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• The Global Story

  05-12-2025 11:00 via BBC News
  Fifa’s new ‘Peace Prize’ raises questions about politics in the world’s biggest sport
  
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• Healey delivers Budget to parliament

  28-10-2026 13:32 via UK politics
  Follow live: Chancellor’s first Budget set to provide help for households and businesses and plans to bring down energy prices
  
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• The FT verdict on Labour Budgets since 1924

  28-10-2026 10:30 via UK politics
  A trawl through the past century reveals recurring struggles as governments are buffeted by wars, high inflation and strained public finances
  
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• Lancashire and Essex to have elected mayors as Burnham pushes devolution

  28-10-2026 10:22 via UK politics
  Chancellor John Healey could also unveil plans for other regional authorities in southern England and the Midlands
  
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• What to expect of this year's Budget

  28-10-2026 08:12 via BBC News
  
  The BBC's political correspondent Harry Farley explains what to expect ahead of John Healey's first Budget.
  
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• Tax on banks, energy bill help and minimum wage rise - what could be in the Budget?

  28-10-2026 08:12 via BBC News
  
  Chancellor John Healey will set out his plans for UK taxes on 28 October.
  
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• Healey to take aim at energy costs in his first Budget

  28-10-2026 08:04 via UK politics
  Chancellor under pressure to tackle cost of living crisis without alarming bond markets
  
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• What comes after the British high street?

  28-10-2026 06:00 via UK politics
  Two towns in northern England offer clues as to what could replace traditional retail in hollowed-out centres
  
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• UK defence ministry spent £186mn more on Palantir than value of public contracts

  28-10-2026 06:00 via UK politics
  US software group has faced criticism for its links to Donald Trump’s administration and that country’s defence sector
  
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• The FT Budget quiz: How weird is the UK?

  28-10-2026 06:00 via UK politics
  How exceptional is the reality facing the chancellor John Healey? Test your fiscal knowledge with our questions
  
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• The FT Budget quiz: How does Britain compare?

  28-10-2026 06:00 via UK politics
  How exceptional is the reality facing the UK chancellor John Healey? Test your fiscal knowledge with our questions
  
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• EU countries may use UK-built migrant centres in Rwanda

  28-10-2026 06:00 via UK politics
  Five nations plan to deport failed asylum seekers to Kigali, potentially using British facilities from abandoned 2022 scheme
  
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• Britain needs a coherent economic strategy — can Healey deliver one?

  28-10-2026 06:00 via UK politics
  The chancellor’s first priority in the Budget is to make the UK look prudent again
  
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• Healey puts UK energy reform at centre of his ‘do no harm’ Budget

  28-10-2026 00:35 via UK politics
  Chancellor to pledge extra support for businesses, entrepreneurs and households during ‘difficult moment’
  
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• Healey to reverse cuts to cash Isa allowances

  27-10-2026 23:39 via UK politics
  Chancellor will use Wednesday’s Budget to maintain tax-free limit at £20,000 a year, reversing plan by predecessor Rachel Reeves
  
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• Healey to reverse cuts to cash Isa allowance

  27-10-2026 23:39 via UK politics
  Chancellor will use Wednesday’s Budget to maintain tax-free limit at £20,000 a year, reversing plan by predecessor Rachel Reeves
  
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• Chris Mason: Budget needs to go some way towards delivering PM's promises

  27-10-2026 23:30 via BBC News
  
  Support on the cost of living, and in particular energy bills, as well as announcments on devolution will be central to John Healey's first Budget.
  
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• Landline switchover could cut people off in emergency, minister warned

  27-10-2026 21:54 via BBC News
  
  Plans to switch to digital landlines by January could leave remote areas of the UK vulnerable, MPs say.
  
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• What do we know about Chancellor John Healey?

  27-10-2026 20:12 via BBC News
  
  The Chancellor is due to deliver his first Budget.
  
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• UK government quietly axes more than two dozen new road schemes

  27-10-2026 19:27 via UK politics
  Cost-saving move raises questions about commitment to regional growth just as Andy Burnham pushes devolution as way to kick-start economy
  
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• Healey to promise £15m to tackle misogyny in Budget

  27-10-2026 19:23 via BBC News
  
  The Conservatives doubt whether women and girls will feel safer as a result of the funding.
  
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• Britain is trying to cut its deficit quickly — can it do it mainly through tax rises?

  27-10-2026 19:23 via UK politics
  Economists warn ahead of chancellor John Healey’s first Budget that the UK must also exercise spending restraint
  
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• UK and EU officials to discuss freedom of movement

  27-10-2026 18:20 via BBC News
  
  Officials are expected to begin discussions on a range of options for the future UK-EU relationship before a summit next month.
  
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• MPs and MSP detained by Israel and barred from entering West Bank

  27-10-2026 17:34 via BBC News
  
  SNP MP Lara Bird and the Scottish Greens MSP Kate Nevens were part of an international delegation turned away by Israeli security forces.
  
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• Minimum wage set to rise but 18-20 year-olds will not get bigger increase

  27-10-2026 16:01 via BBC News
  
  Chancellor John Healey will reveal the new pay rates in the Budget, and has also announced measures to help households with the cost of living.
  
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• Political rivals, and their wives, vote in Israeli election

  27-10-2026 15:12 via BBC News
  
  Polling published on Friday suggests incumbent Benjamin Netanyahu is almost neck-and-neck with former military chief Gadi Eisenkot in the race to become prime minister.
  
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• UK considers forcing data centres to invest locally to meet new AI ‘covenant’

  27-10-2026 13:00 via UK politics
  Burnham government looks at fresh requirements for developers as it seeks to head off public opposition to infrastructure build-out
  
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• UK can’t keep withstanding EU policy changes, says Reynolds

  27-10-2026 10:34 via UK politics
  ‘Long-term relationship’ with EU must be resolved, says business secretary, in advance of new talks
  
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• EU uncertainty is damaging British business, says minister

  27-10-2026 10:34 via UK politics
  ‘Long-term relationship’ with EU must be resolved, says Reynolds, in advance of new talks
  
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• Closer EU ties would give Burnham’s growth agenda real clout

  27-10-2026 10:30 via UK politics
  Potential economic gains from rejoining the single market may tempt PM to tear up red lines on Brexit
  
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