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Great British Energy’s budget has been nuked

Ed Miliband’s vehicle for investing in renewables lost 30% of its pot to small modular nuclear reactors in the spending review

The Guardian - UK

More free school meals is a start – here’s what would really address child poverty

All children in England living in households claiming universal credit will soon be eligible for free school meals, the UK government has announced. This will improve the lives of 500,000 more children and save their families £500 per year.

The Conversation

UK agrees to check-free land border for Gibraltar but EU controls for flights

The deal clears the way to finalise a post-Brexit deal on the territory with the European Union.

Evening Standard

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This Spending Review treats London as a one-way cash cow — again

Rachel Reeves largely ignored the capital in her spending review, despite her economic plans depending on it

Evening Standard

Growing proportion of aid budget to be spent on asylum hotels next year

Hotel accommodation for asylum-seekers strips money from the aid budget and threatens the health of people seeking safety, charities warn

The Independent UK

Spending review delivers big boosts for health and defence – but Rachel Reeves is focused on investment

UK chancellor Rachel Reeves has delivered the government’s spending review, setting out its plans and priorities for the next three years. The aim of the review is of course to allocate spending over that time period – but this government is keen for economic growth and so has directed the…

The Conversation

Where should governments spend your money? The impossible maths of political and moral decisions

Whenever the UK government decides to spend public money on a new project, it needs to weigh up the costs against the value of the benefits it hopes to achieve. And it’s rarely a simple calculation.

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UK yet to commit to Nato plan for rise in defence spending to 3.5% of GDP

Nato chief Mark Rutte wants members to agree to plan at summit this month but UK remains cautious

The Guardian - UK

Ukrainian pupils taking refuge in the UK should get free school meals

Letter: The government must offer more help to Ukrainians in Britain, as they are currently denied refugee status, writes Susie Cooke

The Guardian - UK

Sabrina Carpenter announces new album Man’s Best Friend

The record is to be released a year after she dropped her chart-topping sixth studio album Short N’ Sweet.

Evening Standard

UK crime agency freezes assets of disgraced Sheikh Hasina ally

Saifuzzaman Chowdhury, former land minister, was featured in Al Jazeera’s investigation, The Minister’s Millions.

Al Jazeera

London stocks climb higher after ‘watershed’ spending review

The FTSE 100 index closed up 11.27 points, 0.1%, at 8,864.35.

Evening Standard

JA on F1 Podcast: Inside the F1 race that's bigger than Glastonbury

This week we look at what’s going on at Silverstone, as we count down to the British Grand Prix in a few weeks’ time, the UK’s largest ticketed event.

Autosport

PSNI request support from UK colleagues to deal with Ballymena violence

Assistant Chief Constable Ryan Henderson said the force would be bringing extra officers, vehicles and equipment to areas where unrest has flared.

Evening Standard

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The National (Scotland)

Five key points for Scotland from Rachel Reeves’s spending review

CHANCELLOR Rachel Reeves set out her spending plans for the next three years today – which will have an impact on Scotland

The Guardian - UK

Opinion of US has worsened in countries around world in last year, survey shows

Poll shows large decline in Mexico, Poland and Canada, with just 34% of people expressing some confidence in Trump

Evening Standard

UK and Spain agree post-Brexit deal for 'fluid border' at Gibraltar

Officials involved in negotiating the post-Brexit deal hailed the ‘historic agreement’

The Independent UK

UK agrees post-Brexit deal with EU for ‘fluid’ border between Gibraltar and Spain

Agreement marks a breakthrough after five years of tense negotiations over the border with Spain that have been ongoing since Britain left the bloc in 2020

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Evening Standard

Britain will be ‘defence industrial superpower’ with extra cash, Reeves says

Defence is one of the areas of Government spending which benefited most at the spending review on Wednesday.

Evening Standard

UK agrees to ‘fluid border’ between Gibraltar and Spain

There will be dual border control checks for arrivals by air at Gibraltar airport, carried out by Gibraltar and Spanish officials.

The Guardian - UK

UK and Spain strike ‘historic’ deal over Gibraltar’s future and borders

People to be able to move freely across land border, and airport to have Eurostar-style dual border checks

Euronews

'Historic milestone': EU and UK strike political agreement on Gibraltar

The UK and Spain have been trying to reach a deal for years to ensure that people and goods could cross freely over the British overseas territory's land border with Spain.

The Independent UK

EU and UK reach accord on cross-border trade and travel in Gibraltar

The European Union and the U.K. have reached an agreement to ease cross-border trade and travel in Gibraltar after years of post-Brexit wrangling over the contested territory, EU Trade Commissioner Maroš Šefčovič said Wednesday

Evening Standard

Murray asks who Scots voters ‘trust to spend’ £9.1bn rise in funding

The Scottish Secretary was speaking after Chancellor Rachel Reeves laid out her spending plans for the next three years.

The Independent UK

Voices: How Labour’s spending review was shaped by Reform UK

COMMENT: The chancellor insisted her choices were ‘Labour choices’. But as I watched her deliver her statement, I couldn’t help thinking that much of it was aimed at seeing off the rising threat to Labour from Nigel Farage, writes Andrew Grice

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