• October 30 2025
  Rachel Reeves

  Letting agent admits mistake in Reeves rental row

  Property company’s failure to complete licence offers chancellor respite over breach of housing rules

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• October 30 2025
  UK Autumn Budget 2025

  Starmer puts Labour MPs on notice for Budget tax rises

  Prime minister declines to rule out higher income taxes as Treasury lays foundations for bigger fiscal buffer

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• October 30 2025
  News in-depthUK foreign policy

  A tale of two embassies: UK-China dispute threatens diplomatic cooling

  Whitehall officials hope resolution can be found to row between Beijing and London over key buildings

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• October 30 2025
  Robert Shrimsley

  Why Starmer can’t rely on a ‘stop Farage’ campaign

  For all Labour’s belated muscularity on race and migration, it is not the winning card

  
• October 30 2025
  Inside Politics

  British right and left alike struggle with spending cuts

  UK fiscal problems have obvious ways out, but political hurdles remain for Labour, Tories and Reform

  
• October 30 2025
  Rachel Reeves

  Reeves admits breaking housing rules while renting out family home

  Labour MPs express dismay at chancellor’s error as Tories demand her sacking

  
• October 30 2025
  UK rightwing voters more anti-immigrant than Trump supporters, survey finds

  Polling paints a stark picture of how immigration has helped to polarise Britain’s politics

  
• October 29 2025
  UK energy

  Reeves looks at early scrapping of windfall tax on UK oil and gas sector

  Chancellor seeks assurances from industry that the move would boost investment in North Sea

  
• October 29 2025
  UK Autumn Budget 2025

  Starmer refuses to stand by manifesto tax pledge

  Labour has previously promised it will not raise income tax, employee national insurance or value added tax in Budget

  
• October 29 2025
  UK property

  Plan to cap ground rents causes concern among UK landlords

  Labour government has promised to apply limits to ‘fleeceholds’ on existing properties

  
• October 29 2025
  Chris Giles

  The bridge that bursts Britain’s public spending myths

  Investment is a long game that does not transform the immediate growth outlook, and cuts are difficult

  
• October 29 2025
  Diane Coyle

  What’s stopping Britain building?

  History credits the Victorians for their grand — and enduring — schemes but we need our eyes on the future to emulate them

  
• October 29 2025
  UK immigration

  Epping sex offender received £500 to co-operate with deportation

  Home Office staff made decision after Hadush Kebatu threatened to disrupt his removal to Ethiopia

  
• October 29 2025
  Isas

  Tech bosses back Rachel Reeves’ plans to overhaul cash Isas

  Company chiefs support chancellor’s goal to reduce tax-free allowance in face of building society opposition

  
• October 29 2025
  UK property

  Mortgage approvals hit 9-month high despite Budget tax fears

  BoE figures show activity in housing market remains resilient

  
• October 29 2025
  Inside Politics

  Labour best placed to become ‘Stop Reform’ force — if it improves

  Party slumps to 17% in new poll, as John Major urges Tories to use strengths against Nigel Farage’s party

  
• October 29 2025
  UK crime

  Afghan refugee arrested after fatal stabbing in north-west London

  Home Office said 22-year-old suspect was not living in accommodation for asylum seekers

  
• October 29 2025
  UK business

  UK must fix ‘systemic R&D weakness’ or lose big projects, report warns

  Task force calls for ‘decisive action’ on innovation priorities to bolster government’s industrial strategy

  
• October 29 2025
  Rail

  FirstGroup warns of competition appeal if Manchester train service rejected

  Company has applied for ‘open-access’ licence to run trains between London and Rochdale

  
• October 28 2025
  UK immigration

  UK vows to end illegal gig economy work for migrants

  Companies will be required to conduct stringent checks on people

  
• October 28 2025
  British Council

  British Council ‘selling everything it can’ to survive

  Cultural body plans more job cuts, sale of assets and closure in 35 countries to stave off ‘financial peril’

  
• October 28 2025
  The FT ViewThe editorial board

  Britain needs a bold Budget, not just another balancing act

  The chancellor must initiate lasting reforms to raise revenue and cut costs

  
• October 28 2025
  UK economy

  What could still swing the UK fiscal forecasts for Rachel Reeves?

  The OBR’s expected downgrade to productivity growth at the Budget may be offset by other factors

  
• October 28 2025
  Conservative party UK

  Badenoch warned against turning Tories into rightwing populist party

  Former premiers John Major and Theresa May tell Conservative leader not to seek to mimic Reform UK

  
• October 28 2025
  Martin Wolf

  Reeves must get whatever growth she can

  Improved standards of living are the foundation of modern democracy