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• Millennials to secure 'inheritance boom'

  30-12-2017 12:48 via bbc.co.uk
  But a think tank says inheritance will come too late to help young people on to the housing ladder.
  
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• Is Britain ready for US-style religious politics?

  21-03-2026 06:00
  Fuelled by new funding and transatlantic links, Christian groups are playing an increasingly prominent role on the UK right
  
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• Energy crisis upends Rachel Reeves’ growth plan amid hints of recession

  21-03-2026 06:00
  Chancellor had vowed to cut cost of living but Treasury now foresees ‘very difficult Budget’ later this year
  
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• UK lets US use British bases to strike Iranian missile sites targeting Strait of Hormuz

  20-03-2026 22:33
  Donald Trump says London should have acted faster after it agreed to help efforts to curb attacks on shipping
  
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• UK borrowing costs reach highest level since 2008 as economic hit from war mounts

  20-03-2026 19:20
  Ten-year gilt yield jumps to 5% as fears over inflation shock intensify
  
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• Retail investors aren’t crazy for Farage and Kwarteng’s bitcoin business

  20-03-2026 17:50
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• Rayner leads Labour revolt on immigration plans in new test for Starmer

  20-03-2026 17:16
  Dozens of backbenchers have endorsed the former deputy PM’s criticism of the government’s ‘un-British’ plans
  
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• A prosperous Britain means facing up to trade-offs

  20-03-2026 16:00
  Yes, yes, and yes again to reform of our appalling planning system — but politicians require help to make hard choices
  
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• Two arrested after attempt to enter UK nuclear submarine base

  20-03-2026 15:47
  Man and woman, one believed to be Iranian, held after approaching Faslane
  
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• Angela’s ambitions

  20-03-2026 15:28
  Plus: Ed Luce dials Trump
  
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• Pressure grows on Starmer to drop EU ‘red lines’

  20-03-2026 14:26
  Some senior Labour figures want the party to drop promises not to rejoin customs union or single market
  
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• War threatens outlook for UK public finances as borrowing overshoots

  20-03-2026 11:51
  Higher than expected £14.3bn figure comes as Middle East turmoil raises inflation forecasts
  
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• Net zero is not a zero-sum game

  20-03-2026 09:33
  Fresh polling shows a new divide on the right but support remains high for UK climate policy
  
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• UK borrowing overshot in February before Middle East turmoil

  20-03-2026 08:34
  Higher than expected £14.3bn figure comes as war threatens to hit outlook for public finances
  
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• I want to hold balance of power at next general election, says Zack Polanski

  20-03-2026 08:20 via bbc.com
  Green Party leader says thought of becoming PM is 'on his mind' and the aim of 30-40 MPs now feels "under ambitious".
  
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• Government borrowing higher than expected in February

  20-03-2026 08:18 via bbc.com
  The ONS said an increase in government tax receipts was outweighed by a rise in spending.
  
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• Labour’s leftward shift and the bond vigilante threat

  20-03-2026 06:00
  The UK’s debt mountain would constrain a new prime minister’s choices — and could make further tax rises more likely
  
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• Taxpayers to fund clear-up of huge illegal waste dumps

  20-03-2026 04:34 via bbc.com
  The government says it will step in to clean up some of the biggest illegal rubbish tips in England.
  
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• Labour MPs threaten vote to show opposition to Mahmood's migration plans

  20-03-2026 01:42 via bbc.com
  Opponents are considering using parliamentary procedure to force a vote to highlight their concerns.
  
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• Sir John Curtice: Why Labour's Brexit focus has shifted from Leavers to Remainers

  20-03-2026 01:01 via bbc.com
  Will the pursuit of a closer relationship with the EU risk courting electoral disaster by alienating Brexit-backing voters?
  
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• Reform vows to cut Scottish income tax below UK rate

  19-03-2026 21:15 via bbc.com
  Nigel Farage's party has launched a manifesto and unveiled its candidates for the Holyrood election.
  
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• UK reveals aid priorities after major cuts to budget

  19-03-2026 20:08 via bbc.com
  Aid groups and MPs have raised concerns over the move to prioritise defence spending over aid.
  
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• Investors’ important bet on nuclear fusion

  19-03-2026 19:25
  The elusive power source is gradually moving closer to becoming a reality
  
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• UK agrees deal to ease migrant returns to Nigeria

  19-03-2026 19:02 via bbc.com
  It comes during the Nigerian president's state visit to the UK - the first by a west African leader in 37 years.
  
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• Badenoch backs Tory MP in row over Muslim prayer event

  19-03-2026 18:38 via bbc.com
  The Tory leader has faced calls to sack a colleague who called public prayers an "act of domination".
  
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• Nigel Farage criticised for calling Welsh people 'foreign speakers'

  19-03-2026 18:24 via bbc.com
  Reform UK's leader made the comment in a paid-for video message on the Cameo app.
  
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• UK reveals cuts to aid for Africa and Middle East

  19-03-2026 18:18
  Foreign secretary Yvette Cooper says reduced budget means ‘hard choices and unavoidable trade-offs’
  
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• The UK must accept it is no longer a global power

  19-03-2026 18:10
  Starmer has failed to level with the public that Britain’s control over its destiny is limited
  
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• Can Reeves overcome the sceptics on fiscal devolution?

  19-03-2026 18:03
  Plus, Labour prepares for another go at reforming sickness benefits
  
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• Faisal Islam: Iran war is having a dramatic effect on the UK economy

  19-03-2026 17:21 via bbc.com
  The knock-on effects of the war in the Gulf go beyond a hold on interest rates and are set to reverberate for months.
  
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