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Exclusive: Treasury stopped nearly $100 million in taxpayer money from going to dead people

The Big Take

Prediction markets were built to price uncertainty. New data shows they might be rewarding privileged knowledge instead.

GM beats on earnings, raises guidance amid resilient vehicle pricing

Envious Albany lawmakers eye giving themselves raises after self-serving NYC Council's fat pay hikes

'Nothing can wash away the pain': Family's grief as teen son among 500 feared dead in shipwreck

Andrew Tate charged with possessing child abuse images

Opinion

AI’s self-improving models look genuinely scary, writes Parmy Olson

White House ‘deeply concerned’ over Miliband as Foreign Secretary

Ann Widdecombe's cause of death yet to be established, inquest told - as murder suspect to appear in court

David Blair – join the discussion

There’s no worse choice for foreign secretary than Ed Miliband

Tate brothers arrest

Newly unsealed court documents reveal details about the latest sex-crime charges against the two influencers as they fight extradition to the UK

BREAKING NEWS

Exactly how much money Burnham's energy bill VAT cut will really save you

Household debt

Where are Europe's households most indebted? Not where you would think

Telegraph Puzzles

Can you solve the Mini Crossword in two minutes or less?

Europe Today | Newsletter

MEPs travel east, Spain’s champions return home, and an expert examines Europe’s defence pageantry.