People in the US: how has the Trump administration affected your healthcare?

Healthcare providers across the country have closed clinics and hospital wards in the four months since Donald Trump signed into law the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, the landmark tax-and-spending legislation that will lead an estimated 10 million people to lose their health insurance.The law is expected to slash federal funding by hundreds of billions of dollars over the coming years, as part of Trump’s campaign pledge to shrink government spending. Though the bill isn’t thought to be the only cause of the closures – it may have an impact on local healthcare settings that are financially struggling.We’d like to find out how your area has been affected. Has your local healthcare provider closed, cut services or hours, or laid people off since the “one big, beautiful bill” became law?Tell us about changes to healthcare provision in your area by using the form below or by messaging us

Ban on veggie ‘burgers’: plant-based products may lose meaty names in UK under EU law

Calling plant-based food veggie “burgers” or “sausages” may be banned in the UK under the new trade agreement with the EU, the Guardian understands.The Labour government secured a new sanitary and phytosanitary (SPS) agreement with the EU earlier this year, which allows British businesses to sell products including some burgers and sausages in the EU for the first time since Brexit.However, the deal ties the UK to some EU laws concerning food labelling, and the EU is set to vote this week on banning the use of “meaty” terms to describe vegetarian food after lobbying from the livestock industry.The European parliament voted for this ban last month, and this week the European Commission as well as the governments of the 27 member states will decide whether it becomes law.If it does, the UK government believes that the law will also apply to British businesses

Victoria to force agents to publish property reserve prices in crackdown on underquoting

Real estate agents in Victoria will be legally required to reveal a property’s reserve price a week before auction, under nation-first laws to crack down on underquoting.The Allan government on Thursday announced that agents must publish the owner’s reserve price at least seven days before auction day or a fixed-date sale, under the reforms to be introduced to parliament next year.Real estate agents that fail to disclose within the timeframe will be unable to proceed to auction or sale.Illegal underquoting is an industry tactic used by some agents who advertise a property for less than the estimated selling price or the owner’s asking price. They do this to draw buyers in and drum up competition

Ocado shares fall 17% after US partner announces warehouse closures

The value of online grocer Ocado has fallen sharply after Kroger, its major partner in the US, announced the closure of three warehouses using the UK company’s high-tech equipment.Ocado signed a deal to build 20 automated warehouses – known as customer fulfilment centres – for Kroger, the US’s fourth largest retailer, in 2018. Eight of those facilities are currently operating with two more planned for next year. The deal was seen as a major part of Ocado’s plan to sell its online grocery delivery technology internationally.However, on Tuesday, Kroger said sites in Frederick in Maryland, Pleasant Prairie in Wisconsin, and Groveland in Florida would close in January

‘No contract, no coffee’: what to know about the Starbucks workers’ strike in over 40 US cities

Unionized Starbucks workers are threatening to expand a US strike against the world’s biggest coffee chain into “the largest and longest” in the company’s history – and urging customers to steer clear.Starbucks has said the vast majority of its cafes remain open, and expressed disappointment that Starbucks Workers United launched the strike.Negotiations over the ever first union contract for Starbucks workers in the US broke down in recent months. Both sides have blamed the other.Prominent politicians including Zohran Mamdani, the New York City mayor-elect, have backed the striking workers

UK inflation dips to 3.6% despite accelerating food price growth – as it happened

BREAKING: UK inflation dropped to 3.6% in October, easing pressure on households and providing a boost for Rachel Reeves as the chancellor prepares for her make-or-break budget next week.The Office for National Statistics (ONS) said annual inflation as measured by the consumer prices index cooled for the first time in five months, declining from a peak of 3.8% over July, August and September.Reeves has vowed to cut living costs in her highly anticipated tax and spending statement on 26 November, including measures to bring down the inflation rate to smooth the path for the Bank of England to cut interest rates