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GP practices could be forced to close because of tax hike, Streeting warned

The combination of increases in national insurance contributions and higher wage bills could force or cuts or even closures, the BMA said.

Evening Standard

PM ‘totally disagrees’ with ex-Blair aide’s claim UK does not need small farmers

Former political adviser John McTernan said the Government should ‘do what Margaret Thatcher did to the miners’ to protesting farmers.

Evening Standard

Spain PM Accused Of 'Blackmail' By Tying Budget To Flood Aid

Spain's minority left-wing government wants to galvanise its deadlocked 2025 draft budget by linking it to urgent reconstruction funds following devastating floods, sparking "blackmail" accusations from the conservative opposition.

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Hospitals issue warning about key NHS waiting list target as winter crisis looms

Children are being ‘let down’ amid huge waiting lists health chiefs have warned

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‘Unlikely’ that NHS will meet 18-week waiting time target, say trust leaders

They also warned there is a ‘fundamental mismatch’ between demand for services and what the NHS is able to do.

The Independent UK

Rachel Reeves accused of business ‘betrayal’ as top bank warns tax hikes will hit living standards

It comes as business leaders accuse the Labour government of having ‘betrayed the nation’ following the national insurance hike for employers

The Independent UK

Labour’s bid to end homelessness hit by Budget tax blow, Rachel Reeves warned

Exclusive: National insurance rise an immediate ‘threat’ to services that help the most vulnerable, Labour chancellor told as 100 organisations, including Crisis, sign letter in protest

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No date for increasing defence spending to 2.5% of GDP, says Treasury minister

Darren Jones said it will depend on the outcome of the strategic defence review, which is currently under way.

Evening Standard

Thousands of farmers to descend on London after Met Police green lights ‘tractor tax’ protest

The event’s organiser said he could see the number of attendees exceed 10,000

The Independent UK

‘It’s become so tough I’m looking for a second job’: Inside the farming crisis

Farmers tell Alex Ross that Rachel Reeves’ Budget ‘tractor tax’ is the latest blow to a family industry struggling to survive amid rising costs and extreme weather – as thousands prepare to descend on Westminster this week

The Independent UK

NHS is drinking in ‘last chance saloon’, says Labour health advisor

‘The NHS is in the worst state I’ve ever seen’ Alan Milburn said

The Independent UK

Asda boss warns of £100m hit from ‘big burden’ Labour Budget

Asda’s chairman said he would try not to pass extra costs on to consumers, but ‘you can’t deny it will probably be inflationary to some degree’.

Evening Standard

JD Wetherspoon boss issues price rise warning to customers

Tim Martin, Wetherspoon’s chairman, has warned over price rises after the autumn Budget

The National (Scotland)

Vistry warns of extra costs and supply chain hit due to tax changes in Budget

The housebuilder said it is ‘assessing the impact’ of Labour’s autumn Budget in which Chancellor Rachel Reeves raised employer taxes.

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Evening Standard

FTSE 100 Live 08 November: British Airways owner IAG soars on results beat, retail stocks struggle

IAG shares soared in the FTSE 100 index today after the British Airways owner reported a bumper summer.

Evening Standard

Rachel Reeves NI hike may push up prices, cut jobs and squeeze pay rises, says Bank of England governor

Chancellor Rachel Reeves’ increase in National Insurance on employers may push up prices, cut jobs and squeeze pay rises, says the governor of the Bank of England.

The National (Scotland)

UK Budget ‘cannot be balanced on back of Scotland’s charities’, John Swinney says

THE UK Budget “cannot be balanced on the back of Scotland’s charities”, the First Minister has said ...

Evening Standard

Bank says ‘gradual approach’ to interest rate cuts needed after Budget

Andrew Bailey said it would ‘help us to observe’ how the tax measures would play out for the economy.

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The Independent UK

Fact check: Badenoch Budget claim, Spanish floods and altered King Charles video

Round up of fact checks from the last week compiled by Full Fact.

Evening Standard

Chancellor visits Manchester to promote investment in northern infrastructure

Rachel Reeves announced the Transpennine Route Upgrade was secured in her first Budget as Chancellor last week.

Evening Standard

Bank of England slashes interest rates to 4.75%

The second move in three months reduces the official cost of borrowing to its lowest level since summer 2023

The Independent UK

UK politics live: Reeves dismisses Lammy’s Trump ‘Neo-Nazi’ jibe as Farage’s mediation offer snubbed by Labour

The US election result has brought past comments made by foreign secretary David Lammy about Donald Trump back into the limelight

The Independent UK

Interest rates live updates: Bank of England base rate cut to help slash mortgage bills

Inflation fell below the Bank of England’s 2% target in September for the first time in three years

The Independent UK

MSPs ‘deeply concerned’ about Government’s lack of strategic financial approach

Holyrood’s Finance Committee said the Scottish Government is failing to take a long-term view.

Evening Standard

Chancellor Rachel Reeves’ Budget clears first House of Commons hurdle

MPs approved a series of Budget resolutions on Wednesday, which included an increase to employers’ national insurance contributions and a vapes tax.

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