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Catch the latest Financial News EventsRachel Reeves is the face of this budget. But the really big decisions are not in Labour’s hands | Larry Elliott
The UK’s economic policy isn’t decided by politicians, but by the OBR and the Bank of England. This is a system in dire need of a rethinkThe budget is still a month away and speculation about its contents is already in full swing. Details of what Rachel Reeves has...
Voters go to polls in Caerphilly byelection that could mark historic shift for Wales
Plaid Cymru and Reform UK have run fierce campaigns in Labour-run south Wales constituencyVoters are going to the polls on Thursday in a byelection that could mark a historic shift in Welsh politics.Labour has run the Welsh parliament since the devolved administration...
UK campaigners launch bill to give nature legal rights
Private member’s bill backed by Chris Packham and Natalie Bennett would impose a duty of care on government and businessA radical proposal to change the legal status of nature will be launched today in the House of Lords, with the unveiling of the UK nature’s rights...
One in 12 secondary pupils put in isolation rooms at least once a week, study finds
Children with special educational needs more than twice as likely to be put in isolation, say Manchester researchers‘Publicly humiliated’: parents describe difficulty of children’s isolation at schoolOne in 12 secondary pupils report being put into school isolation...