Category: Budget

Covid revealed ‘underlying fragility of adult social care workforce’, inquiry finds – UK politics live

Heather Hallett, chair of the Covid inquiry, has just published the report from the inquiry’s module 6, looking at what happened in care homesBadenoch says Britain needs tax cuts.We need to get out of the way of job creators who...

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Badenoch says Tories would prioritise cutting taxes for businesses over individuals – UK politics live

Conservative leader also called for benefit spending to be cut to fund rise in defence budgetBadenoch says Britain needs tax cuts.We need to get out of the way of job creators who make our country richer. We need to encourage...

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Badenoch calls for benefit cuts to fund defence spending in pre-budget speech – UK politics live

Conservative leader gives speech as Treasury sources say Healey has ruled out a rise in capital gains taxBadenoch says Britain needs tax cuts.We need to get out of the way of job creators who make our country richer. We need to...

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Badenoch says Healey’s budget will be worse than Reeves’s if he doesn’t slash spending – UK politics live

Conservative leader to give a speech later, while Healey has ruled out a rise in capital gains taxGood morning. John Healey, the chancellor, is delivering his first budget a week tomorrow, and this morning there are two news...

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No 10: Hegseth ‘wrong’ to say most non-US Nato soldiers didn’t fight in Afghanistan – UK politics live

Downing Street delivered a rare rebuke to a senior member of Donald Trump’s administrationAsked why the Lib Dems were opposed to a third runway at Heathrow when they professed to be in favour of growth, Cooper said she did not...

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Profit warnings from UK-listed firms at highest level in two years as Iran war drives up costs

Consultancy says companies quoted on London stock market issued 65 in three months to end of SeptemberThe number of profit warnings from UK-listed companies has risen to the highest level in two years, as the war in the Middle...

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John Healey vows to give ‘breathing space’ to consumers and businesses in first budget

Speaking at IMF annual meeting in Bangkok, chancellor says he will stick to fiscal rules while recognising business and living costsUK politics live – latest updatesBusiness live – latest updatesJohn Healey has promised to use...

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UK economy unexpectedly grows in August despite fall in consumer spending

Latest data showing surprise 0.1% growth is boost to John Healey a fortnight before his first budgetBusiness news – live updatesThe UK economy unexpectedly continued to grow in August despite a fall in consumer spending before...

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IFS: budget will be ‘work of fiction’ without clear plan to cover UK’s £35bn spending pressures

Thinktank’s influential pre-budget report urges key decisions to be made now and not put off until next yearJohn Healey has been warned by Britain’s leading tax and spending experts that his budget risks being a “work of...

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IFS: budget will be ‘work of fiction’ without clear plan to cover UK spending pressures

Thinktank’s influential pre-budget report urges key decisions to be made now and not put off until next yearJohn Healey has been warned by Britain’s leading tax and spending experts that his budget risks being a “work of...

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