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Rishi Sunak's £9bn Job Retention Scheme won't save jobs because there's 'little incentive' to pay the wages of staff not in work, an influential think-tank has warned.  Business bosses have today stuck the boot into the Chancellor's much-trumpeted plan to keep people in work, while the chief executive of Next suggested Britain's economy risks 'becoming hooked' on Government handouts.  The Resolution Foundation said the support scheme would only slow, rather than stop, the rate of job losses, arguing it 'will not live up to its promise to significantly reduce the rise in unemployment.' Mr Sunak said the Jobs Support Scheme , a form of wage subsidy, would be brought in after furlough is wound down at the end of next month – and last until May. It could benefit millions, but is far less generous than the furlough scheme – with the state's contribution falling from 80 per cent of a worker's wages to a maximum of just 22 per cent. Next bos

Kyle Rittenhouse, the 17-year-old Illinois teen charged with shooting dead two protesters and injuring another in Kenosha, is fighting his extradition to Wisconsin. During an online court hearing in Illinois on Friday, the teenager's lawyer John Pierce told the judge he planned to fight the request by Kenosha prosecutors that Rittenhouse be transferred to Wisconsin to face charges.  Prosecutors say Rittenhouse shot and killed two protesters and wounded a third on the streets of Kenosha on August 25. His attorneys have said Rittenhouse acted in self-defense and have portrayed him as a courageous patriot who was exercising his right to bear arms during unrest over the police shooting of black man Jacob Blake. Rittenhouse participated in the hearing at the Lake County Circuit Court in Illinois via video link from the detention facility where he is being held.  Kyle Rittenhouse, 17, participated in a hearing on Friday at the Lake County Circuit Court in Illinois via video link from the

Hopes of the UK and EU agreeing a post-Brexit trade deal have increased after Brussels said 'the tide is turning' and Downing Street welcomed recent 'useful exchanges' with the bloc.  Talks between the two sides have been deadlocked for months because of disagreements on key issues.  But there are now signs of progress being made with less than 100 days left until the end of the transition period.  Michel Barnier, the EU's top negotiator, returned to Brussels from London this morning after another round of informal negotiations broke up without a major breakthrough.  However, hopes of a deal being struck are now higher than they have been for months ahead of formal talks resuming in Brussels next week. Hopes of Boris Johnson striking a post-Brexit trade deal with the European Union are growing Prime Minister Boris Johnson meets shoppers and shopkeepers today during a visit to his constituency in Uxbridge, west London The Times reported overnight that there is 'c

Karl Jordan, 26, was detained by U.S. Marshalls and the Henry County Police Department on Thursday Authorities have detained a Georgia man who shot three people - including a woman he formally had a relationship with - before later robbing a Waffle House and shooting another woman in the head.  Karl Jordan, 26, was detained by U.S. Marshalls and the Henry County Police Department on Thursday. He was arrested as part of a joint investigation with the agencies and the Clayton County Sheriff's Office, who had been searching for the suspect in connection to the three-person shooting.  During a press conference on Thursday, the CCSO shared that they received a call about a triple shooting at a residence in Glynn Court in the Hampton/Lovejoy area in Georgia on Wednesday night at around 9pm.  Once they arrived at the scene, they learned that one of the victim's - a grandmother - had been sitting on the porch when she 'heard a loud sound.'  The woman, who was not identified, we

Breonna Taylor's grieving mother has said she 'never had faith' in Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron and accused him of failing to take action against the 'terrorists' who killed her daughter after just one officer was charged in her fatal shooting.  Taylor's family responded to the grand jury's decision to indict only one cop with wanton endangerment charges on Wednesday, at a press conference in Louisville's Jefferson Square Park on Friday.  In an emotional written statement read aloud by her sister, Tamika Palmer said the controversial decision reassured her why she has no 'faith in the legal system.'  'The police and law were not made to protect us black and brown women. I knew Daniel Cameron would never do his job. The system as a whole has failed Breonna,' she said.   'The judge who signed the warrant failed her. The terrorists who broke down her door failed her. You didn't just rob me and my family, you robbed the wo

Senator Dianne Feinstein's investment banker husband has been identified as the University of California regent who wrote a letter that likely helped a 'less qualified' applicant gain admission to UC Berkeley. Richard Blum was named Thursday by the state auditor's office as one of the regents involved in admissions scandal where UC wrongly admitted dozens of wealthy, mostly white students as favors to well-connected people. Among those 'inappropriately admitted' were a student whose family was friends with a member of the Board of Regents, the child of a major donor and an applicant who babysat for a colleague of a former admissions director, according to the report released Tuesday by the California State Auditor. Blum was unapologetic in an interview with the Mercury News, saying he did not recall the specific incident mentioned in the audit but that he has written letters on behalf of students over the years. 'I find this to be much ado about nothing,

A muscly security guard who stole the spotlight at AFL's biggest award night has been accused of smuggling drugs into prison. Wesley Newell, 42, from Richmond, in inner-city Melbourne, rose to fame and was dubbed 'Mr Brownlow' after footage of him delivering the crucial votes at the medal went viral.  The professional bodybuilder became a prison guard at Ravenhall Correctional Centre and has since been charged with misconduct of a public official.  Wesley Newell , 42, from Richmond, an inner suburb of Melbourne, rose to fame and was dubbed 'Mr Brownlow' after footage of him delivering the crucial votes the medal went viral Following his newfound fame, the professional bodybuilder became a prison guard at Ravenhall Correctional Centre (pictured with his girlfriend) Newell allegedly 'wilfully and intentionally did culpably misconduct himself' during his stint at the prison between February 1, 2019 and January 17, 2020, according to court documents. He is accu