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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Chancellor says he will ask Ofgem to remove ‘unfair and outdated’ fixed daily fee, and is also reportedly looking to scrap it from electricity billsBudget 2026 live – latest updatesWhat to expect from...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.
Healey hopes to give ‘hope for the future’ but only modest policies are expected with important decisions deferredYou be the chancellor: play our budget game to see if you can balance the booksJohn He...
Three-quarters of all responses were machine-generated in failed attempt to stop bill from passing into law, research findsAI bots flooded a government consultation with tens of thousands of fake resp...
Plans to switch to digital landlines by January could leave remote areas of the UK vulnerable, MPs say.
Emissions from exported oil would not count against carbon budget, insiders say – reasoning likely to draw dismay from climate campaignersThe giant Rosebank oilfield can be approved without breaching...
From tackling the youth jobs crisis to repairing Brexit’s economic damage, John Healey has his work cut out for himYou be the chancellor: play our budget game to see if you can balance the booksJohn H...