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• Megadeals hit record as Wall Street’s animal spirits roar back

  26-11-2025 21:58
  Global transactions of $10bn or more hit 63 as Trump deregulation and fading trade war risks spur M&A blitz
  
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• Megadeals hit new record as Wall Street’s animal spirits roar back

  26-11-2025 21:58
  Global transactions of $10bn or more hit 63 as Trump deregulation and fading trade war risks spur M&A blitz
  
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• 'We make £100,000. The cut to cash Isa limit is a big blow'

  26-11-2025 21:13 via bbc.com
  BBC News hears from people with a range of incomes about what they think of the Budget.
  
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• Beige Book shows US labour market deteriorated in November

  26-11-2025 21:11
  Employment declined and half of US districts noted weaker labour demand
  
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• Painful choices on welfare still lie ahead for Reeves despite tax rises

  26-11-2025 20:42
  OBR sounds alarm on special needs and sickness spending
  
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• Faisal Islam: The real reason Reeves is making you pay more tax

  26-11-2025 19:42 via bbc.com
  This is about buying breathing space, politically and economically. The two factors are now inseparable.
  
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• Reeves unveils £820m funding to support jobless young people

  26-11-2025 19:19 via bbc.com
  The funding will help guarantee paid work placements for 18 to 21-year-olds "not earning or learning", the Chancellor says.
  
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• Millions face lower pensions after salary sacrifice changes

  26-11-2025 18:49
  Cap on national insurance relief set to raise £4.7bn in 2029-30 and £2.6bn in 2030-31
  
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• Child benefit change will create a 'little buffer'

  26-11-2025 18:33 via bbc.com
  Mum-of-three Lucy Burns says removing the cap is going to "make a huge difference to my household".
  
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• Podcast: The Wolf-Krugman Exchange returns

  26-11-2025 18:27
  How one year of President Donald Trump has reshaped the world economy, democracy and capitalism
  
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• How the chancellor just took a chunk out of your future pay

  26-11-2025 18:21 via bbc.com
  The point at which you start to pay tax, and the point where you tip into paying a higher rate of tax have been frozen for three more years.
  
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• What does the Budget mean for London?

  26-11-2025 18:15 via bbc.com
  Chancellor Rachel Reeves's Budget brings change for London with new funding policies and tax changes.
  
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• UK growth forecasts lowered from next year

  26-11-2025 18:07 via bbc.com
  Downgrades to productivity means the economy is set to grow at an annual rate of 1.5% on average over the next five years.
  
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• Tories accuse Reeves of taxing workers to pay for £9bn in extra welfare spending

  26-11-2025 16:47
  Half a million families on universal credit will gain an average £5,000 a year each due to abolition of two-child limit
  
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• BoE can cut rates despite a looser Budget than expected

  26-11-2025 16:00
  UK government decides to spend first and tax later
  
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• Watch: 'Mind-blowing' - BBC correspondents react as OBR releases Budget details early

  26-11-2025 14:24 via bbc.com
  In the lead up to the Chancellor delivering her Budget, the Office for Budget Responsibility published their report early in error.
  
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• The Wolf-Krugman Exchange: Trump’s ‘Vibecession’

  26-11-2025 13:19
  Martin Wolf and Paul Krugman take a measure of the US economy – and democracy
  
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• Higher government spending alone won’t fix Germany, warns IMF

  26-11-2025 12:38
  Europe’s biggest economy needs more structural reforms for return to growth over medium term
  
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• Higher government spending alone will not fix Germany, warns IMF

  26-11-2025 12:38
  Europe’s biggest economy needs more structural reforms for return to growth over medium term
  
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• FirstFT: China leapfrogs US in market for ‘open’ AI models

  26-11-2025 11:37
  Also in today’s newsletter, crypto-hoarders dump tokens and Taiwan boosts defence spending
  
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• Why am I taxed and what is it spent on?

  26-11-2025 11:31 via bbc.com
  The BBC's Ben Chu looks at how much the UK government gets in tax and where those taxes are spent.
  
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• How Greece’s recovery can be an inspiration for Europe

  26-11-2025 10:00
  The Eurozone’s former problem child is now borrowing more cheaply than much of the continent
  
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• ‘Fomo’ is feeding US tech stock bubble, ECB warns

  26-11-2025 10:00
  Central bank says ‘negative surprises’, including worries over Federal Reserve independence, could trigger market correction
  
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• ‘Fomo’ is driving ‘stretched’ US tech valuations, ECB warns

  26-11-2025 10:00
  Central bank says ‘negative surprises’, including worries over Federal Reserve independence, could trigger market correction
  
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• Hospitality businesses expect 'dim' Budget outlook

  26-11-2025 07:10 via bbc.com
  Oswestry food and drink retailers are calling for the industry to be supported in the Budget.
  
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• 'This is the first year I can't find a holiday job'

  26-11-2025 07:07 via bbc.com
  Seasonal hiring is poised to drop to its lowest level since 2008, a sign of caution among US businesses in the face of tariffs and consumer angst.
  
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• FirstFT: Britons braced for Budget ‘stealth tax’

  26-11-2025 06:30
  Also in today’s newsletter, crypto-hoarders dump tokens and Poland’s railway-protecting drones
  
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• Trump’s affordability problem: in charts

  26-11-2025 06:00
  Americans are unhappy with the cost of living — inflation is higher than the month before the president retook office
  
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• Climate urgency means bypassing COP is necessary, says COP30 boss

  26-11-2025 06:00
  Entrenched positions and consensus nature of UN climate talks slow down progress, says Corrêa do Lago
  
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• Climate urgency means action bypassing COP is necessary, says COP30 boss

  26-11-2025 06:00
  Entrenched positions and consensus nature of UN climate talks slow down progress, says Corrêa do Lago
  
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• China is making trade impossible

  26-11-2025 06:00
  Europe has nothing to offer and difficult decisions to make
  
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