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Wednesday briefing: Five key messages that will define the budget

In today’s newsletter: Labour has told two stories about Rachel Reeves’ budget. Will it be an end to austerity – or an acceptance of “the harsh light of fiscal reality”?

The Guardian - UK

What is the history of newspaper endorsements and can they swing elections?

The Washington Post and the Los Angeles Times are at the centre of a heated debate about endorsement and press freedom.

Al Jazeera

Here’s what Keir Starmer gets wrong about reparations: we’ve made them before, but now we have to do it right

The call for justice is not going away. Rather than ignore it, Labour should be entering the conversation – and shaping it, says academic Kojo Koram

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UK's Labour Govt Prepares To Deliver Decisive First Budget

Britain's new Labour government unveils its first budget on Wednesday, with Prime Minister Keir Starmer warning of tax rises and public spending cuts as he focuses on long-term growth.

International Business Times

Southport suspect to face court on terror charge as row erupts over Tory ‘cover-up’ questions

Axel Rudakubana will appear in court charged with making a deadly poison and a terror-related offence

Evening Standard

Tories question ‘cover-up’ after Southport suspect charged with terror offence

Labour government insists that the timing of the latest charging announcement was a matter for the Crown Prosecution Service

The Independent UK

Budget must ‘immediately and significantly’ increase cash for Scotland – Swinney

The First Minister was speaking ahead of Chancellor Rachel Reeves’s statement outlining her tax and spending plans.

Evening Standard

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Reeves to promise ‘wealth and opportunity for all’ in major tax-raising budget

Having announced minimum wage boost, chancellor to say she can spare working people from tax rises

The Guardian - UK

Calls over ‘cover-up’ claims as Southport suspect charged with terror offence

Both Conservative leadership candidates said the Government had questions to answer about new charges brought against Axel Rudakubana.

Evening Standard

Labour Manchester mayor Andy Burnham breaks ranks to reject Keir Starmer’s bus fare cap rise

The price cap, announced by the prime minister and expected to be confirmed in Rachel Reeves’ Budget, has been dubbed a ‘bus tax’

The Independent UK

No 10 denies cover-up after Southport suspect charged with terror offence

Downing Street insisted the timing of the latest charging announcement was a matter for the Crown Prosecution Service.

Evening Standard

Should Britain pay for the horror of slavery?

Letters: Readers respond to Keir Starmer saying Britain will not participate in any slavery reparations

The Guardian - UK

GB Energy should treat cutting bills by £300 as a priority, say Tories

The Opposition wants to amend the Great British Energy Bill to ensure the new company tracks its progress on cutting bills.

Evening Standard

OPINION - Praful Nargund was supposed to beat Jeremy Corbyn, now he symbolises Labour's business challenges

When Praful Nargund stood against Jeremy Corbyn in Islington North at the July general election, I heard several confident predictions about why the moderate and business-savvy candidate favoured by Keir Starmer’s ruthlessly disciplined machine would promptly see off Jeremy Corbyn – the Old Testament prophet of doomful state socialism in…

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Southport stabbing suspect accused of murder of three girls charged with owning Al Qaeda training manual

Axel Rudakubana, 18, will appear at Westminster Magistrates’ Court by videolink on Wednesday

The Guardian - UK

Southport murder suspect charged with terrorism offence and producing ricin

Axel Rudakubana, 18, who is already charged with three counts of murder, faces new charges of possessing terrorist material and making poison

The Guardian - UK

‘The rich need to pay more’: Britons’ hopes and fears for the budget

While some want Rachel Reeves to raise taxes for the wealthy, others fear the long-term sick could be penalised

The Independent UK

Every way Labour has defined ‘working people’ ahead of the Budget

Ministers have given varying descriptions of group they have pledged not to raise taxes on

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The National (Scotland)

Labour MP 'punched man after row about fuel payments and bridge closure'

A SUSPENDED Labour MP who was allegedly caught on camera punching a man to the ground did so after an argument about the Winter Fuel Payment,…

The Conversation

Five reasons weight-loss jabs alone won’t help get people back to work

Prime Minister Keir Starmer and health secretary Wes Streeting have recently discussed plans to trial weight-loss injections for around 250,000 people with obesity who are unemployed in a bid to get them back into work, ease pressure on the NHS and boost the economy.

The Independent UK

No 10 hits back at claim Falklands ‘will become Argentine’ in wake of Chagos row

Argentine president Javier Milei said Sir Keir Starmer’s decision to hand the Chagos Islands to Mauritius has shown the path for Argentina to claim sovereignty over the Falkland Islands

The National (Scotland)

Former colonies 'owe gratitude' to Britain for empire, says Robert Jenrick

TORY leadership contender Robert Jenrick has claimed Britain’s former colonies should be thankful for the legacy of empire ...

Evening Standard

Idris Elba fronts knife crime documentary featuring King and Keir Starmer

The hour-long film will air in early 2025 and has a working title of Idris Elba: A Year Of Knife Crime.

The National (Scotland)

'Sh***': How one Labour-voting area feels about the new UK Government

“I REGRET voting for them now." That was the response of one Rutherglen resident when asked about their view of the new Labour Government so…

The National (Scotland)

Labour to snatch more than £4000 from 45,000 'vulnerable' Scots, analysis shows

LABOUR’S benefits cuts will snatch as much as £4681 per year from around 45,000 Scots, new analysis has found ...

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