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Catch the latest Financial News EventsCould you do better than Reeves as chancellor? Play our interactive budget game
Could you keep the markets calm and your MPs happy as you pull the economic levers to deliver a budget?On 26 November, Rachel Reeves will deliver this year’s budget to parliament. As in all years, the chancellor has to strike a balance between:Raising the money needed...
‘AI is scary territory’: art teachers – one 64, one 29 – on cuts, creativity and life in a career that’s under threat
There are 27% fewer art teachers in England today than there were in 2011, and the proportion of students taking arts subjects has plummeted. Here’s what it’s like to work in a job that is essential and often perilously undervaluedWhen 64-year-old Sue Cabourn began...
Mahmood says she is considering ‘big’ increase in amount paid to refused asylum seekers to get them to leave – UK politics live
Home secretary says scheme could increase the £3,000 cap currently in place that is given to those who agree to leave voluntarily Shabana Mahmood, the home secretary, has said that she is considering a “big” increase in the amount the government pays to people refused...
How could council tax change in budget – and who would be hardest hit?
Critics say current system is a ‘dog’s dinner’ – with homes in Blackpool paying more than in one of London’s wealthiest boroughCouncil tax is one of the biggest outgoings for many households – so reports of a shake-up that could add thousands to some annual bills are...