First things first: don’t panic. What you need to know is this. The budget has not gone down well in financial markets. Indeed, it’s gone down...
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At a health centre in Brixton it seemed like any other day, but a change in the law has changed their lives and the lives of their patients for the better. It...
Halloween isn’t the only thing giving UK farmers a scare this week. Many say the first Labour budget for over a decade has been disastrous for small...
The pound has fallen sharply after the chancellor announced the biggest tax rises in a generation. Over the last three days, sterling has dropped by 1.2% (in...
Rachel Reeves’ changes to agricultural inheritance tax could lead to food price rises and will have a “catastrophic” impact on family farms...
👉 Click here to listen to Electoral Dysfunction on your podcast app 👈 Is this the budget we were promised by Labour? And where will the fallout be for the...
Plans to ban smartphones in schools have been dropped after the government refused to support a change in the law, Sky News understands. Josh MacAlister, the...
Rachel Reeves has defended raising taxes by the highest amount since 1993 as she said “everything has to be paid for”. The chancellor announced...
GB News has been fined £100,000 for breaking impartiality rules over a programme featuring Rishi Sunak, Ofcom has said. It comes after the media watchdog...
One hundred and eighteen days into the Labour government, and finally we get to see what the slogan on the front of the manifesto – Change – really...
The chancellor cannot rule out more tax rises in the next five years, despite raising the burden to its highest level since comparable records began. Speaking...
The 2024 Autumn Budget in one word? Big. What we got from Rachel Reeves today was, in economic terms, a major departure from economic policy as we’ve...
The Labour government’s first budget will embrace the “harsh light of fiscal reality” but “better days are ahead”, Sir Keir...
Briefings and speculation are rife over what will be included in the chancellor’s budget on Wednesday, particularly the scale of tax rises. The biggest...
The dramatic iron canopy over Preston Market has been sheltering shoppers for nearly 150 years. Even inside the stylish indoor market, which opened six years...
There is one fight Keir Starmer and Rachel Reeves want to have after Wednesday’s budget – one they hope if it lands right this week they could run...
