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J Sainsbury, the supermarket chain, was on Wednesday racing to resolve an issue with the card payments giant Visa which was impacting customers' ability to pay for their online grocery orders.Sky News understands that Sainsbury's is working with Visa to address the issue after a number of shoppers reported that their card payments had failed. The retailer ruled out the possibility of a cyberattack and said its website and app were functioning normally, with no direct impact on customers.Money latest:…

Gary Neville has criticised the government's national insurance (NI) rise this year, saying it could deter companies from employing people and "probably could have been held back".The former Manchester United and England footballer-turned business owner, who vocally supported Labour at the last election, employs hundreds of people. But he expressed his frustration at the recent hike on employers' NI, which has significantly increased the taxes businesses have to pay for their employees.Speaking to Sky News' Business Live, Neville said: "I…

One year on, how's Keir Starmer's government going? We've put together an end-of-term report with the help of pollster YouGov.First, here are the government's approval ratings - drifting downwards. It didn't start particularly high. There has never been a honeymoon.But here is the big change. Last year's Labour voters now disapprove of their own government. That wasn't true at the start - but is now. And remember, it's easier to keep your existing voter coalition together than to get new…

In Altrincham near Manchester, two opposing groups have gathered to throw insults at each other across the A56."Fascists! Racists!" shouts one lot. On the opposing verge, they shout back: "Shame on you!"Then both sides chant: "Whose streets? Our streets!"Cars flash between them, some adding hoots to the noise. It's 5pm on Sunday and much of the nation is united watching the Lionesses in the Euro finals.Yet here is a dual carriageway of division formed in front of what has become…

Sir Keir Starmer's plan to recognise Palestine as a state has been attacked as "appeasement towards jihadist terrorists" by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.The prime minister said the UK will recognise a Palestinian state by September unless Israel takes "substantive steps" to end the situation in Gaza, Israel agrees to a ceasefire, commits to a long-term sustainable peace, allows the UN to restart aid supplies and does not annexe the West Bank. About 250 MPs from all parties - half…

Two men stabbed to death at a business premises in central London were father and son, say police.Terry McMillan, 58, from Chislehurst, Bromley, was pronounced dead at the scene and Brendan McMillan, 27, died in hospital. Three other men were taken to hospital.The attack happened around 1pm on Monday at a property in Long Lane, an east-west road in Southwark that leads to Borough station.A 31-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of murder. Police say he remains in hospital and…

Every week, we answer your financial problems or consumer disputes - you can email moneyblog@sky.uk with yours. Our latest problem, available to newsletter subscribers first, is from DeJb, who asks...Is there an alternative to guarantors for someone wanting to rent? I don't want to be my brother-in-law's because my mortgage is due for renewal, but he's been sleeping on an airbed in my home for nine months after being made homeless and he needs to go. Megan Harwood-Baynes, cost of…

At the weekend, Downing Street said recognition of Palestine was "a matter of when, not if".So why now? "We will recognise the state of Palestine in September before the United Nations General Assembly", Sir Keir Starmer announced on Tuesday, in what looks like another U-turn.Politics latest: PM's Palestine plan 'absurd'Was it pressure from the more than 250 MPs, most of whom are Labour, who wrote to the prime minister last week calling for recognition? Almost certainly. The PM has a…

Five boys have been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder after a teenager was stabbed in east London. Police were called at 4pm on Saturday to reports of a stabbing in Charlemont Road, Newham. A 14-year-old boy was taken to hospital with serious injuries and remains in a life-threatening condition.Four of the boys - who are aged 14-17 - remain in custody and one has been released on bail.Detective Inspector Joshua Palmer, from Metropolitan Police, said: "This was a horrific…

Sometimes governments blindly idle into political fights and sometimes they go windmilling in with purpose.The extraordinary row picked by Peter Kyle on Sky News on Tuesday is most definitely the later of these two. The science secretary's reference to Jimmy Savile was no slip of the tongue.Ministers seem to believe Reform UK has made a misjudgement in pledging to scrap internet safety laws, given the massive unease across the country about what children are viewing online.As a result, Kyle is…