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John Healey has delivered a ‘steady as she goes’ budget, with help for the cost of living a big theme. The chancellor promised a £100 energy payment for some households, extended the VAT suspension on...
Chancellor fleshes out details of scheme unveiled last month to help 70,000 households on to the property ladderBudget 2026: key points at a glanceIncome tax: How much more will you pay?Nils Pratley:...
How the Burnham government’s first attempt to ease cost of living pressure pans out for key stakeholdersBudget 2026: key points at a glanceEvery budget has its winners and losers, and John Healey’s fi...
Jonathan Reynolds’ team has written to Gordon Brothers, which bought retailer for £1 last summer, to ‘establish the facts’The business secretary’s team has written to the owner of Poundland amid fears...
Use our interactive tool to see how you have been affected by John Healey’s tax and spending announcementsHealey keeps income tax thresholds frozen. How much more will you pay?Budget 2026: key points...
Prime minister warns cabinet not to express opinions about future relationship with Brussels before review of optionsAndy Burnham has warned ministers not to express their opinions about how the gover...
Payments to 20m homes part of package to cut energy bills and ease cost of living crisis, paid for by bank windfall tax‘A pretty grim picture’: outlook for UK living standards slashed despite Healey’s...
The BBC's Ione Wells unpacks Bolsonaro's journey to Miami after losing Brazil's presidential election and facing a passport surrender order.
OBR cautions about Middle East war dragging down growth and triggering a fresh cost of living crisisHealey offers £100 payment to households to help navigate ‘global economic storms’Budget 2026: key p...
Tax policy means freezes reduce take-home pay as earnings rise in line with inflationIncome tax thresholds are set to remain frozen after John Healey’s first budget as chancellor.One of the biggest ta...
With 85% of votes counted, all signs point to an impasse. The most likely outcome may be new elections.
Despite having the highest voter turnout in nearly three decades, Israel's elections have had no clear winner. What does this mean for the country, asks the BBC's Yolande Knell.
John Healey has announced his first budget – here are the main points, with political analysisHealey offers £100 payment to households to help navigate ‘global economic storms’UK growth forecast for 2...
Chancellor’s predecessor Rachel Reeves had planned to reduce allowance from £20,000 to £12,000 a year from April Business live – latest updatesWhat to expect from the budget: who wins, who pays?John H...
Exclusive: Health secretary to extend role of watchdog, which backers say helps hold service in England to accountYvette Cooper has abandoned plans to abolish the NHS’s independent patient champion af...
Chancellor says he will ask Ofgem to remove ‘unfair and outdated’ fixed daily fee, and is also reportedly looking to scrap it from electricity billsBudget 2026 live – latest updatesWhat to expect from...
Struggling households, new homebuyers and small shops stand to gain, while banks and online marketplaces could face higher leviesYou be the chancellor: play our budget game to see if you can balance t...
Mair Godley claims Essex councillor Carl Johnson told her she was ‘facilitating the invasion’ by giving language lessonsA 78-year-old volunteer has claimed a Reform UK councillor accused her of “facil...
Polls have closed in the Israeli election, but there is no clear winner.
Two polls project that veteran PM Benjamin Netanyahu and former military chief Gadi Eisenkot are tied, with neither winning a majority.