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• Starmer urges UK business to boost trade with China despite security threats

  01-12-2025 22:24 via ft.com
  PM aims to give companies ‘the confidence, clarity and support’ to make deals with Beijing
  
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• Man cleared of harassing Sir Ed Davey and family

  01-12-2025 21:47 via bbc.com
  A magistrate was not satisfied Inigo Rowland's behaviour, although unwelcome, was criminal.
  
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• OBR head resigns over Budget day publishing error

  01-12-2025 20:38 via bbc.com
  The government's official forecaster inadvertently published a crucial Budget document early.
  
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• How Britain’s ‘fiercely independent’ fiscal watchdog came undone

  01-12-2025 20:31 via ft.com
  Tensions with ministers predated the Budget data leak that cost Richard Hughes his job — and there was relief at his exit
  
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• Maccabi fan ban evidence 'changed to fit decision', says antisemitism adviser

  01-12-2025 20:30 via bbc.com
  West Midlands Police chiefs are providing evidence to MPs about the decision to ban Israeli fans.
  
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• Doctors in England to strike for 5 days in run-up to Christmas

  01-12-2025 19:37 via ft.com
  Wes Streeting hits out at British Medical Association’s planned stoppage later this month
  
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• Keir Starmer accused of creating new welfare trap by scrapping two-child benefit cap

  01-12-2025 19:09 via ft.com
  Labour warned larger families now have ‘substantial’ incentive to claim sickness benefits in order to gain fully from change
  
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• Ex-deputy chair among Tory defections to Reform

  01-12-2025 18:59 via bbc.com
  Jonathan Gullis defects to Reform along with fellow former Tory MPs Chris Green and Lia Nici.
  
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• Chris Mason: Why, in my judgement, Reeves was misleading on one specific point

  01-12-2025 18:56 via bbc.com
  The Chancellor chose not to share some information on tax receipts in an unusual press conference, given before the Budget.
  
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• Doctors in England to strike for five days in run-up to Christmas

  01-12-2025 18:29 via ft.com
  Walkout by British Medical Association will come as NHS grapples with additional winter strain on service
  
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• Doctors to stage five-day strike before Christmas

  01-12-2025 18:25 via bbc.com
  Walkout in England begins on 17 December and will be 14th strike in pay dispute.
  
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• Starmer says he is proud of Budget as he denies misleading public

  01-12-2025 18:18 via bbc.com
  The Tories have accused the government of lying about the state of the public finances ahead of the Budget.
  
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• Head of UK fiscal watchdog quits after Budget leak

  01-12-2025 18:08 via ft.com
  Office for Budget Responsibility chair Richard Hughes resigns following critical report
  
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• Tulip Siddiq says Bangladesh jail term is 'unfair'

  01-12-2025 17:02 via bbc.com
  The MP, and niece of Bangladesh's ousted former leader, received a two-year sentence in her absence over corruption allegations.
  
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• OBR report says Budget leak error also led to early Spring Statement access

  01-12-2025 16:55 via ft.com
  Probe labels premature publication ‘worst failure’ in fiscal watchdog’s 15-year history
  
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• Starmer accused of creating new welfare trap by scrapping two-child benefit cap

  01-12-2025 16:32 via ft.com
  Labour warned larger families now have ‘substantial’ incentive to claim sickness benefits in order to gain fully from the change
  
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• NHS to increase medicines spending to avoid threatened Trump tariffs

  01-12-2025 16:25 via ft.com
  UK government will make it easier for drugs to be approved for use in order to secure carve-out from import levies
  
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• Starmer admits he planned to break manifesto pledge on income tax

  01-12-2025 14:09 via ft.com
  PM defends last week’s Budget and says ‘there was no misleading’ about economic forecasts
  
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• Starmer launches fresh push for welfare spending reform

  01-12-2025 11:49 via ft.com
  Prime minister risked Labour MPs’ ire by arguing that tackling the spiralling benefits bill is a moral imperative
  
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• Suggestion Reeves exaggerated fiscal pressures is absurd

  01-12-2025 10:30 via ft.com
  Chancellor was instead far too optimistic about public finances and government’s ability to secure cuts
  
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• Ex-UK minister Tulip Siddiq receives 2-year jail sentence in Bangladesh

  01-12-2025 08:27 via ft.com
  Labour MP found guilty in corruption case involving her aunt Sheikh Hasina, the country’s deposed prime minister
  
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• Children to be taught how to manage their money

  01-12-2025 07:10 via bbc.com
  Political Reporter Tristan Pascoe looks at how learning about finance impacts young people.
  
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• Water bills in northern England could subsidise drier south under reforms

  01-12-2025 06:00 via ft.com
  Proposal for national social tariff aims to fix ‘postcode lottery’ where households pay more in different regions
  
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• Trading firm XTX donates £26mn for maths research at UK universities

  01-12-2025 06:00 via ft.com
  Billionaire Alex Gerko says Britain is missing out on top academic talent
  
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• Police to meet Lancashire councillors after complaints about online abuse

  01-12-2025 06:00 via ft.com
  Opposition groups have accused various male members of Reform UK of intimidating female opponents
  
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• Judges at risk under plans to restrict jury trials, top barrister warns

  01-12-2025 06:00 via ft.com
  Justice secretary David Lammy will unveil overhaul of court system this week
  
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• European farmers face ‘real crisis’ as agricultural commodity prices tumble

  01-12-2025 06:00 via ft.com
  Arable sector contends with sharp drop in price of wheat and sugar and rising input costs
  
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• Bonus: What does the 2025 Budget mean for your money?

  01-12-2025 06:00 via ft.com
  Claer Barrett and a panel of experts answer your questions
  
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• Feuds, boycotts and the birth of Your Party

  01-12-2025 01:39 via bbc.com
  The path to this weekend's founding conference has been overshadowed by splits in the party.
  
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