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Keir Starmer defends digital ID work check plans amid accusations of new U-turn

The Government appears poised to backtrack on its plans to introduce a new mandatory digital identification for right to work checks.

Evening Standard

John Swinney welcomes U-turn on ‘foolhardy’ digital ID proposals

The Prime Minister has been accused of a U-turn, which has been denied by the Chancellor.

Evening Standard

Digital IDs will not be only way to prove right to work in UK, says Chancellor

It is the latest in a series of U-turns by the Government.

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Rachel Reeves ‘pretty relaxed’ about what form of digital ID workers use

Right to work can be proved using digital ID card, e-visa or e-passport, in change to policy government insists is not a U-turn

The Guardian - UK

Rachel Reeves confirms pubs will get ‘more temporary support’

It follows pressure from landlords and industry groups over a major hike in business rates.

Evening Standard

New Birmingham-Manchester rail line planned by Government

A previous plan to extend HS2 between the cities was scrapped by the Conservative government in October 2023 to save money.

Evening Standard

OBR has ‘earned people’s trust’ despite budget leak, says former chairman

Richard Hughes resigned from the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) in December over the mistaken early publication of its forecasts.

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Heathrow third runway: Government admits it may miss sustainable aviation fuel target key to airport expansion

The Government has backed a bigger Heathrow and is now deciding how tests on economic growth, air quality, noise and climate change should be set

Evening Standard

We can’t keep getting it wrong first time, Streeting admits after series of government U-turns

Health secretary says the government’s ‘new year’s resolution’ should be to ‘get it right first time’

The Independent UK

Lending to small businesses and low-income areas must expand, say Labour backbenchers

Senior politicians have tabled bill that would force UK banks to make affordable finance more accessible

The Guardian - UK

Claims Reeves’s post-Budget U-turns cost her £3bn of £22bn headroom in just six weeks

The chancellor is under pressure to turn her March spring statement into a mini-Budget after a series of concessions and U-turns in recent weeks

The Independent UK

What's on the economic horizon: The Standard's Business Editor Jonathan Prynn on the year ahead

A survey of finance chiefs from accounting firm Deloitte found “geopolitical risk” ranked the number one concern among major UK businesses

Evening Standard

13 screeching Labour U-turns since Starmer came to power – as mandatory digital ID plan is dropped

The Government has rowed back on its flagship policy of mandatory digital ID, marking the latest in a series of major policy U-turns since the general election

Evening Standard

Pubs tax U-turn sign of ‘confident’ Government, insists Labour chairwoman

The Treasury is understood to be preparing a support package for the pub industry, due to be announced in the coming days

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UK politics: Reform UK mayoral candidate apologises for Lammy ‘go home’ tweet – as it happened

Chris Parry, who is contending for the Hampshire and Solent mayoralty, says his post was intended ‘ironically’

The Independent UK

Rachel Reeves’s pub reprieve is nothing for Labour to cheer about

THE INDEPENDENT VIEW: Editorial: The government’s latest U-turn, over business rate relief, will be welcomed by publicans – but it only comes after a noisy nationwide campaign that saw MPs banned from more than a thousand boozers. It is sadly emblematic of how this administration goes about its business

The Guardian - UK

‘They are going after everything rural’: inheritance tax U-turn does little to dampen farmers’ anger at Labour

At the Oxford farming conference there were signs the government has much to do to win back farmers’ trust

Evening Standard

Ministers face calls to expand business rate relief beyond pubs as U-turn looms

Trade bodies said ‘piecemeal responses’ will not ‘save our high streets’.

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The Guardian - UK

Reeves’s promise of pub business rates U-turn averts Labour rebellion

Change in England largely welcomed by industry and Labour MPs but represents another climbdown

The Independent UK

‘Make your mind up – it’s bonkers’: Exasperated pubs welcome business rates U-turn but warn they need more help

Chancellor is now expected to extend relief to help pub landlords in latest policy rowback

The Independent UK

Pubs handed a lifeline as Reeves set to U-turn on plans to scrap business rate relief

Exclusive: The chancellor is set for another major U-turn after coming under pressure from Labour MPs

The Independent UK

House prices: What experts say will happen in 2026 after another fall in December

Consecutive months of price drops were a result of Budget uncertainty

Evening Standard

Rachel Reeves to U-turn on pubs tax raid after fury from industry and MPs

Backbench MPs have expressed concerns over business rates hikes and the withdrawal of a Covid-era tax breaks announced at the budget

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ISA Changes on the Horizon: What You Need to Know for 2026

Some of the biggest changes for the future of ISAs have now been announced in Chancellor Rachel Reeves’ latest budget.

The Guardian - UK

Reeves condemns Farage opposition to lifting two-child benefit cap

Exclusive: Chancellor says Reform leader wants to keep children in poverty based on skin colour after U-turn

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