Flynn to raise ‘folly’ of Brexit with Bank governor The SNP’s Westminster leader also called on Chancellor Rachel Reeves to enter talks with the EU to improve the Brexit deal. The Independent UK · Oct 21, 2025
Rachel Reeves ‘plots tax raid on solicitors and GPs in crackdown on UK’s wealthy’ Chancellor to tackle loophole under which partners do not pay employer national insurance The Independent UK · Oct 21, 2025
How Rachel Reeves could balance Britain’s books and lower inequality Letters: Caitlin Boswell lays out measures that would make taxation fairer and improve lives. Plus letters from Rachel Sharp, Dr Tim Owen and Paul McGilchrist The Guardian - UK · Oct 21, 2025
Joan Armatrading composes classical piece that is ‘love letter’ to Birmingham The City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra will give the first performance of Homeland on December 7. Evening Standard · Oct 21, 2025
Brexit has made UK economy and productivity ‘weaker’ than thought, says Reeves The expected downgrade of the OBR’s previous assumptions is likely to make filling a black hole in her Budget even harder. Evening Standard · Oct 21, 2025
Reeves says economic damage caused by Brexit forcing her to take action in budget Chancellor, who is expected to announce tax rises and spending cuts, says effect of leaving bloc worse than predicted The Guardian - UK · Oct 21, 2025
Brexit had bigger impact on UK economy than critics predicted, Rachel Reeves says Brexit ‘needlessly’ added costs to UK businesses, Rachel Reeves said, arguing ministers are now ‘unashamedly rebuilding our relations with the European Union’ The Independent UK · Oct 21, 2025
Britain's oldest Indian restaurant fights against redevelopment plans that could close it down Veeraswamy has been operating from Victory House in Regent Street since 1926 Evening Standard · Oct 21, 2025
Stealth inheritance tax rises lead to record £4.4bn take for Treasury Boost to government’s coffers is in part due to frozen thresholds that have remained in place for years The Independent UK · Oct 21, 2025
Rachel Reeves axes ‘arbitrary rules’ costing firms £6 billion ahead of Budget The Chancellor detailed plans to scrap paperwork for businesses as she looks to fill a black hole in the state’s finances. Evening Standard · Oct 21, 2025
Jenrick accused of being ‘anti-British’ after saying he would ‘probably’ ban burqa – as it happened Labour MP condemns shadow justice secretary’s assertion there is a ‘strong argument’ in favour of ban The Guardian - UK · Oct 21, 2025
Reeves has mountain to climb in budget after borrowing rise Public finances figures contain no shocks but will underline need for either hefty tax rises or spending cuts The Guardian - UK · Oct 21, 2025
UK borrowing reaches five-year high for September at £20.2bn Rising debt interest and welfare costs push public finances deeper into red before Rachel Reeves’s budget The Guardian - UK · Oct 21, 2025
The Tories set a tax trap and Rachel Reeves walked straight into it. It may be her defining mistake By taking Jeremy Hunt’s NI cuts and ruling out other rises, Labour tried to out-Tory the Tories. And made a bad situation worse, says former Labour minister Chris Mullin The Guardian - UK · Oct 21, 2025
The Guardian - UK · Oct 21, 2025 Gold on track for biggest one-day fall since 2020; BoE governor warns over private credit risks - as it happened Price of bullion falls over 5% today, but still up around 60% since the start of 2025
The Guardian - UK · Oct 21, 2025 Britain is suddenly pining for closer ties with the EU. It’s more likely to get the cold shoulder Labour now wants to use the damage from Brexit to combat the threat of Nigel Farage, but the union has bigger fish to fry, says Anand Menon, director of UK in a Changing Europe
The Guardian - UK · Oct 20, 2025 Labour urged to rethink scrapping minimum wage youth rates amid ‘Neets’ rise Thinktank fears 16- to 24-year-olds not in education, employment or training could be ‘priced out’ of entry-level jobs
The Guardian - UK · Oct 20, 2025 Rachel Reeves set to launch ‘blitz on business bureaucracy’ to save firms £6bn Chancellor to tell business leaders at government’s first regional investment summit she plans to ‘cut pointless admin’
The Independent UK · Oct 20, 2025 Keep age-based minimum wage to help young people into work, says think tank Rachel Reeves has been urged to scrap plans to abolish the lower minimum wage rates for under-21s.
Evening Standard · Oct 20, 2025 Rachel Reeves to lay out plans to scrap paperwork for thousands of UK firms The Chancellor is set to launch a fresh ‘crackdown on needless form-filling’ at the Regional Investment Summit in Birmingham on Tuesday.
Evening Standard · Oct 20, 2025 Keir Starmer says Government will ‘go after every penny’ of cash owed by PPE Medpro The consortium led by Baroness Michelle Mone’s husband has been ordered to repay the Government for providing “faulty” gowns during the pandemic
The Independent UK · Oct 20, 2025 One million young people will soon not be in education or employment for first time in a decade The number of so-called ‘Neets’ has risen by nearly 200,000 over the past two years
The Guardian - UK · Oct 20, 2025 Labour’s clean energy plan needs a revamp: get real on costs and ignore the artificial deadline Would long-term strategy be imperilled if, say, only 80% of UK electricity generation was low carbon by 2032? Hardly
The Conversation · Oct 20, 2025 Budget 2025: what should Rachel Reeves do about tax? Join our live event It is the economics version of music’s “difficult second album”. When the UK chancellor, Rachel Reeves, steps up to deliver her follow-up budget on November 26, she faces some daunting choices.
The Independent UK · Oct 20, 2025 Universal Credit, PIP and Motability: Could Labour cut more benefits in the autumn Budget? There are several proposals for further changes to the benefit system