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Two-thirds of bosses feel negatively about budget, Reeves is told

Warning from Institute of Directors comes as ratings agency Moody’s says budget will do little to improve growth

The Guardian - UK

British fintech founder who moved to U.S.: U.K. tech's problem isn't taxes—it's ambition

'Moving to America went beyond market size—it was a stark recognition that Britain stifles ambitious tech companies.'

Fortune

Ned Boulting interview: ‘ITV’s last Tour de France will be a moment of great sadness’

INTERVIEW: Four decades of free-to-air Tour de France coverage is coming to an end in the UK and Boulting, the voice of ITV’s long-running broadcasts, believes it is a symptom of the decline of road racing in Britain, writes Lawrence Ostlere

The Independent UK

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Oxford student who wanted to be Britain’s youngest PM drowned celebrating end of exams

Wesley Akum-Ojong had told peers he was anxious about jumping into the river, an inquest was told

The Independent UK

Project reveals UK sites where black Americans fought to end slavery

Missing Pieces Project maps buildings in 189 locations where African American abolitionists spoke against slavery

The Guardian - UK

Reeves told she will have to raise further £9bn to avoid UK public service cuts

Warning comes after Rachel Reeves’s record tax-raising budget sent tremors through financial markets

The Guardian - UK

Voting closes in contest to lead UK Conservative Party as it seeks to rebound from defeat

Voting has closed in contest to lead Britain’s Conservative Party after its crushing election defeat

The Independent UK

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OPINION - Halloween right now is a fake feast — the old Irish version was far better than our Americanised nightmare

The trouble with Halloween isn’t just, as Rachel Johnson points out today, that it’s the occasion for large scale larceny by the young and conspicuous ghoul-related consumption by adults on an indecent scale; it’s also a loathsome revenant of its former self. I grew up with Halloween in its old…

Evening Standard

The 10 best punk albums of the last decade

Never mind the bollocks - here's the greatest punk albums that have raged against austerity, Trump and so much more

Metal Hammer

Britain has banned protests outside abortion clinics, but silent prayer is a gray area

A ban on protesting outside abortion clinics has gone into effect in England and Wales

The Independent UK

Budget 2024: what the UK papers said about Rachel Reeves’s statement

Headlines featured numerous ‘nightmare’ allusions for budget delivered the day before Halloween

The Guardian - UK

Singapore's affluent veneer hides repression and corruption, says son of its modern-day founder

Former Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew's youngest son, who fled to Britain to seek asylum from what he describes as a campaign of persecution, says the city-state has become much more repressive and that corruption has worsened in the decade since his father died

The Independent UK

UK’s Labour just unveiled its first budget in 14 years – what is in it and will it work?

Chancellor’s solutions to improving economy and public services will be a radical change for country

The Guardian - UK

Will Rachel Reeves’s borrow-and-spend Budget actually work?

ANALYSIS: Business will bear the burden of this Budget, so the chancellor must hope it delivers a better economy, says Howard Mustoe

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Migrant Dies Trying To Cross Channel, Three More Bodies Found

A migrant died Wednesday trying to cross the Channel to Britain, French authorities said, while the date of death was not immediately clear for three more people found dead on beaches.

The Independent UK

Stamp duty blow to first-time buyers and second home investors

Experts said Britain’s property sector would be knocked by stamp duty changes, with an ‘overnight’ hike for second-home buyers.

The Guardian - UK

Is this the budget Britain needs? Our panel responds

In Labour’s first budget for almost 15 years, Rachel Reeves has unveiled tax rises and promises of investment in public services

The Guardian - UK

It’s my first Halloween in the UK for two decades – and my American children are not impressed

Spending on costumes and treats has increased, but Britain isn’t showing quite the same commitment or creativity, says Guardian columnist Emma Brockes

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The Guardian - UK

No, Robert Jenrick, former colonies do not owe a ‘debt of gratitude’ for Britain’s legacy of brutality and exploitation

As a historian, the UK conservative party leadership candidate should know that the only debt owed is one of accountability and reparation

The Guardian - UK

Push for black and Asian soldiers’ input in world wars to be taught in UK schools

Exclusive: Awareness of contribution of black and Asian soldiers could help tackle racism, say leading minority ethnic voices

The Independent UK

Live: Rachel Reeves delivers tax-raising Budget

In the first Labour Budget since 2010 – and the first delivered by a woman – Ms Reeves promised to ‘invest, invest, invest’.

Evening Standard

Budget 2024: Chancellor Rachel Reeves gambles billions on RED with tax and borrowing rises to rebuild Britain

She has defended the drastic action so the Government can ‘invest, invest, invest’ in the UK

The Independent UK

More spending and tax hikes expected in the first budget from Britain's Labour government

British Treasury chief Rachel Reeves is set to deliver her first budget in Parliament

The Guardian - UK

Britain has closed its eyes to long Covid – which means it will ravage even more lives and livelihoods

Unlike the US, Canada and Australia, the UK is only giving free boosters to some. But the cost of restricting them could be huge, says Devi Sridhar of Edinburgh University

Radio France Internationale

Botswana’s stability tested in tough election for President Masisi

Botswana goes to the polls this Wednesday with incumbent President Mokgweetsi Masisi facing three main challengers in what analysts are calling the country’s most competitive vote yet. The prosperous, diamond-rich nation has maintained a stable democracy since gaining independence from Britain in 1966.

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