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…
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…
Child serial killer Lucy Letby’s bid to challenge attempted murder conviction dismissed! B
Lucy Letby has been jailed for killing seven babies and trying to kill seven others. Lucy Letby has been jailed for killing seven babies and trying to kill seven others (Image: Cheshire Constabulary) Child serial killer Lucy Letby has had a…
Keir Starmer urged to ‘engage’ on reparations at Commonwealth summit! B
Call from head of Caribbean reparations body comes as Bahamas foreign minister claims UK PM will change his position Keir Starmer attends a reception and state banquet at the Commonwealth heads of government meeting in Samoa. Photograph: Stefan Rousseau/Reuters Britain has…
Keir Starmer urged to ‘engage’ on reparations at Commonwealth summit_P
Call from head of Caribbean reparations body comes as Bahamas foreign minister claims UK PM will change his position Keir Starmer attends a reception and state banquet at the Commonwealth heads of government meeting in Samoa. Photograph: Stefan Rousseau/Reuters Britain has…