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• Healey looks for fiscal buffer in October’s UK Budget

  31-07-2026 20:30 via ft.com
  Chancellor to stick to Labour’s fiscal rules while moving ‘power and money out of Westminster’
  
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• Crackdown on zero-hours contracts could cost UK firms up to £3bn per year

  12-08-2026 19:42 via ft.com
  About £1.2bn will come from new rules forcing bosses to pay compensation for cancelled shifts
  
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• Poor numeracy is a blind spot in the age of AI

  12-08-2026 16:58 via ft.com
  An understanding of maths can be crucial to judging if the tech is telling you the right thing
  
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• Scottish North Sea tax revenues drop, fuelling debate on oil and gas industry’s future

  12-08-2026 14:11 via ft.com
  UK government to soon decide whether to approve production at the Rosebank and Jackdaw fields
  
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• Scotland’s North Sea oil revenues drop by 12%

  12-08-2026 14:11 via ft.com
  UK government to soon decide whether to approve production at the Rosebank and Jackdaw fields
  
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• Tax-free Personal Allowance rise to £18,000 demand for Andy Burnham hits new milestone

  12-08-2026 13:23 via express.co.uk
  EXCLUSIVE: The government has replied to the proposal to raise the allowance.
  
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• UK power supplies likely to be stretched during solar eclipse

  12-08-2026 10:20 via ft.com
  Grid operator calls for extra generation capacity to be made available on Wednesday evening
  
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• Andy Burnham just got slapped in the face - by the experts hired to tell us he was great

  12-08-2026 09:08 via express.co.uk
  Andy Burnham's economic credibility has been torn to shreds. By his own experts.
  
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• DWP revokes driving licences of people on benefits for 2 years from October - 3 exceptions

  12-08-2026 08:24 via express.co.uk
  Tough new anti-fraud powers from October 2026, allowing courts to disqualify people on benefits fraudsters from driving if they owe more than £1,000
  
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• Britain needs more investors, not higher taxes on investment

  12-08-2026 06:00 via ft.com
  An increase in capital gains taxation would act against goals to support economic growth
  
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• Households near UK grid upgrade projects in line for lower electricity bills

  12-08-2026 01:01 via ft.com
  Government aims to boost support for pylons and power lines needed to meet net zero targets
  
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• John Healey about to unleash '£25bn Budget tax blitz’ - it’s worse than Rachel Reeves

  11-08-2026 18:30 via express.co.uk
  Chancellor Rachel Reeves has gone, but John Healey will be just as bad.
  
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• Long-term sickness may be smaller problem for UK than thought, says ONS

  11-08-2026 15:54 via ft.com
  Statistics agency’s new labour market survey shows lower levels of economic inactivity due to ill health
  
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• DWP to give back cash to people hit with 'wrong' penalties

  11-08-2026 15:10 via express.co.uk
  The DWP has rescinded almost 200 so-called administrative penalties
  
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• Octopus Energy message for customers ahead of Wednesday's solar eclipse

  11-08-2026 14:49 via express.co.uk
  Britain's first solar eclipse in nearly three decades could disrupt power generation
  
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• DWP confirms full list of 70 conditions that qualify for £778.40 monthly payment

  11-08-2026 14:39 via express.co.uk
  The DWP has identified neurological disease as one of the biggest categories among PIP claims, with people who qualify able to receive up to £778.40.
  
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• Andy Burnham call to raise £18,000 personal tax allowance hits key threshold

  11-08-2026 13:40 via express.co.uk
  New figures reveal impact of freeze - and how much people are losing in tax
  
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• Millions warned over pension move that could cost £163,000

  11-08-2026 12:30 via express.co.uk
  The warning comes from from financial planner Murphy Wealth
  
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• Over 65s 'hit by tax bombshell' as new figures show 2.1m with £20,000 savings alert

  11-08-2026 12:10 via express.co.uk
  People with savings told then may need to take action to avoid being 'pulled in'
  
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• Canary Wharf boom fuels row over council’s unspent developer funds

  11-08-2026 06:00 via ft.com
  Stalled bridge project highlights how Tower Hamlets has struggled to drive infrastructure improvements in England’s fastest-growing borough
  
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• How to fix the housing crisis | John Burn-Murdoch

  11-08-2026 05:00 via ft.com
  How housing shortages reached a crisis point, and what we can do about it
  
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• Burnham to crack down on vape and betting shops in bid to boost high streets

  10-08-2026 23:30 via ft.com
  Councils will be given extra powers to curb unwanted retailers and ‘bring town centres back to life’
  
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• HMRC warns 700,000 to claim £473 tax refund as letters sent

  10-08-2026 11:22 via express.co.uk
  All you need to know as HMRC has written to 700,000 people who are yet to claim their money back
  
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• Pension savings face 67% wipeout due to HMRC changes

  10-08-2026 11:05 via express.co.uk
  A tax advisory firm has said that almost 40,000 people will be hit with higher tax bills.
  
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• UK high street fashion giant issued shocking collapse warning – in business since 1831

  10-08-2026 11:00 via express.co.uk
  The luxury retailer was put on sale in June, with interest from Next and Frasers Group.
  
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• Older people in England hit with free bus pass delay due to DWP change

  10-08-2026 10:37 via express.co.uk
  EXCLUSIVE: A DWP change will affect free bus travel for older people across England.
  
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• 'Extra £170 monthly cost' as 750,000 have to make change this year

  10-08-2026 10:35 via express.co.uk
  The increase comes amid volatile financial markets
  
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• John Healey’s next tax grab is pure madness – even Rachel Reeves wasn’t this unhinged

  10-08-2026 10:31 via express.co.uk
  Chancellor John Healey desperately needs to hike taxes to fund Andy Burnham's spending pledges.
  
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• Octopus Energy gives away free electricity and £12k cash this week

  10-08-2026 09:59 via express.co.uk
  Octopus Energy is celebrating the partial solar eclipse on August 12, the UK's fullest eclipse in 54 years.
  
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• New HMRC update as 'four times as many over-65s paying tax'

  10-08-2026 09:50 via express.co.uk
  Freedom of Information data has shown the figure has quadrupled since 2022/23
  
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