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• UK promises rapid review of NHS drug-pricing rebate

  03-04-2025 19:55 via ft.com
  Under the scheme, drugmakers discount the price of medicines sold in bulk to the healthcare system
  
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• Lower growth, more Bank rate cuts: What do Trump’s tariffs mean for UK?

  03-04-2025 19:25 via ft.com
  
  Exporters from cars to whisky hit, while economists warn of growth impact
  
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• How Trump’s tariffs will hit the UK economy

  03-04-2025 19:25 via ft.com
  
  Exporters from cars to whisky hit, while economists warn of growth impact
  
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• UK households handed new DWP Cost of Living payments

  03-04-2025 18:29 via express.co.uk
  
  Households have received a new date for when they can expect to start receiving £200 cost of living payments.
  
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• UK cuts portion of foreign aid budget spent on asylum seekers in Britain

  03-04-2025 18:04 via ft.com
  
  Costs have fallen because fewer hotels are being used and migrant returns have risen sharply
  
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• Need more joined up thinking on the north

  03-04-2025 18:01 via ft.com
  
  Also in this week’s newsletter, regional disparities in the government’s ‘growth spending’
  
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• UK chose most ‘disruptive’ date for private schools’ VAT charge, files show

  03-04-2025 17:49 via ft.com
  UK chancellor Rachel Reeves dismissed idea of launching tax later in bid to ‘maximise revenue’, Treasury documents reveal
  
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• Ministers chose most ‘disruptive’ date for private schools’ VAT charge, files show

  03-04-2025 17:49 via ft.com
  UK chancellor Rachel Reeves dismissed idea of launching tax later in bid to ‘maximise revenue’, Treasury documents reveal
  
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• Trump has just wiped trillions off pension values – do this to protect your retirement NOW

  03-04-2025 17:20 via express.co.uk
  
  Donald Trump's tariffs have wiped trillions off pension values in a day. The damage could last for years.
  
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• ONS to refocus on core economic data

  03-04-2025 17:09 via ft.com
  UK’s statistics agency scales down work in key public policy areas in response to budget constraints
  
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• People born in 1970 urged to avoid new tax charge this year

  03-04-2025 17:03 via express.co.uk
  
  Experts are telling people wanting to access their pension this year that frozen tax thresholds may result in an unwanted bill from HMRC.
  
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• Best savings accounts and Cash ISAs for April paying up to 7.5% interest

  03-04-2025 16:56 via express.co.uk
  
  Here are the top easy access and fixed rate savings accounts and Cash ISAs this week.
  
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• Co-op takes £80mn hit from shoplifting

  03-04-2025 16:30 via ft.com
  
  Wave of theft is adding to raft of cost pressures on retail industry
  
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• HMRC says check your payslip now and ‘don’t get caught out’

  03-04-2025 15:46 via express.co.uk
  
  HMRC is urging people to check their payslips and avoid being caught out.
  
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• Two-day last-chance HMRC state pension alert as 120,000 cash in

  03-04-2025 15:18 via express.co.uk
  
  The time to act is now as the April 5 deadline for making national insurance top-ups looms
  
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• Northern Ireland fears becoming ‘collateral damage’ in trade war

  03-04-2025 14:42 via ft.com
  
  Brexit deal means region could be hit by EU counter-tariffs on US goods
  
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• Workers urged to give up extra payment to boost pension before April 6

  03-04-2025 14:25 via express.co.uk
  
  There's just days left to boost your pension savings before the new tax year starts.
  
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• UK consults business on retaliation against Trump tariffs

  03-04-2025 14:02 via ft.com
  
  Starmer pledges to redouble efforts to strike trade deal with the US
  
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• British Gas offers more savings to customers with new half-price electricity deal

  03-04-2025 13:53 via express.co.uk
  
  Customers participating in the offer from the energy company will see the discount applied as a credit on their bills.
  
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• Starmer warns of ‘economic impact’ after Trump talks fail to avert tariffs

  03-04-2025 12:35 via ft.com
  
  UK prime minister hopes negotiations between London and Washington could further reduce the levy
  
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• Northern Ireland fears becoming ‘collateral damage’ in Trump’s trade war

  03-04-2025 09:55 via ft.com
  
  Brexit deal means region could be hit by EU counter-tariffs on US goods
  
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• Rolls-Royce in talks over UK subsidies for new engine development

  03-04-2025 06:00 via ft.com
  FTSE 100 group believes the £3bn narrow-body project could deliver a step change in British economy
  
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• Private equity firms urge UK to rethink carried interest tax change

  03-04-2025 06:00 via ft.com
  Blackstone, KKR and EQT among buyout groups raising concerns over government reforms
  
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• Buying a home in the countryside? Don’t bury your head in the sand about UK planning reforms

  03-04-2025 06:00 via ft.com
  Housebuilding and sustainable infrastructure targets are set to reshape rural Britain. Homeowners are steeling themselves for unintended consequences — and buyers are significantly upping their due diligence
  
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• Tourists choose London over New York in boost to West End theatres

  03-04-2025 01:01 via ft.com
  Venue-owners say visitors are flocking to the UK capital after boycotting Broadway
  
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• Starmer relieved as Trump imposes 10% tariff on UK exports

  03-04-2025 00:50 via ft.com
  Prime minister hopes trade talks between London and Washington could further reduce the levy
  
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