Search results for ‘Budget’
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NATO criticises Trump for comments that ‘put American and European soldiers’ at risk
There has been alarm and condemnation from America’s allies after former President Donald Trump suggested the US might leave NATO members undefended against a Russian invasion.
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‘Carers are just abandoned’: Demand for council respite care soars as funding squeezed
Councils in England have been given an emergency £600 million by the Government to stave off financial crisis after Tory MPs threatened a rebellion over the prospect of steep spending cuts in an election year.
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FactCheck: extreme A&E waits in Northern Ireland now 36 times higher than 2009
Health service targets say no-one should wait this long.
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Could child benefit be extended to give support to middle income families?
The Chancellor Jeremy Hunt is considering whether to extend child benefit to hundreds of thousands more families in his spring budget – to give direct support to middle income families.
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Higher tax rates for top earners announced in Scotland
Higher earners in Scotland will have to pay more tax – as the Scottish government outlined its budget for next year.
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Autumn Statement explained: tax cut giveaway or ‘stagnating’ UK?
The Chancellor has promised a ten billion pound giveaway ahead of next year’s General Election – along with what he called “the biggest business tax cut in modern history”.
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Will the chancellor cut taxes in Autumn statement?
The chancellor says he will not implement tax cuts that would push up inflation.
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US government shutdown increasingly likely
In the United States, a government shutdown is looking increasingly likely unless agreement over spending levels can be reached between Republicans and Democrats in Congress within hours.
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Boris Johnson warns Rishi Sunak against “mutilating” HS2 railway project
The UK has been building the HS2 high-speed railway line since 2017. Years of delay, billions of pounds over budget and now Rishi Sunak is thought to be considering axing part of the HS2 High Speed rail project linking London with the North. Two former Tory prime ministers in David Cameron and Boris Johnson have…
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Brexit not behind low economic growth says Labour’s Sir Keir Starmer
Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer has been giving more details on Labour’s policy on Brexit, as well as plans to strengthen the power of the UK’s budget watchdog.
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Liz Truss remains defiant over economic plan as PM
A year after the mini-Budget that led to a sterling crisis and panic in the financial markets, Liz Truss has said she doesn’t regret the choices she made in her short tenure as prime minister.
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Birmingham City Council declares itself ‘effectively bankrupt’
Birmingham City council, the biggest local authority in the country, has effectively declared itself bankrupt with a formal notice of financial distress.
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Concrete schools: Government will spend ‘what it takes’ to deal with RAAC
The Chancellor has promised to spend whatever it takes – but it appears any repairs to schools affected by the concrete safety crisis will have to be funded from existing budgets.
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12,000 jobs at risk as Wilko falls into administration
More than 12,000 jobs are at risk after the budget homewares chain Wilko collapsed into administration.
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UK foreign aid: Thousands of women could die due to cuts
Ministers were warned by their own advisers that cutting the UK’s foreign aid budget means thousands of women in Africa will die in pregnancy and childbirth