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First things first: don’t panic. What you need to know is this. The budget has not gone down well in financial markets. Indeed, it’s gone down...
The football financier Keith Harris is spearheading a bid to buy a 45% stake in the Premier League football club Crystal Palace in a deal that...
The next five years will hurt disposable income and wages will stagnate further following Chancellor Rachel Reeves’ budget, an influential thinktank has said. Household disposable income,...
The chancellor cannot rule out more tax rises in the next five years, despite raising the burden to its highest level since comparable records began. Speaking...
The 2024 Autumn Budget in one word? Big. What we got from Rachel Reeves today was, in economic terms, a major departure from economic policy as...
Are you richer or poorer? Use our budget calculator to see how you have been affected by Labour’s first budget in more than 14 years, and...
Chancellor Rachel Reeves has finally unveiled the budget for 2024. Here are the key points: This page is being updated, refresh to see more as it’s...
Budgets are all about numbers. In the coming 24 hours, we’ll be engulfed with all sorts of figures – about the state of the economy, about...
Small businesses have called for the government to “significantly increase” the employment allowance to prevent them from having to shut down following the budget. Chancellor Rachel...
The Labour manifesto never did add up. On the one hand, Keir Starmer vowed there would be “no return to austerity” under his government, while also...
The number of mortgages approved in September reached a level not seen in the two years since the Liz Truss mini-budget. According to figures from the...
Adidas has reached an out-of-court settlement with Kanye West – known as Ye – ending all legal proceedings between them, the sportswear brand has said. Adidas...
The government has opted not to intervene in proposals to close and redevelop part of Chatham Docks in Kent, a scheme which one of the world’s...
More than 1,000 Ford employees will go on strike on Wednesday, the Unite union has said. Administrative workers in Dunton, Stratford, Dagenham, Daventry and Halewood will...
Lowri Williams is struggling to cover her basic expenses. Earning a low income with very little support, she says she feels like she’s “living hand-to-mouth” and...
Rent has remained unaffordable in England, having been so since records began, the latest official figures show. The typical private sector renter, on a typical wage...
Rent has remained unaffordable in England, having been so since records began, the latest official figures show. The typical private sector renter, on a typical wage...
Former chancellor Jeremy Hunt has accused the independent fiscal watchdog of lacking “political impartiality” ahead of its review that could be critical of the Conservative government....
Many airlines urge customers to pay for specific seats in advance or run the risk of being split up – but is this really necessary? We’ve...
The Labour government’s first budget will embrace the “harsh light of fiscal reality” but “better days are ahead”, Sir Keir Starmer will say in a speech...
Government ‘doesn’t think’ Donald Trump will impose trade tariffs on UK – but is ‘prepared for all scenarios’Government ‘doesn’t think’ Donald Trump will impose trade tariffs on UK – but is ‘prepared for all scenarios’
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Run of bad economic data brings end to market turbulence and interest rate benefits as three Bank cuts expected for 2025
British-Israeli woman among first three hostages Hamas plans to release today
Ukrainian marines on war with Russia – amid concerns over Donald Trump’s return to the White House
Gaza ceasefire has a test to overcome before it’s even begun
Benjamin Netanyahu says ceasefire will not go ahead until Hamas releases list of hostages to be freed
Thousands of Palestinians are in Israeli jails – one father hopes the ceasefire will bring his son home