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• PMQs live: Burnham signals more cost of living support

  09-09-2026 13:41 via ft.com
  MPs press Prime Minister over UK defence spending as government tries to calm investors ahead of Budget
  
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• America’s superheroes moved to Britain, but will they stay?

  14-09-2026 16:53 via ft.com
  The UK has been a major beneficiary of Hollywood shifting movie production overseas
  
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• UK government considering takeover of insolvent steelmaker

  14-09-2026 15:37 via ft.com
  Norwegian firm Blastr had been in talks to acquire Speciality Steel UK which was once part of Sanjeev Gupta’s metals empire
  
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• Sacked top civil servant given £860,000 pay-off approved by Starmer

  14-09-2026 15:00 via ft.com
  Settlement far exceeded standard contractual entitlements, former PM was told
  
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• Reform’s windfall changes the mood music

  14-09-2026 10:34 via ft.com
  Donations will not solve everything but they will strengthen Nigel Farage’s party in the fight against Tories to lead Britain’s rightwing bloc
  
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• Peers to debate donations law changes after Reform's £72m windfall

  14-09-2026 06:15 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The government is seeking to change the law on donations to UK political parties from British expats.
  
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• UK faces £258bn infrastructure spending gap, warns report

  14-09-2026 06:00 via ft.com
  Government must increase investment by two-thirds to deliver planned reservoirs, prisons and schools
  
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• Expanded ad ban on ‘less healthy’ foods could hit £1bn in UK media spending

  14-09-2026 06:00 via ft.com
  Plans to update nutrient profiling model are part of effort to tackle childhood obesity
  
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• A ‘lucky’ chancellor must also be a resolute one

  14-09-2026 06:00 via ft.com
  It is crucial to convince the lenders on whom the UK depends that it is being managed by grown-ups
  
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• Russia hits Ukrainian train shortly after Boris Johnson and top European officials leave station

  14-09-2026 05:38 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The former UK PM said: "I don't know what warped logic drove Putin to blow up a stationary Ukrainian locomotive on the Polish border this morning".
  
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• Committee calls for bill to address AI threat to human rights

  14-09-2026 05:23 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A cross-party group of MPs and peers identifies human rights risks that existing laws appear not to cover.
  
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• Deep-fried food banned under new school dinner rules in England

  13-09-2026 23:30 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The government describes its new school food standards as "once-in-a-generation changes".
  
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• 'Culture shift' needed in how UK does business, PM urges

  13-09-2026 23:30 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Burnham has said those who take risks should be backed by government, but his government has been criticised for increasing business costs.
  
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• Burnham promises a ‘culture shift’ in how Britain does business

  13-09-2026 23:30 via ft.com
  Prime minister to tell business leaders and entrepreneurs that his government will be a ‘partner for growth’
  
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• Burnham promises a ‘culture shift’ for how Britain does business

  13-09-2026 23:30 via ft.com
  Prime minister to tell business leaders and entrepreneurs that his government will be a ‘partner for growth’
  
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• First ministers of Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland to meet in Cardiff

  13-09-2026 23:04 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The Plaid Cymru, SNP and Sinn Féin leaders will discuss ways they can work more closely.
  
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• Will record donations to Reform go down as a moment of political change?

  13-09-2026 19:51 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Andy Burnham is likely to face fresh pressure to further change the rules on party donations, writes Jack Fenwick.
  
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• Reform confident it won't need to repay any of £72m under proposed new donor rules

  13-09-2026 17:40 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Housing Secretary Angela Rayner says rule changes on donations from UK expats would apply retrospectively and anyone not complying with them would have "to return that money".
  
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• EU-UK reset talks delayed again amid tension over ‘Made in Europe’ rules

  13-09-2026 17:00 via ft.com
  Summit pushed back until late November against backdrop of challenges facing UK industry
  
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• Rayner suggests political donations cap on table after Reform’s £72mn boost

  13-09-2026 15:42 via ft.com
  Debate rises up agenda again after record-breaking gifts given to Nigel Farage’s party
  
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• 'Slim chance' government will hit 1.5m new homes target, Rayner tells BBC

  13-09-2026 13:16 via bbc.co.uk
  
  High construction costs and the Iran war are threatening the key manifesto pledge, the housing secretary says.
  
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• The OBR needs to give us more clarity on migration

  13-09-2026 06:00 via ft.com
  Minor revisions to immigration figures can complicate the government’s fiscal strategy
  
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• GP data quietly added to Palantir’s NHS data platform

  13-09-2026 06:00 via ft.com
  Pilot marks significant expansion of the controversial software beyond its current use in hospitals
  
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• Burnham resists calls to reform student loans in Budget

  13-09-2026 01:01 via ft.com
  Treasury select committee argues the repayment threshold should rise in line with inflation
  
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• Reform receives second £36m donation in two days as crypto investor matches record

  12-09-2026 19:36 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The party says the money will allow it to fight the next election on a "level playing field", while rivals have renewed calls for donations from individuals to be capped.
  
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• Trump says united Ireland ‘inevitable’ and ‘a very cool thing’

  12-09-2026 14:56 via ft.com
  Off-the-cuff remarks from US president during a visit to Ireland anger pro-UK parties
  
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• Burnham and Badenoch revive red versus blue politics as Reform land 'gobsmacking' donations

  12-09-2026 14:51 via bbc.co.uk
  
  As Reform slip back in the polls, Labour and the Conservatives rediscover a familiar political divide, writes Laura Kuenssberg.
  
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• Reform UK receives two record £36mn donations

  12-09-2026 14:25 via ft.com
  The combined £72mn gifts from crypto billionaires Ben Delo and Christopher Harborne are the largest donations in British political history
  
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• Why I, a non-billionaire, am not leaving the UK

  12-09-2026 06:00 via ft.com
  If Britain is good enough for Harry and Meghan, the Bayeux Tapestry and Asian hornets, it’s good enough for me
  
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• Reuben brothers donated office space to Reform candidate for London mayor

  12-09-2026 06:00 via ft.com
  Billionaire former Tory backers gave premises to Laila Cunningham earlier this year as they step up support for populist party
  
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