<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><channel><title><![CDATA[Finance - Newslocker]]></title><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/finance/</link><atom:link rel="self" href="https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/finance/rss/" /><atom:link rel="hub" href="http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com" /><description><![CDATA[Find your latest Finance news with just one click. 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and they&rsquo;re all getting more expensive]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/finance/how-much-does-it-cost-to-be-middle-class/</link><pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2026 06:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/finance/how-much-does-it-cost-to-be-middle-class/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Healey to quash visa hopes for wealthy in UK Budget]]></title><description><![CDATA[Move comes despite plans for scheme for investors being well advanced under Keir Starmer]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/finance/healey-to-quash-visa-hopes-for-wealthy-in-uk-budget/</link><pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2026 06:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/finance/healey-to-quash-visa-hopes-for-wealthy-in-uk-budget/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Healey squashes hopes of visa for wealthy in UK Budget]]></title><description><![CDATA[Move comes despite plans for scheme for investors being well advanced under Keir Starmer]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/finance/healey-squashes-hopes-of-visa-for-wealthy-in-uk-budget/</link><pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2026 06:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/finance/healey-squashes-hopes-of-visa-for-wealthy-in-uk-budget/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Britain cannot build its future by returning to the 1970s]]></title><description><![CDATA[The past is always a foreign country]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/finance/britain-cannot-build-its-future-by-returning-to-the-1970s/</link><pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2026 06:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/finance/britain-cannot-build-its-future-by-returning-to-the-1970s/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Andy Burnham cools on new towns project]]></title><description><![CDATA[UK prime minister wants mayors to take responsibility for major housebuilding projects as part of his devolution push]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/finance/andy-burnham-cools-on-new-towns-project/</link><pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2026 06:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/finance/andy-burnham-cools-on-new-towns-project/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A pre-Budget day guide to Britain’s bad taxes]]></title><description><![CDATA[This is not the end of a list of potential reforms. 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