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• Blair-era money is ‘not there now’, Healey warns Labour

  28-09-2026 14:54 via ft.com
  UK chancellor uses conference speech to prepare ruling party for possible Budget tax rises
  
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• FirstFT: Trump says AI bosses agreed to ‘self-regulation’ amid safety fears

  29-09-2026 23:34 via ft.com
  Also in today’s newsletter: Lady Gaga urges Japanese to work at FamilyMart and China unveils mortgage subsidies to boost economy
  
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• UK bosses left in dark by Burnham and Healey’s emphasis on ‘cost of business’

  29-09-2026 22:38 via ft.com
  Chief executives welcome bold action on pensions triple lock but brace for potential tax rises in Budget next month
  
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• Andy Burnham’s ‘jam tomorrow’ vision

  29-09-2026 19:42 via ft.com
  Speech was more a bold manifesto for the next election than an urgent action plan
  
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• Average UK diesel price set to reach £2 per litre within days

  29-09-2026 14:34 via ft.com
  Fuel predicted to breach ‘psychological price point’ for the first time ever due to US export threat and disruption to Middle East and Russian supplies
  
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• Average UK diesel price set to reach £2 a litre within days

  29-09-2026 14:34 via ft.com
  Fuel predicted to breach ‘psychological price point’ for first time owing to US export threat and disruption to Middle East and Russian supplies
  
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• Breaking a central banking taboo

  29-09-2026 13:30 via ft.com
  It turns out that monetary policy affects supply as well as demand
  
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• Could high pension fees cost you money in retirement?

  29-09-2026 10:56 via moneyweek.com
  
  Saving for your retirement is one of the most important financial goals of your working life as you build up enough money to cover you later in life.Most people build up their retirement pots through their workplace pensions, but you could use a self-invested personal pension (SIPP). If you're self-employed, you might decide a SIPP is a good option.But when building up a retirement fund in a SIPP, you should be aware of the fees involved, which over the long term could cost you tens or even hund
  
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• Labour conference as it happened: Andy Burnham vows to scrap ‘triple lock’ to fund social care

  29-09-2026 10:37 via ft.com
  Prime minister says ‘change will be difficult’ in first conference speech as leader
  
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• Burnham willing to ‘burn’ all his political capital on triple lock, says Rayner

  29-09-2026 10:37 via ft.com
  Prime minister pitches ‘honest conversation’ with voters about problems facing the UK
  
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• Burnham vows to scrap triple lock to pay for social care

  29-09-2026 10:37 via ft.com
  Prime minister says ‘change will be difficult’ in first conference speech as leader
  
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• Burnham vows to scrap pensions triple lock from 2030

  29-09-2026 10:37 via ft.com
  Prime minister says ‘change will be difficult’ in first conference speech as leader
  
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• Burnham says ‘change will be difficult’ in first party conference speech as Labour leader

  29-09-2026 10:37 via ft.com
  Prime minister pledges to give ‘real speech’ as he lays out problems facing the country
  
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• Burnham gives first party conference speech as Labour leader

  29-09-2026 10:37 via ft.com
  Prime minister expected to pledge to ‘be straight’ with voters about the problems facing the country
  
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• Australia raises interest rate to highest level in 15 years

  29-09-2026 07:54 via ft.com
  RBA points to persistent inflation and more expensive energy as it undertakes fourth increase this year
  
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• Brussels’ protectionist turn spooks bloc’s free-market stalwarts

  29-09-2026 07:00 via ft.com
  Also in this newsletter: energy ministers brace for winter
  
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• FirstFT: Anthropic IPO filing warns of ‘existential risks’

  29-09-2026 06:30 via ft.com
  Also in today’s newsletter: oil-bonds link and EU budget
  
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• UK tech founders urge Burnham to curb non-competes to match US rivals

  29-09-2026 06:00 via ft.com
  Founders behind several leading London AI labs claim British businesses are hampered by employment restrictions
  
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• Oil price and US Treasury yields in tightest relationship since 1990

  29-09-2026 06:00 via ft.com
  Bond investors watch Iran conflict and crude price for signs as to where government borrowing costs will go
  
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• Non-profit model won’t fix water industry, says boss of non-profit utility

  29-09-2026 06:00 via ft.com
  Welsh Water has fallen short on sewage pollution, despite having no shareholders for over two decades, chief acknowledges
  
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• Copying Welsh model will not fix UK water industry, says non-profit boss

  29-09-2026 06:00 via ft.com
  Welsh Water has fallen short on sewage pollution, despite having no shareholders for over two decades, chief acknowledges
  
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• Bond investors become oil traders as Iran war drives yields

  29-09-2026 06:00 via ft.com
  Bond investors watch Iran conflict and crude price for signs as to where government borrowing costs will go
  
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• Bond sell-off deepens and oil rises as Iran-US deal hopes fade

  28-09-2026 23:38 via ft.com
  Brent crude jumps and 10-year Treasury yield surpasses 5.2% as hopes for US-Iran agreement fade
  
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• Burnham vows to break with ‘politics as usual’ by tackling UK’s biggest issues

  28-09-2026 23:30 via ft.com
  PM will unveil at Labour conference a ‘serious prospectus’ that aims to confront problems including social care crisis and youth unemployment
  
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• Burnham vows to break ‘politics as usual’ by tackling UK’s biggest issues

  28-09-2026 23:30 via ft.com
  PM will unveil at Labour conference a ‘serious prospectus’ that aims to confront problems such as social care crisis and youth unemployment
  
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• FirstFT: Seoul accuses Ukraine of violating secrecy agreement on North Korean soldiers

  28-09-2026 23:26 via ft.com
  Also in today’s newsletter: Nvidia’s $150bn share buyback and Tata family scion hits back with plan to keep holding company private
  
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• Ministers abandon plan to make overseas visitors pay for England’s top museums

  28-09-2026 21:04 via ft.com
  Culture secretary Lisa Nandy says the 15 national museums and galleries ‘must be free, forever, for everyone to access’
  
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• Without a resilient economy, central banks have limited choices

  28-09-2026 17:30 via ft.com
  Responding to geopolitical or climate-related supply shocks after the fact is never as effective as taking preventive action
  
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• UK housebuilder stocks surge: should you buy?

  28-09-2026 17:16 via moneyweek.com
  
  Prime minister Andy Burnham has delivered a welcome lift to beleaguered UK housebuilding stocks ahead of the first Autumn Budget of his tenure with the announcement of a new scheme, which some analysts say could boost housebuilder profits by as much as 70% over coming years.Hopes that UK housebuilders could benefit from a Burnham boost were vindicated when markets opened on 28 September, following the announcement of the Your First Home scheme aimed at helping first-time buyers get onto the prop
  
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• State pension triple lock to be scrapped in 2030

  28-09-2026 17:14 via moneyweek.com
  
  The state pension triple lock is set to be replaced with a double lock system in April 2030 to help fund a new free social care service, prime minister Andy Burnham has announced. Burnham affirmed that he will stick to the 2024 Labour manifesto commitment to keep the triple lock in place for the rest of this parliament, but said he will “adjust” the promise if Labour win a second term in power. “I won't pretend some of this won't be difficult. I accept I may pay a political pri
  
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