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Catch the latest Financial News EventsLucy Powell calls on Labour not to ‘write off’ May local elections
Exclusive: deputy leadership favourite says budget can revive party’s appeal, while Bridget Phillipson pitches to channel grassroots views to cabinetLabour should not “write off” next May’s elections as a likely moment for big losses but use the budget as a way to...
William Hill owner could shut up to 200 shops if Reeves raises gambling taxes
Evoke considering the plans before expected tax increases in budget, with up to 1,500 jobs potentially affectedThe debt-laden company behind William Hill is considering closing up to 200 betting shops if Rachel Reeves’s autumn budget raises taxes on the gambling...
UK ministers take control of £10bn Lower Thames Crossing
Exclusive: National Highways Agency stripped of oversight with project handed to DfT amid Labour government drive for growthMinisters have stripped the government’s road-building agency of responsibility for a £10bn tunnel under the River Thames amid a drive by Keir...
Tories and Reform battle to be heirs to Thatcher’s legacy on her centenary
Gala dinner to remember Conservatives’ most successful leader puts spotlight on who will carry forward her ideasIt is a glittering annual dinner in honour of the Conservative party’s most successful leader and, on the 100th anniversary of Margaret Thatcher’s birth,...