UK’s borrowing costs rise on news that Reeves is changing fiscal rules_P
Yield, or interest rate, on British government bonds climbs on Thursday amid a fall for other countries Rachel Reeves is to announce that the UK’s debt will be measured on a new basis that will free £50bn for capital spending. Photograph:…
Budget will reverse huge cuts in UK’s public investment, Reeves confirms_P
Chancellor says she is not prepared to let infrastructure spending fall further behind other countries, but there will be no Truss-style splurge Rachel Reeves at the IMF meetings in Washington. Photograph: José Luis Magaña/AP Rachel Reeves will pledge to reverse huge…
Asylum seekers in the UK cost as much as boarding school fees, study reveals! B
A new report found an “astronomical” rise in the amount being spend on accommodation costs. Accommodation costs for people seeking asylum have rise (Image: Getty) Asylum seekers arriving in the UK cost around as much to support as a child sent…
Labour breaks another manifesto pledge and no-one is surprised – this will cost us £57bn! B
Chancellor Rachel Reeves is about to take a massive gamble with the nation’s finances. We’d better hope she pulls it off or we face another Liz Truss moment. Chancellor Rachael Reeves promised she wouldn’t do this during the election, and…
Nigel Farage erupts at slavery reparation demands as he issues warning to Keir Starmer.l
The Reform leader rejected fresh calls for the UK to pay slavery reparations. Nigel Farage warned Sir Keir Starmer against showing any “weakness” on calls for Britain to pay slavery reparations. The Reform leader warned that if the Prime Minister gives an “inch”…
500 migrants’ lives are in danger — which side of the immigration debate is to blame?.l
Migrants are pictured crossing the English Channel (Image: Getty) More than 500 migrants attempting to enter the UK are in danger today in the English Channel, with 10 boats issuing distress calls. The blame culture of British politics and social life has…
POLL: Should the UK pay reparations for slavery?.l
Commonwealth leaders have defied the UK by putting slavery reparations on the agenda this week – but should the UK pay for the historical injustices? Vote and join the debate here. King Charles and Queen Camilla are currently on tour…
UK ‘open to discussing non-cash forms of reparatory justice’ for former colonies_p
Caribbean countries want issue of UK’s role in transatlantic slave trade to be discussed at summit of Commonwealth leaders Keir Starmer meets the Samoan leader, Afioga Fiame Naomi Mata’afa, at a reception and state banquet at the Commonwealth heads of…
Don’t assume Reeves is finished plundering your cash – this pension tax break is next! B
There’s been endless speculation over how chancellor Rachel Reeves will attack our pensions in next week’s Budget. Yet one threat has been completely overlooked. Nobody has raised the threat chancellor Rachel Reeves proposes to the pensions annual allowance (Image: Getty) Where…
Pension warning as 1.1m Brits over 66 urged to claim £3,778 a year benefit! B
Martin Lewis’s Money Saving Expert is urging state pensioners to check if they qualify. Pension warning as 1.1m Brits over 66 urged to claim £3,778 a year benefit (Image: Getty) State pensioners are being urged to check if they are eligible for…