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Economy Bond market sets Healey’s £10bn Budget ceiling
Fund managers have set Healey's Budget ceiling at £10bn, weeks before he names a single cut.
UK Burnham’s rough sleeping pledge buries the death toll
A record 4,793 sleep rough and 169 died on the streets in 2024. Burnham's day-one answer is Corbyn's policy at a…
UK Burnham hires men who administered Thatcherism
Burnham says he will end 40 years of Thatcherism, but keeps Reeves's fiscal rules, a corporate lobbyist as chief of…
Economy Defence spending pledge left unfunded
Treasury minister Lucy Rigby admits no plan exists to fund a £4.7bn defence gap, as disabled claimants lose £47 a week…
UK PIP breaks disabled people, ministers know it
The government's own review found PIP 'breaks' disabled people, but ministers had already ruled out the one fix that…
Economy 185,000 babies taken, no compensation
Starmer apologised for forced adoption that stole 185,000 babies from unmarried mothers. He ruled out paying them a…
World Aid cuts by UK, Germany and France could cause 11.5 million preventable deaths, research finds
New research warns aid cuts by UK, Germany and France could cause 11.5 million preventable deaths in low-income…
UK April borrowing hits £24.3bn as inflation drives up benefits and pension costs
UK government borrowing hit £24.3bn in April, the second highest on record, as inflation drove up state pension costs…