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Wes Streeting urged resident doctors not to vote for strike action after they demanded their pay be restored to 2008 levels

THE INDEPENDENT VIEW: Editorial: The Reform UK leader’s attempt to formulate a serious policy platform barely camouflages his party’s distasteful populism. It will fall to the prime minister to balance the public’s desire to maintain a fair welfare state with sustainable public finances

IMF suggests chancellor could refine fiscal rules, but some fear policing and social housing face spending cuts

‘At least she’s real,’ says the Reform UK leader in a speech in which he promised to lift the two-child benefit cap

As a former chancellor, I know this challenge can only be met in a budget. But Starmer and Reeves must not waste their chance, says former UK prime minister Gordon Brown

The Butcher's Tap & Grill will stop serving food this Sunday

The organisation maintained its projection that the UK economy will expand by 1.4 per cent in 2026

The Washington-based think tank nudged up its growth forecast for the UK this year from 1.1% in April to 1.2%

The organisation, which has been assessing the UK economy, upgrades its growth forecast this year to 1.2%

Economists at the IMF said global trade tensions are expected to wipe 0.3 percentage points off growth for 2026.

Labour and Lib Dems have condemned the stunt in Hertfordshire as ‘horrifically misogynistic’ and ‘dehumanising’