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Ministers barred from using emergency Treasury funds for public sector pay rises

The Treasury is limiting access to the reserve for departments ahead of the Budget.

Evening Standard

UK Treasury tells ministers not to expect bailouts from its reserve fund

Departments told to manage their own cost pressures as finance ministry seeks to curb overuse of contingency fund

The Guardian - UK

No more bailouts to fund public sector pay rises, cabinet ministers warned

Labour chancellor Rachel Reeves tightens purse strings ahead of difficult Autumn Budget

The Independent UK

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Tax rises ‘inevitable’, experts warn after borrowing soars in another blow for Rachel Reeves

Labour chancellor facing increasing pressure to rescue the UK’s troubled finances

The Independent UK

Home Office to lodge appeal in last-minute migrant returns deportation case

Senior Treasury minister James Murray rejected suggestions that Labour had forgotten its values.

Evening Standard

Food prices are still rising despite inflation holding steady. Here’s why

August’s inflation rate of 3.8 per cent means that if an item cost £100 a year ago, it would now cost £103.80

The Independent UK

Why are food prices rising and what does it mean for me?

August’s inflation rate of 3.8% means if an item cost £100 a year ago, it would now cost £103.80.

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Stocks slide and pound dives as bond yields spike

The FTSE 100 index closed down 79.65 points at 9,116.69.

Evening Standard

Reshuffle gymnastics prepare Starmer to walk tricky budget tightrope

Economists say new team could help push back against Treasury but PM needs to spell out what he stands for

The Guardian - UK

Starmer insists Downing Street shake-up is ‘second phase’ not reshuffle

The Prime Minister said he wanted to focus on ‘delivery, delivery, delivery’.

Evening Standard

Keir Starmer brings back ex-Tony Blair comms chief in mini-reshuffle

Keir Starmer has brought back a former adviser in Tony Blair's government as part of a mini-reshuffle of the UK Cabinet ...

The National (Scotland)

Starmer appoints Darren Jones to new role as PM’s chief secretary

Mr Jones will be based at No 10 and ‘directly oversee work across Government to support the delivery of the Prime Minister’s priorities’.

The Independent UK

Rising star Darren Jones named chief secretary to PM in Downing Street shake-up

Mr Jones will be based at No 10 and ‘directly oversee work across Government to support the delivery of the Prime Minister’s priorities’.

Evening Standard

Sarah Parish and James Murray look back: ‘Losing a child is such a hard thing to digest, but when we harnessed the grief, it got easier’

The actors on getting off on the wrong foot, taming their wild sides, and navigating loss together

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Evening Standard

Military pause not enough to ease Gaza suffering, Lammy warns

The Foreign Secretary called for access to aid to be ‘urgently’ widened over the coming hours and days.

Evening Standard

Minister slaps down Diane Abbott's claim that Labour chiefs want her out after sparking new racism row

The Hackney North and Stoke Newington MP has said: ‘It is obvious this Labour leadership wants me out’

The Guardian - UK

Diane Abbott’s Labour suspension must be resolved ‘as swiftly as possible’, says minister – as it happened

Treasury minister James Murray said Abbott’s claim that ‘this Labour leadership wants me out’ was ‘absolutely not the case’

Evening Standard

‘Not true’ that Labour wants Diane Abbott out, minister says

Exchequer secretary to the Treasury James Murray said it was ‘absolutely not the case’ that Number 10 had wanted Ms Abbott to out of the party.

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Anti-China rhetoric over British Steel is absurd, says country’s embassy

A spokesperson for the embassy said individual UK politicians have shown ‘arrogance, ignorance and twisted mindset’.

Evening Standard

MP refused entry to Hong Kong warns of closer relations with China

Liberal Democrat MP Wera Hobhouse raises concerns about a ‘hidden blacklist’ of MPs barred from entering former British territory

The Independent UK

China has ‘hidden list’ of British politicians not allowed to enter Hong Kong, MP claims

A Liberal Democrat MP has raised concerns about a ‘hidden blacklist’ of MPs barred from entering former British territory

Evening Standard

Ministers race to attract more Chinese investment in UK despite Scunthorpe steelworks fiasco

Trade minister Douglas Alexander is currently in China seeking to drum up business deals

The Independent UK

Labour minister clashes with Sky News presenter over British Steel future: ‘Give us an answer’

Labour minister James Murray clashed with a Sky News presenter as he was grilled on the future of British Steel.

International Business Times

UK Govt Races Against Time To Keep Steel Furnaces Running

Britain's government on Monday raced to secure raw materials to keep the country's last steelmaking blast furnaces running after passing emergency legislation to take control of British Steel.

The Guardian - UK

UK MP refused entry to Hong Kong accuses China of ‘hidden blacklist’

Wera Hobhouse says her apparent presence on secret list of critics of country’s human rights record made her a target

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