ninth or higher at the Mexico City Grand Prix next weekend. Here are my ratings for how the drivers performed across the whole weekend in Texas. Kimi Antonelli – 10/10A superb weekend under the added pressure of having his first opportunity to seal the championship. Produced an outstanding lap for pole and…
The run-up to the Budget typically generates speculation about what might be in it, which the government is trying to keep to a minimum this year.Healey and Prime Minister Andy Burnham face a difficult balancing act, trying to offer more support to households and meet commitments on defence spending, while also sticking to Labour’s manifesto commitments on tax and the government’s self-imposed fiscal rules.The previous chancellor, Rachel Reeves, set out two main rules, which the new leadership has vowed to follow. These are:In March, the OBR calculated that the first rule would be met with a gap – or headroom…
Match of the Day pundits Toby Alderweireld and Ashley Williams analyse Manchester United’s 3-0 defeat by Bournemouth, with Alderweireld suggesting there is no “togetherness” among the United squad. MATCH REPORT: Manchester United 0-3 Bournemouth Available to UK users only.
Last year alone, carbon emissions fell from council buildings by 17 per cent, as well as from street lights by 16 per cent.Aled Vaughan Owen, the council’s cabinet member for climate change, decarbonisation and sustainability, previously said the ongoing work was “helping to reduce energy costs, improving energy security, strengthening resilience to climate change and creating healthier environments for our residents and future generations”.Meanwhile, the council are understood to have paid out on five insurance claims for damage and injury caused by potholes across the last two years, a Freedom of Information request by the Local Democracy Reporting Service found.According…
As the lead up to the Budget builds, the Times says the chancellor is set to offer a “tax reprieve for pensioners”. The paper says John Healey is expected to protect about one million low-income pensioners from paying income tax by raising their tax-free allowance, adding he has also decided against reducing the amount of pension that can be taken as a tax-free lump sum.
Jose Mourinho has done it again.The Real Madrid manager celebrated Kylian Mbappe’s late winner at Barcelona on Sunday with a trademark knee slide, as he maintained his midas touch over their bitter rivals.Mourinho has become just the third Real boss to go six El Clasicos in a row without defeat – 13 years after he last led Los Blancos in this fixture.Four wins and two draws in his past six matches in charge of Real Madrid against Barcelona put him up there with Miguel Munoz (1962 to 1965) and Vicente del Bosque (2001 to 2003) as Real managers who have…