The Chancellor was said to be at the ‘mercy of events’ by not building up a bigger fiscal cushion
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Author: Nicholas Cecil
Spring Statement 2025: Millions ‘face tax rises in blockbuster autumn Budget’
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Planning reforms will boost UK housebuilding say official forecasts
OBR predicts 305,000 more new homes a year by 2029 but government will still struggle to hit manifesto target
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Author: Joshua Oliver,Jim Pickard
How Rachel Reeves’ welfare cuts will affect your benefits – and how much they’ll save
The chancellor has revealed how benefits will be changing for millions of claimants
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Author: Albert Toth
Rachel Reeves does reasonable job of justifying fiscal prudence but welfare cuts cast shadow
Chancellor was able to point to glimmers of hope in spring statement despite economic growth forecasts being slashed
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Author: Heather Stewart
Housebuilding plans forecast to boost economy by £6.8bn
Planning reforms could result in 1.3 million new homes by the end of the decade, watchdog says.
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Author: @BBCNews
Heathrow closure: Sub-station fire not suspicious, say police
Police say they do not consider the incident a “potentially criminal matter” following a brief investigation.
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Author: @BBCNews
Wrexham: Tributes to ‘popular’ teens who died in motorbike crash
The families of Owen Aaran Jones and Adam Watkiss-Thomas say they have left a big hole in their lives.
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Union criticises ‘sluggish’ negotiations to end Birmingham bins strike
Unite claims any chance of a breakthrough is being ‘hobbled’ by commissioners who were drafted in to help with the council’s finances.
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Author: Alan Jones
Paddington statue vandalism was ‘antithesis of everything the bear stands for’
Two RAF engineers caused £5,451 of damage to a Paddington Bear statue, one of 23 across the UK and Ireland
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Author: Ali Mitib
Royal Air Force engineers shamed by judge over theft of Paddington Bear statue
Two British service members have admitted they broke and stole half of a statue of Paddington Bear
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Author: Brian Melley
