Chris Mason: Reeves and Starmer can’t escape sluggish economy
The PM and chancellor badged their Spending Review as start of a new chapter but the economic backdrop is inescapable....
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UK economy shrank in April as tax rises and US tariffs kicked in
The figures are for April which is also when a hike in employers’ National Insurance contributions kicked in....
Welcome for housing pledge – but is it too late for some?
Chancellor Rachel Reeves pledges £39bn across 10 years for social and affordable housing in England....
Scotland to get extra £2.9bn from spending review, says Treasury
SNP say Scotland has been “short changed” but the chancellor claims it is the largest settlement since devolution....
UK will end use of asylum hotels by 2029, Reeves says
The Chancellor pledged £200m to “cut the asylum backlog” and speed up deportations....
Tories accuse PM of funding tax cuts for Mauritians
Sir Keir Starmer defends the UK’s £3.4bn Chagos islands deal after Kemi Badenoch says it is bad value for money....
Leon Brittan’s widow says ‘no closure’ from false abuse claims after case dropped
Lady Diana Brittan says her falsely accused late husband’s legacy has been permanently tarnished....
Chris Mason: This Spending Review is a gamble on patience in an era of impatience
The big bet for the government remains on economic growth – finding it and sustaining it....
Rough sleeping to be decriminalised in England and Wales
The government plans to scrap the Vagrancy Act and bring in laws to focus on crimes like organised begging by gangs....
Scrap Chagos Islands deal and agree new one, UN panel urges UK
A UN human rights panel says the deal “fails to guarantee” the rights of Chagossians....