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Rachel Reeves must keep promise to ease business rates burden, say retailers

Plea comes as analysis warns of £2.7bn tax hike mainly affecting smaller retail, leisure and hospitality firms

The Guardian - UK

Starmer walks fine line between needs of big business and those of working people

There is discomfort in Labour’s ranks over way forward as PM prepares to welcome powerful financiers to London investment summit

The Guardian - UK

P&O Ferries not rogue, says business secretary after cabinet rift

Jonathan Reynolds continues damage limitation effort after colleague Louise Haigh called firm a ‘rogue operator’

The Guardian - UK

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Labour’s challenge is complicated by the triumph of finance. That’s bad news for UK plc

To get the necessary investment, Labour must bring the financial sector onboard while diluting its often malign influence

The Guardian - UK

Politics LIVE: Starmer clashes with Sunak over national security at PMQs as assisted dying bill introduced

Labour government will allow free vote by MPs on controversial assisted dying bill

The Independent UK

Labour MPs urge Reeves to spend tens of billions more on ailing public services

About 70 colleagues have written to chancellor ahead of budget pleading for her to commit to rewriting fiscal rules

The Guardian - UK

How Labour promises have left Rachel Reeves with a giant budget headache

Frustration grows with chancellor locked away in Treasury and facing competing challenges for her historic speech

The Guardian - UK

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Leeds sculpture celebrates 400 women, from suffragists to boxers

Ribbons, by Pippa Hale and initiated by Labour’s Rachel Reeves, bears names of Leeds women past and present

The Guardian - UK

Private equity barons lean on Rachel Reeves to water down proposals for higher taxes

With the budget and Starmer’s investment summit approaching, the industry’s lobbyists are in full cry over ‘carried interest’

The Guardian - UK

Pressure mounts on Rachel Reeves to drop ‘dangerous’ £1.3bn cut to benefits for disabled

Thousands could lose up to £4,900 a year if the plan is retained in the forthcoming budget

The Guardian - UK

The Starmer story so far: what has Labour done in its first 100 days?

A roundup of the government’s work, from its early moves on energy and housing to Thursday’s workers’ rights bill

The Guardian - UK

OPINION - Inside Labour's new world: the marriages, alliances, relatives and rivals

Rural affairs don’t tend to be the biggest draw for Labour governments. But Environment Secretary Steve Reed may be counting on a personal trump card to win his department a better deal.

Evening Standard

Labour warned £22bn shortfall will last years without higher taxes or cuts

Resolution Foundation says overspend chancellor claims she inherited will persist unless tough choices are made

The Guardian - UK

P&O Ferries’ owner pulls news of £1bn port investment after ministers criticise firm

Transport secretary denounced DP World over mass sackings while bringing in protections for workers at sea

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The Guardian - UK

The Guardian view on taxing the rich: essential for economic fairness and growth

Editorial: Powerful vested interests are trying to stop the wealthy from paying their fair share. Rachel Reeves should ignore them

Evening Standard

'Green hypocrisy!' Sadiq Khan in row over Heathrow Airport expansion

Mr Khan was accused of failing to show ‘climate leadership’, while the Labour mayor said the Green Party was guilty of hypocrisy over renewable energy

The Guardian - UK

Poacher turned gamekeeper: the gambler who turned tables on bookies and lobbies for UK tax rise

Multimillionaire Derek Webb, a Labour donor, goes all-in with support for levy on online casinos and bookmakers

The Guardian - UK

Labour considers up to £3bn tax raid on gambling firms

Treasury weighing proposals as chancellor attempts to plug £22bn hole in public finances

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The Independent UK

P&O Ferries pull £1bn UK investment after Labour’s ‘cowboy’ attack

Transport secretary Louise Haigh’s threat to boycott company over firing 800 workers triggers cancellation of announcement for major expansion of London Gateway port ahead of major government summit to attract investors to Britain

The Guardian - UK

Rachel Reeves spends first 100 days in power trying to ride two horses

As chancellor reaches milestone she faces the tricky task of rescuing public finances while also investing in growth

The National (Scotland)

New poll sees Keir Starmer's popularity fall to record low after chaotic start as PM

KEIR Starmer’s approval ratings have reached a record low as his government nears its 100th day in office, according to a new poll ...

Al Jazeera

Labour’s first 100 days running UK panned as ‘worst start in living memory’

A donations scandal and controversial decision to deny a payment to pensioners overshadow Starmer’s new administration.

The Guardian - UK

The super-rich claim they’ll flee to escape a Labour ‘tax grab’. Here’s an idea for how to stop them

If the 1% follow through on their threats, an ‘exit tax’ could raise £500m a year – by plucking golden feathers as they take flight, says the Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

Evening Standard

Inflation-busting council tax rises of 5% may be in Rachel Reeves Budget, top economists warn

They also say that increasing employer National Insurance would be a ‘clear breach’ of Labour’s manifesto

International Business Times

UK Economy Rebounds In August In Boost To New Govt

Britain's economy bounced back in August, official data showed Friday, boosting the new Labour government ahead of its maiden budget later in October.

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