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Budget 2026 live: gas standing charges to be scrapped for millions as chancellor prepares to deliver budget
John Healey says UK faces ‘difficult moment’ as he prepares to deliver first budget of Andy Burnham’s governme...
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Tories dismiss PM’s budget ‘everyday fixes’ as little more than ‘cheaper gherkins’, and ‘an insult to families’ – UK politics live
Removing tariffs on more than 100 products, including gherkins and baked beans, was one of five measures annou...
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UK officials discussing options including free movement with EU ahead of summit
Business secretary says focus for November summit will be trade and youth mobility, but talks will also includ...
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Burnham pledges £900m for homelessness amid drive to end rough sleeping
Downing Street to almost double funding with further £432m in this week’s budget
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UK poised to miss reduced aid spending target of 0.3% of national income
Calculations from the Center for Global Development say spending next year is likely to be £410m less than ant...
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Can curry nights and canny advisers help Healey deliver a budget for everyday people?
The chancellor has promised ‘breathing space’ for households and small businesses but global events cannot be...
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Imagine if, for once, Labour decided to tell the truth about immigration
Our economy needs it. The NHS needs it. And making foreign workers’ lives more miserable – as the home secreta...
Business
What does the UK’s approval of the Jackdaw gasfield mean?
Decision has implications for household energy bills, the UK economy and the climate crisis
Business
Thames Water creditors secure former Labour minister to drive rescue deal
Stricken UK water supplier lines up John Hutton as independent chair designate if takeover goes ahead
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A modest increase in bank taxes is not the end of the world for lenders
As long as Healey doesn’t go overboard, a small turn on surcharge dial will not seriously undermine flow of ca...
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Wednesday briefing: Inside sweeping UK sanctions on trade with Israeli settlements
In today’s newsletter: Ed Miliband has announced the strongest statement on Israel’s actions ever issued by th...
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Plan to make firms pay more to train older workers than youth apprentices in England
Exclusive: Ministers considering overhaul of apprenticeship funding scheme to tackle youth jobs crisis