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• US and UK seal first deal of Trump’s trade war

  08-05-2025 21:16
  
  White House and Downing Street celebrate tariff cuts but critics warn of a thin agreement that could face legal challenge
  
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• Cars, cows, crops: the winners and losers from Trump’s trade deal with Britain

  08-05-2025 20:48
  
  Experts warn pact still leaves UK facing higher tariffs on exports to the US than before president returned to office
  
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• Months of talks, then a late scramble: how the UK finally struck a US trade deal

  08-05-2025 20:09
  
  Sir Keir Starmer welcomed agreement to blunt impact of Donald Trump’s tariffs
  
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• Britain’s trade deals are a starting point

  08-05-2025 19:07
  Agreements with the US and India are imperfect, but better than nothing
  
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• Donald Trump 'loves' UK trade deal - and that should terrify Keir Starmer

  08-05-2025 18:41 via express.co.uk
  
  US President Donald Trump today hailed a 'great' trade deal that will "open up" the UK. And it will. Like an oyster.
  
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• Britain’s trade deal with Trump may not be good news for the world

  08-05-2025 18:41
  Starmer’s choice undermines multilateralism and poses risks to the UK
  
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• Bank of England vote split hits hopes for faster interest rate cuts

  08-05-2025 18:21
  Debate highlights uncertain outlook for UK growth and ‘plethora of risks’ facing economy
  
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• Experts sent in to rescue debt-laden local authority in northern England

  08-05-2025 18:15
  Inspectors find Warrington council does not ‘recognise severity of the issues it faces’
  
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• People working from home could face surprise repayment bill from HMRC

  08-05-2025 17:02 via express.co.uk
  
  HMRC is getting stricter after rules for tax relief changed
  
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• UK regulator to ditch Northern Rock-inspired limits on building societies

  08-05-2025 16:01
  BoE to scrap limits on lending and treasury activities introduced after the 2008 financial crisis
  
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• State pensioners urged to do one thing now to secure extra £694.43

  08-05-2025 15:45 via express.co.uk
  
  Brits face a looming 'stealth tax' and have been advised to act quickly.
  
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• BoE cuts rates by a quarter point to 4.25% in three-way split decision

  08-05-2025 14:58
  Monetary Policy Committee split three ways over decision
  
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• Britain set to strike first trade deal with Trump

  08-05-2025 14:41
  Limited agreement is expected to be focused on British steel and car exports
  
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• Mortgage holders could save nearly £350 a year after interest rate cut

  08-05-2025 14:31 via express.co.uk
  
  Bank of England's decision to lower interest rates by 0.25 percentage points will primarily affect borrowers on tracker deals
  
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• WASPI update as three key 'forces' identified as vital to compensation payouts

  08-05-2025 14:09 via express.co.uk
  
  The campaign has launched a legal challenge in its efforts to get compensation
  
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• BoE sticks knife into Rachel Reeves with pathetic 0.25% rate cut - this will hurt us all

  08-05-2025 13:22 via express.co.uk
  
  Chancellor Rachel Reeves has sunk the UK economy. And today, the Bank of England refused to save her.
  
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• Switch to this savings account and you could be a millionaire in less than 20 years

  08-05-2025 13:18 via express.co.uk
  
  Savers could get a fivefold boost to their interest rate by switching
  
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• Early US trade pact is a diplomatic win as Starmer struggles at home

  08-05-2025 12:40
  Agreement likely to be narrow in scope and largely an exercise in damage limitation
  
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• Tax rise warning as Rachel Reeves faces £57bn black hole

  08-05-2025 12:38 via express.co.uk
  
  The NIESR said the Chancellor's flagship £25 billion rise in employers' National Insurance Contributions has backfired
  
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• Trump announces trade deal with UK

  08-05-2025 12:30
  
  US president promises pact will be first of many
  
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• Bank of England cuts rates by a quarter point to 4.25%

  08-05-2025 12:30
  
  Fourth cut since August comes ahead of trade deal between the US and UK
  
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• HMRC contacting workers to say 'don't wait'

  08-05-2025 12:27 via express.co.uk
  
  HMRC has contacted workers who are required to complete a self-assessment tax return
  
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• Heathrow took 7 hours to restart flights after power was restored, report finds

  08-05-2025 11:00
  Root cause of blaze in March at electricity substation supplying Europe’s busiest airport still not known
  
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• Trump to announce trade deal with UK

  08-05-2025 06:09
  
  The agreement is expected to be unveiled on Thursday
  
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• What impact will the UK-India trade deal have?

  08-05-2025 06:00
  
  London predicts small GDP boost in long run as accord sets out contentious national insurance waiver
  
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• UK government on course to breach its fiscal rules, says think-tank

  08-05-2025 01:01
  National Institute of Economic and Social Research says targets have become a drag on growth
  
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• Moving NHS ‘from analogue to digital’ will cost £21bn

  08-05-2025 01:01
  Health Foundation says government will have to go beyond existing budget to fund ‘big shift’ in care
  
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• Iberdrola secures £600mn loan from UK state fund to upgrade power grid

  08-05-2025 01:01
  National Wealth Fund helps finance plan to develop electricity network between Scotland and England
  
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